Japanese Blog Translator (Localization) Job at Duolingo, Remote

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  • Duolingo
  • Remote

Job Description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But we've got more left to do — and that's where you come in.

Come join our Localization team and help us create the informative and fun blog translations for Japanese learners. We are looking for a talented native Japanese translator/proofreader fluent in English to translate the Duolingo Blog (

This is a contract role (no benefits) that can be based anywhere in the world.

Responsibilities:

  • Localize 8 blog posts per month, ensuring they are accurate, charismatic, and reflect Duolingo's style guide and requirements
  • Consult with fellow team members to discuss translations and align on style, tone, and vocabulary
  • Ensure that original content is not only understandable for Japanese audience, but also engaging and compelling

Requirements:

  • Native fluency in Japanese and full professional fluency in English
  • 3+ years of experience in translating, transcreation, proofreading, and/or copywriting for a Japanese audience
  • Experience with Machine Translation Post-Editing
  • A portfolio of past work to demonstrate your expertise
  • Strong interest in Duolingo and our mission
  • Ability to work 5-15 hrs/week (workload may vary from week to week)
  • Experience in any of the following is a plus:
    • Social Media content creation
    • SEO
    • Learning Science or language teaching
    • Localization for online, mobile, and/or game products

About Duolingo

Duolingo is the most popular language-learning application in the world, with over 500 million users and over half a billion exercises completed daily. Beyond our core learning product, we also offer English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test, and are bringing new subjects into the Duolingo app, where people can develop their Math and Music skills.

We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!

Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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