Freelance Remote Translator - English to German

  • Contract

Company Description

BlaBlaCar is the global leader in long-distance carpooling. We’re an innovative and fast-growing company building a unique community of 60+ million members to transform the way people travel across the world!

Job Description

Why join us?

  • you will have a positive social impact on the world, as we continue to make road travel smarter and more sustainable

  • you will work in a fast-paced environment with a highly agile team of dynamic, hyper-motivated and talented individuals

  • you will join a global company, with a real international culture and vision; multilingual and highly mobile :)

  • You will be creating and trans-creating the German BlaBlaCar product

 

What you will directly contribute to:

  • Providing linguistic quality translation for BlaBlaCar’s platforms

  • Copywriting for various teams (marketing, brand, etc)

  • Following our internationalization guidelines, to assess the linguistic requirements and terminology needs for a given locale

  • Focusing on the tone of the localized product

  • Focusing on correct in-context linguistic usage

Qualifications

What you will need to be successful:

  • A Bachelor's degree in linguistics is essential.

  • 3+ years of translation experience.

  • Native speaker with a passion for language, high-energy and positive attitude.

  • An excellent level of fluency in written and oral English.

  • Experience in localization tools, processes, and content management.

  • Knowledge of the culture, attitudes, and practices in the countries where that language is spoken.

  • Experience using BlaBlaCar is a huge plus!

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role:

  • Start: As soon as possible

  • Location: Remote

  • Contract: Freelance contract

  • Compensation: Based on profile and experience