Linguistic Reviewer, Automotive Technical Documentation

About the role

This role involves critically assessing and refining AI-translated owner's manuals and technical documents for passenger cars. You will play a crucial part in quality assurance, ensuring linguistic accuracy, natural tone, and strict adherence to local language requirements and international compliance standards. Starting with an initial manual and extending to further material up to about 700 pages.

The assignment can be executed fully remote during flexible working hours but needs to be completed before/during the summer. You will need to have access to a computer with a license for Office 365 and WiFi.

Work tasks

Quality assurance and linguistic refinement of AI-translated technical documentation and owner's manuals for the automotive sector, ensuring compliance with international and local standards.

• Review AI-translated technical material for automotive owner's manuals.
• Verify language, tone, and formulations to ensure natural and accurate text.
• Implement linguistic adjustments and improvements.
• Ensure content adheres to local language requirements and industry standards.
• Identify and address deficiencies in manuals to meet EU compliance.

We are looking for

• Access to a computer with the Office 365 suite.
• Advanced fluency in one of the following languages: Dutch, German, French, Danish, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Slovak, Estonian, Latvian, Hungarian.
• Advanced reading comprehension and meticulous attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of technical documentation principles.
• Fluent in English.

It is meritorious if you have

• Experience with reviewing AI-translated content.
• Understanding of compliance and certification processes.
• Familiarity with the automotive industry or technical texts.
• Experience working with Adobe tools for linguistic review.

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

• Goal oriented
• Orderly
• Responsible

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process. To join us in a part-time role, you’ll need another main activity that covers at least 50% of your time. That could be studies, another job, running your own business, parental leave, or something similar.