JAPANESE LINGUIST

JAPANESE LINGUIST ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION ALTA Language Services is the only 100% employee-owned company in our field. As employee owners, we work hard and go beyond words to perform each and every task with integrity and a passion to stay innovative. We're a diverse group of smart, creative people who love their work and what we learn about other languages, countries, and cultures. ALTA participates in E-Verify. ABOUT THE JOB ALTA Language Services seeks a talented individual to join our Testing Department as a contractor to develop and review reading comprehension and listening comprehension test content in Japanese. The linguist will be expected to deliver accurate, high-quality documentation within a specific deadline and timeline. Training regarding the specifics of the development will be provided. RESPONSIBILITIES Develop Japanese reading and listening comprehension test content, as per development specifications provided by ALTA Project Managers. Linguist will select content from authentic sources, make any necessary edits to the content, and provide a transcription and an English translation, where required. Report to Project Managers about the progress of the work. Review similar content in Japanese developed by another linguist. Address revision comments on developed content. SKILLS Native speaker of the given target language as specified in the position title . The ideal candidate for this position is a linguist who stays up-to-date with popular media sources in the target language. Excellent reading and listening comprehension skills in the target language . Advanced communication skills in English. Ability and desire to work collaboratively. Ability to meet deadlines. Professionalism. Computer literacy. Research skills. EDUCATION/TRAINING Degree: College degree or equivalent experience. A degree in linguistics, translation, or similar is a plus. Computer Knowledge: Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, and Excel. Must have email access with the capability to send and receive attached files and must be able to navigate the Internet. Languages: Native-level fluency in target language is required. Ability to communicate in English is essential, as it will be the language used in communication with the project team. EXPERIENCE Previous experience in test development is preferred. Previous experience using a language proficiency scale (e.g., ILR or CEFR) is preferred. Experience using the target language in a professional capacity (writing, teaching, translation, interpretation, etc.) is required. JOB TYPE / FULL TIME/PART TIME Contractor/Contingent LOCATION Remote EOE STATEMENT ALTA is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the policy of ALTA not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of ALTA to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment. Employees and applicants of ALTA will not be subject to harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited.