Translator / Learning Designer – Localization Project (German)

We’re looking for a German Localization & Learning Content Specialist to translate, localize, and quality-check business and sales-enablement learning content for the German market.

Remote | Full-Time Contractor | 3 Months

Key Responsibilities

• Review and refine AI-pretranslated content in Smartcat for accuracy, fluency, grammar, tone, and natural German expression.

• Apply approved terminology consistently across skills, decisions, products, and specialized terminology.

• Maintain a conversational, evidence-based, commercially sharp voice.

• Adapt buyer-as-hero and “you” language naturally for German audiences.

• Rebuild finalized translations in existing PowerPoint decks and Articulate Rise modules.

• Test and repair animations, transitions, triggers, timing, and build sequences.

• Resolve layout issues caused by German text expansion and long compound nouns.

• Perform light image/screenshot text edits in PowerPoint.

• Deliver assets in a fully presentation-ready state.

• Collaborate with the internal team and other contractors, working independently against milestones and participating in 1–2 weekly check-ins.

Required Profile

• Native-level German with excellent professional/B2B writing skills.

• Strong English reading and collaboration skills.

• Proven experience in business, sales-enablement, corporate learning, or professional localization.

• Comfortable working with terminology glossaries and style guides.

• Strong PowerPoint skills, including the Animation Pane and animation repair.

• Experience with Articulate Rise or similar authoring tools.

• Strong awareness of German text expansion and compound nouns in fixed layouts.

• Reliable overlap with Eastern Time (GMT-4) / Central European business hours.

Nice to have: localization QA experience with animated/interactive presentations and B2B sales-enablement experience.