Calm is looking for a freelance Chinese Language Consultant to assist our team in delivering a high-quality Calm product and supporting materials in the Chinese language (zh-TW, Mandarin).
Calm is the leading mental health brand, on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. With the app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, Calm's transformational mindfulness content supports users across seven languages in more than 190 countries.
What you will do:
- Review translated Traditional Chinese scripts and promotional content to ensure linguistic quality and accuracy concerning vocabulary for meditation, mindfulness, and mental health
- Review translated Traditional Chinese content for the app and web products to ensure linguistic quality and accuracy and a smooth user experience
- Work with vendors to align their work product with Calm's brand and style
- Discuss difficult translations with vendors and the Calm team
- Create and maintain the Traditional Chinese glossary, ensuring vendor adherence
- Create and maintain the Traditional Chinese style guide, ensuring vendor adherence
- Attend audio recording sessions to guide narration talent and ensure alignment between Traditional Chinese scripts and Mandarin voiceovers
- Evaluate and approve final recorded target Mandarin audio content
Who you are:
- Native-level Chinese speaker with a profound understanding of English
- Specialize in written Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) and spoken Mandarin
- Have experience as a linguist, ideally as both a translator and proofreader
- Have experience working with Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools
- Have Traditional Chinese writing experience, ideally with both fiction and nonfiction
- Have experience localizing app user interfaces, and are familiar with best practices
- Have personal experience with meditation, mindfulness, and/or mental health in Taiwan (and/or Chinese diaspora) and in the Chinese language
- Are excited about how Calm can make a positive impact in the lives of Chinese speakers
- This role will be paid on a project basis
- This is freelance/contract work only. Calm's budget is approximately $27 - $55 per hour. Please note, the hourly rate will be contingent on the Consultant's location, services & deliverables and hours required, which will be mutually agreed upon by both parties.
- Professionals providing the above services typically perform similar services for other clients at the same time - this is welcome and invited.
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