Responsible for project coordination and management, scheduling, budget tracking, and client interface. Previous experience in a translation company is required. Knowledge of one or more foreign languages is a plus. Special consideration will be given to candidates with a strong computer background, including DTP programs such as FrameMaker, PageMaker, and Quark, and familiarity with Trados Translator's Workbench.

Essential Job Duties:

• Receive and evaluate source files.
  
• Select, schedule and manage the translation team.
  
• Keep complete and accurate records of every phase and aspect of projects.
  
• Pre-process source files and post-process translated files including word counts,
  file format conversion, text extraction, graphics editing and layout.
  
• Quality assurance inspection of all files in process to insure that file viability,
  completeness, formatting, and character display are maintained throughout the production process.
  
• Delivery of complete, defect-free files to the client on time and within budget.
  Active participation in ISO 9001:2000 compliance.
  
  Experience:
• Two years in a production environment
• Two years' computer experience
• Two or more years in the translation industry preferred, but not essential
  
  Skills/Abilities:
• Analytical ability
• Problem solving skills
  
• Good computer skills
  
• Excellent communication skills
  
• Ability to multitask
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Supervisory skills
  
• Understanding of production process flow
• Understanding of linguistic and cultural issues
  
  Equipment and Software Used Directly:
• Personal computer, Power Macintosh, and network file server
  
• Windows 95/98 or later
  
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  
• Communication Applications (compression utilities, FTP, CompuServe, AOL)

Please send your resume to resumes@xltrans.com

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