Description

Attend conferences and meetings and act as official translator to mediate discussion, facilitate communication for people with limited English/Japanese proficiency.
Provide accurate and high-quality consecutive and simultaneous interpretation from Japanese to English and vice versa as required. This may include interpretation during high-level meetings, one on one conversations, and group wide discussions, held onsite or in meeting rooms. Any of these meetings can be pre-scheduled or occur spontaneously
Being sensitive to the culture of the original language and the target language during the translation process, relay the style and tone of the original language. Follows up with clients to ensure satisfaction and understanding.
Liaise with colleagues to ensure that translations are true to the original meaning, create glossaries/ term dictionaries to accumulate knowledge/experience.
Translation of documents and verbal communications from/to English and Japanese covering a broad range of subjects dealt with appropriate team members.
Extensive translation requirements of formal and informal company documentation as and when required.
Ensure that translated texts meet all relevant editorial requirements, i.e. in terms of layout, style, font etc. and deliver translated texts in accordance with the agreed deadline.
Accompany foreign visitors and facilitate communication.
General administrative support for the team.

Responsibilities

Minimum 5 years of work experience as a translator, interpreter, or similar role
Good understanding and in-depth knowledge of language/country-specific cultures, known as localization
Detail-oriented, with a passion for linguistic quality
Proven editing and proofreading skills
Outstanding communicator, articulate, fluid conversationalist
Bilingual, fluent in both English and Japanese
Time-management skills
Work experience in entertainment /construction/ theme-park industry are a plus