Freelance IT translator | English into Maori

Professional freelance Maori translator and passionate about unlocking IT content to a larger audience? The challenge is calling you...

RWS is looking for native Maori translators specialized in IT translation from English (US) into Maori.

This freelance job is an opportunity to contribute to providing users with localised software and support content in Maori, while supporting one of RWS' most significant information technology clients and a top global brand.

About the job

• Regular freelance IT translation work

• Free CAT tool access and training

• Scope: Highly technical IT support content (mostly online documentation for cloud products, development tools, AI, etc.)

• No hand-offs: claim projects in your own time and deliver them back directly in our platform

• Work independently, yet within a team of peer translators and reviewers that can support each other and share know-how

• Professional advancement opportunities

Responsibilities

• Proactively claim jobs in the online platform provided

• Translate software and IT support content

• Adhere to strict terminology rules and complex stylistic guidelines

• Deliver translations within deadlines

Requirements

• Native Maori speaker

• Experience in translation and MT post-editing

• Strong interest in IT and innovation technologies; general IT savviness is a big plus

• Ability to research topics and terminology quickly and efficiently — in both source and target language

• Ability to apply strict stylistic guidelines and follow complex instructions

Key competencies

• Effective communication skills

• Flexibility and quick responsiveness

• Individual responsibility

• Ability to deliver required quality level

• Punctuality