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  • Posted: Nov 17, 2021
    Deadline: Nov 23, 2021
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    Junior Linguist - Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa

    About the Program

    • The localization industry is growing fast, and the need for skilled Yoruba, Igbo, and/or Hausa translators is growing.  We are looking for talents with great language skills in English, Yoruba, Igbo, and/or  Hausa, with the aim to equip them with the necessary competencies to build a career at Digital Divide Data in the exciting Localization industry.
    • Our Transforming Talent program provides learning opportunities to multilingual people, who would like to learn how they can become professional translators.
    • Digital Divide Data is offering you the opportunity to grow your career in localization starting with a 3-month Localization Fundamentals Learning Program, which will help you learn the basics of the localization industry.
    • This learning program combines self-learning, virtual and online classes delivered by a professional trainer, and practice. It will take place in Kano, Nigeria. Once the 3 months training is complete, you will start translating live projects within a dynamic team of linguists supported by localization professionals.

    What You Will Do
    The following is a non-exhaustive list of responsibilities and areas of ownership for this role once the 3-month training will be completed:

    • Perform mostly IT-themed and consumer-oriented translations in the client-owned translation tool
    • Translate various types of content, including marketing, help, and UI
    • Master or learn the tools associated with translation work (e.g. tools for creating queries or checking the live UI elements)
    • Precisely follow the established translation process, e.g. always raise queries when there is a need to
    • Learn the style guide and overall client’s requirements, e.g. stylistic preferences
    • Improve based on the corrections made by the senior team members as well as the client reviewers
    • Keep track of personal error statistics and work on the weak spots
    • Take part in the internal training and the ones organized by the client
    • Participate in the error arbitration process
    • Meet the productivity KPIs
    • Take part in the internal quality meetings and the quality calls organized by the client for the whole team
    • Constantly analyze own gaps and think of what assistance the senior members and the client can provide to help address those

    Qualifications

    • University Degree preferably in Linguistics, Journalism or Mass Communication
    • Fluent in English (both written and spoken, in a wide range of registers)
    • Fluent in Yoruba, Igbo, and/ or Hausa (with an understanding of what conversational and easy-to-read Yoruba, Igbo, and/or Hausa is, plus excellent spelling and grammar of standard Yoruba, Igbo, and/or  Hausa)
    • Passion for languages, specifically in English, Yoruba, Igbo, and/or Hausa
    • Passion for the world of technology
    • Passion for reading and writing in Yoruba, Igbo, and/ or Hausa, creative writing, poetry.

    Method of Application

    Note: In addition include expected remuneration during the application.

    Interested and qualified? Go to Digital Divide Data on jobs.smartrecruiters.com to apply

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