Job Description
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo , you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role We are looking for a translator/proofreader with native-level proficiency in written Traditional Chinese and full professional fluency in English to create the best possible user experience for Traditional Chinese users through high-quality translation and localization. This is a contract role that can be based anywhere in the world. Responsibilities: Localize all marketing and product copies, ensuring they are accurate, charismatic, and reflect Duolingo ’s style guide and requirements Attend meetings/consult with fellow team members to discuss translations and align on style, tone, and vocabulary Contribute to the development of in-house style guides for Traditional Chinese Conduct QA on the live app to ensure that original content is not only correct and understandable for the Traditional Chinese audience, but also engaging and compelling Requirements: Native-level proficiency in written Traditional Chinese and full professional fluency in English 3+ years of experience in translating, transcreation, proofreading, and/or copywriting for a Traditional Chinese audience Experience localizing online, mobile, and/or game products Ability to evaluate TTS audio in native language with a skilled ear to report on quality, including details such as nuances in accents. Desire to learn how to edit and triage TTS in native language for output ac
