Translation Specialist

If you are looking to join one of Canada’s fastest growing companies, goeasy Ltd. is the place for you! Certified as a Great Place to Work®, recognized among Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, GTA's Top 100 Employers, one of Canada’s Top 50 Fintechs, North America’s Most Engaged Workplaces, and placed on the 2022 Report on Business Women Lead Here list, we want the best and brightest to join our team.

We are a publicly traded company on the TSX with over 4000% shareholder return since 2001. Accredited by the Better Business Bureau, goeasy Ltd is a Canadian company that provides non-prime leasing and lending services through easyhome, easyfinancial, and LendCare.

goeasy Ltd, Canada’s leading provider of non-prime loan and financial services to everyday Canadians, is looking to bolster its ranks with the addition of a Translation Specialist to join its high performing Corporate Communications team.

Reporting to the Manager, Language Services, the ideal candidate is a native French-Canadian speaker with proven English to French Canadian linguistic experience, demonstrated translation and editing abilities, a curiosity for technological advancement in the industry and a familiarity with human-assisted MT and CAT technologies, processes and tools, including AI.

As a valued member of the Corporate Communications team, the Translation Specialist helps support the French-Canadian content needs of the company by executing internal translation and French editing requests in order to provide a first-rate French language experience to goeasy’s employees, customers, partners and stakeholders throughout its multiplatform ecosystem.  

The chosen individual must be responsive, collaborative and versatile as they’ll be called on at times to liaise on translation matters between stakeholders, team members and/or external service providers; to manage the intake of the work, as well as to translating text from English to French Canadian on a day-to-day basis.

Responsibilities:

Under the Manager’s direction:

Assume intake responsibility of the Language Services requests: calculate translation costs and set deadlines, based on the word counts and internal client specifications (urgency and costs) and monitor estimated costs and deadlines; coordinate the translation and French editing of a high volume of projects (intake, coding, assignment, delivery).

Perform pre-translation tasks with the provided translation tools. Liaise and collaborate with stakeholders, team members, and external service providers to set expectations, clarify content and project parameters, and ensure internal clients’ satisfaction.

Provide ongoing translation, editing and proofreading services to all GSY business units to help maintain its compliance with Province of Québec language laws, in alignment with the company’s business priorities.

Help maintain terminological databases, translation memories and actively collaborate to the overall direction of the department. Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

1-2 years of experience in the translation field in a corporate setting. Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. Ability to work independently and proactively. Exceptional project management skills including organizational and time management skills.

• Fluency in French Canadian and English (spoken and written)
• Proficiency in MS suite (Office 365 et al.)
• Knowledge of translation management software and CAT tools (especially RWS Trados Team)
• A degree in Translation Technology is an asset
• Recent graduates are encouraged to apply

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity Employment:

At goeasy, we believe that we can only be the best when people are able to bring their best selves to work every day. This means that we are committed to cultivating and preserving a work culture where we celebrate who we are, where everyone feels seen and heard and where every employee can fulfill their potential. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada. Please let us know if you require an accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:

All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire.  We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.

Why should you work for goeasy?

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http://goeasy.com/careers/