Calm is looking for a freelance Chinese Language Consultant to assist our team in delivering a high-quality Calm product and supporting materials in the Chinese language (zh-TW, Mandarin).
Calm is the leading mental health brand, on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. With the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, Calm s transformational mindfulness content supports users across seven languages in more than 190 countries.
What you will do:
- Review translated Traditional Chinese scripts and promotional content to ensure linguistic quality and accuracy concerning vocabulary for meditation, mindfulness, and mental health
- Review translated Traditional Chinese content for the app and web products to ensure linguistic quality and accuracy and a smooth user experience
- Work with vendors to align their work product with Calm s brand and style
- Discuss difficult translations with vendors and the Calm team
- Create and maintain the Traditional Chinese glossary, ensuring vendor adherence
- Create and maintain the Traditional Chinese style guide, ensuring vendor adherence
- Attend audio recording sessions to guide narration talent and ensure alignment between Traditional Chinese scripts and Mandarin voiceovers
- Evaluate and approve final recorded target Mandarin audio content
Who you are:
- Native-level Chinese speaker with a profound understanding of English
- Specialize in written Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) and spoken Mandarin
- Have experience as a linguist, ideally as both a translator and proofreader
- Have experience working with Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools
- Have Traditional Chinese writing experience, ideally with both fiction and nonfiction
- Have experience localizing app user interfaces, and are familiar with best practices
- Have personal experience with meditation, mindfulness, and/or mental health in Taiwan (and/or Chinese diaspora) and in the Chinese language
- Are excited about how Calm can make a positive impact in the lives of Chinese speakers
- This role will be paid on a project basis
- This is freelance/contract work only. Calm s budget is approximately $27 - $55 per hour. Please note, the hourly rate will be contingent on the Consultant s location, services & deliverables and hours required, which will be mutually agreed upon by both parties.
- Professionals providing the above services typically perform similar services for other clients at the same time - this is welcome and invited.
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