On-Demand Freelance English to Spanish (US) Translator/Post-Editor in at THE LANGUAGE GROUP

Experienced post-editor for Weekdays from Monday 7am - Friday 5pm (Eastern Standard Time)

Type: Freelance / Remote
Location: Several Time Zones
Hours: Weekdays from Monday 7am - Friday 5pm (Eastern Standard Time)

We are seeking talented and qualified English (US) to Spanish (US) Post-Editors with experience in medical terminology, particularly in patient-facing content (e.g., AVS).

Responsibilities:

• Review and refine machine-translated content from English (US) into Spanish (US)
• Improve accuracy, fluency, and overall quality of MT
• Ensure final text reads naturally, as if originally written by a native speaker
• Deliver high-quality work within fast turnaround times

Requirements:

Applicants must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• A degree in translation, linguistics or language studies or an equivalent degree that includes significant translation training, from a recognized institution of higher education; or
• a degree in any other field from a recognized institution of higher education and has the equivalent of two years of full-time professional experience in translating; or
• the equivalent of five years of full-time professional experience in translating.

• Bilingual proficiency in English (US) and Spanish (US) (native Spanish preferred)
• Strong localization skills and cultural knowledge of both source and target languages
• Experience with medical terminology in the US market (patient-facing content such as AVS)
• Experience in post-editing machine translation (MT) and/or localization
• Familiarity with MT and LLM technologies
• Proficiency in CAT tools, especially memoQ

Skills:

• Experience evaluating post-edited content
• Strong understanding of:
  • Fluency, naturalness, accuracy, and coherence in post-edited texts
  • Raw MT output evaluation, including error identification, post-editing effort, and turnaround time
• Additional language proficiency is an asset.