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Italian Life Science Linguist (Translator, Reviewer, & Editor)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree (MA, MS, PhD, or MD) in a Life Science discipline or a degree in Translation with significant field experience
  • 5+ years of professional experience in life science translation/editing
  • Native-level fluency in Italian and professional-level mastery of English
  • Extensive experience with CAT tools (e.g., SDL Trados, memoQ, Memsource)

Responsibilities

  • Translate complex life science documents from English to Italian with high technical accuracy
  • Conduct bilingual reviews of translations against the source text to ensure accuracy and terminology consistency
  • Edit and proofread Italian content to ensure native-level quality suitable for publication or regulatory submission
  • Maintain and update client-specific glossaries and translation memories to ensure consistency across large-scale projects

About the company

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Translation Excellence

Translation Excellence is a full-service language solutions provider. We are comprised of high-quality, experienced, and certified translators, interpreters, transcriptionists, and desktop publishing experts, providing linguistic services in more than 200 languages. Mission Statement:Our mission is to bridge human beings by breaking through language and cultural barriers.Values Statement:We believe in the power of understanding. The end goal of every project we work on is to innovate and improve the world we live in by empowering individuals from different backgrounds and cultures to collaborate. Every problem has a unique solution. By bringing together people from all over the world, language services are a catalyst for new ideas, new perspectives, and a better future.

Company details

Company typeSME
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

This is a remote position.

We are seeking a highly specialized Life Science Linguist to provide high-quality translation, revision, and editing services for technical, medical, and regulatory documents. As a 1099 contractor, you will work independently on a project-by-project basis to ensure that complex scientific content is accurately rendered into the target language while maintaining strict compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Translation: Convert complex life science documents (e.g., clinical trial protocols, ICFs, dossiers, and medical device manuals) from English (USA) to Italian with 100% technical accuracy.

  • Review & Revision: Conduct bilingual reviews of translated materials against the source text to ensure no omissions, mistranslations, or terminology errors.

  • Editing & Proofreading: Refine the style, flow, and grammar of target-language content to ensure it is culturally appropriate and meets the "native-level" quality expected for publication or regulatory submission.

  • Terminology Management: Maintain and update client-specific glossaries and translation memories to ensure consistency across large-scale projects.

  • QA Compliance: Adhere to ISO 17100 and ISO 13485 standards for linguistic quality and risk management.



Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Education: Advanced degree (MA, MS, PhD, or MD) in a Life Science discipline (Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, etc.) or a degree in Translation with significant field experience.

  • Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in life science translation/editing.

  • Linguistic Skill: Native-level fluency in the target language and professional-level mastery of the source language.

  • Technical Proficiency: Extensive experience with CAT Tools (e.g., SDL Trados, memoQ, Memsource).

  • Subject Matter Expertise: Proven ability to handle high-stakes regulatory content, such as EMA/FDA filings or MedDRA/EDQM terminology.



Benefits

If you feel you meet these criteria, please apply using the form below, stating your rates for translation and your language combinations and enclosing a full CV detailing your qualifications and experience. Please note that you will be required to supply samples of recent translation work and/or take a short translation test piece. Agencies wishing to offer their services would need to provide CVs of their translators and details of their company quality assurance procedures, along with rates for translation. 

Please note that if you are unable to meet the requirements above or unable to supply the required information, it will regrettably not be possible to consider your application.




Salary: 75,000-95,000

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