Proofread and edit French-localized content for grammar, consistency, punctuation, and cultural accuracy. Translate selected content from English into French, test web interfaces on Mac OS X and iOS, identify functional and linguistic issues, prioritize fixes, document reproduction steps, and communicate findings while collaborating with multicultural teams.
About Welocalize
Welocalize, a Welo Global brand, serves localization teams through AI-enabled multilingual content solutions that enable enterprises to operate and scale globally. Welocalize combines AI, automation, and human expertise to support enterprises in more than 300 languages, enabling accurate, culturally aligned, and compliant multilingual content at scale.
Welocalize’s Opal Platform comprises patented technology designed to automate multilingual content and improve workflow performance for enterprises. Opal functions as an agentic system that orchestrates AI, automation, and human expertise to coordinate content workflows across the lifecycle, improving speed, scalability, and operational control for global enterprises. These solutions operate within a secure and compliant environment supported by seven ISO certifications. Welocalize is headquartered in New York with offices worldwide. welocalize.com
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
As a Linguistic QA Tester, you will primarily be proofreading and editing content already localized to your native language, making sure you catch any errors in the content, such as: grammar, typos, syntax, punctuation, capitalization, political incorrectness, inconsistencies, and extra spaces between words or characters. You will sometimes be translating content from English to your native language. You will also be checking UIs for functional issues.
Job Details:
Location: Austin, TX
Work week: Three days a week, 09:00-17:00
Hourly Rate: $24
Duration: Project-based
W-2 employee, eligible for benefits based on hours worked
Must have a US work permit
Benefits:
▪️ Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurance
▪️ Telemedicine Benefit
▪️ Paid Sick Time - Employees accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave every 30 worked hours
▪️ Paid Holiday: 2 days
▪️ Employee Assistance Program
Requirements
- Native-level fluency in French FROM France, which includes grammar, vocabulary, composition, and punctuation
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Experience working in translation is preferred
- Tech-savvy, with experience testing web-based systems and applications on Mac OS X and iOS
- Ability to prioritize linguistic issues and distinguish between a true must-fix and a nice-to-have
- Experience working with test cases and test scripts
- Experience with bug tracking systems
- Ability to clearly articulate reproduction steps for a given issue and communicate critical information
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to work with very diverse and multicultural teams
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Strong team ethic.
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