Offer summary

Qualifications:

Native or bilingual proficiency in Russian and English, Experience in website and app localisation and translation, Familiarity with fintech content and terminology, Proficiency in CAT tools and basic knowledge of CMS and design tools like Figma..

Key responsabilities:

Translate, transcreate, and proofread various content types into Russian

Create a Russian glossary and local style guide based on the global template

Conduct MTPE, reviews, and LQA to ensure quality and accuracy

Ensure cultural relevance and accuracy in all translations and localisations.

Job description

About Lightyear

We’re on a mission to make investing better for everyone in Europe. More specifically, we’re making it light years better (sorry… we had to!). We’re combining multi-currency accounts with unlimited access to global markets so that everyone in Europe can invest without sneaky hidden fees or unnecessary barriers.

Over the last 2 years, we’ve grown from being just an idea to a regulated business in both the UK & the EU, launching in 22 countries and raising $35M along the way. And we’ve hired a team of 50+ people from some of the best fintechs and startups in Europe.

We’ve got a stellar group of investors behind us including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sir Richard Branson, Mosaic Ventures, Taavet Hinrikus, Jaan Tallinn, Sten Tamkivi, Eileen Burbidge as well as a host of angel investors. In 2022, we raised a $25M Series A round and have been covered in CNBC, TechCrunch, Business Insider and City AM.

What you will do

Even though Lightyear currently is not offering services on the territory of Russia, many of our European customers have requested the app to be translated. And that's when you come in! If abbreviations like CPI, VC, and ETF don’t scare you but rather make you want to roll up your sleeves and start translating, then it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you and we would like you to reach out to us!

Be the voice of Lightyear in Russian
Create a Russian glossary and local style guide based on the template of global style guide template
Translate, transcreate and proofread content to Russian (app, web, comms, ads, blog posts, etc.)
Conduct MTPE, reviews and LQA
Ensure accuracy and cultural relevance across performed tasks

Volumes

In the first 2 months, the approximate workload is ca 40h per week (to get things rolling), and after launching 2-10h per week, depending on the incoming requests and projects that we have.

Requirements

Native/Bilingual proficiency in Russian and English
Previous experience in website and/or app localisation and translation
Previous experience translating fintech content
Understanding of different variables/placeholders in UI copy
Fluency in different CAT tools
Basic knowledge of CMS tools and design tools such as Figma
Basic knowledge of SEO best practices
The role is fully remote, but for compliance purposes, you have to be permanently based in the EU on the basis of citizenship or residence permit

Perks

Fully paid onboarding session
Daily support for questions related to copy and context
Working together with the best language specialists out there
Work whenever and wherever you want to, given that you meet the deadlines
Timely payments for the jobs delivered
50€ worth of your favourite stocks on Lightyear

You’ll get bonus points if you can share your portfolio or some snippets of your work in fintech translations which you are the most proud of.

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