Associate Localization Engineer

About RWS:

RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.

Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.

Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com

RWS Language & Content Technology division:

Offering the latest innovations in language and content management technology to help enterprises engage with global audiences – across any device. Our language technology enables enterprises to automate and manage the entire content lifecycle. And our web content and structured content management technology supports the creation, translation and delivery of global content at scale – in ways that are efficient, secure and compliant. The combination of our language and content technology

– Enhanced with state-of-the art Machine Learning – offers the capability to manage the ‘end-to-end’ translation supply chain.

Job Prerequisites:

• Knowledge of markup languages (XML, HTML).
• Good knowledge of file structure of software and web file types.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

• Knowledge of SDL Trados Studio and Passolo is added advantage.

• Basic knowledge of macro, scripting, programming languages and regular expression will be added advantage.
• DITA, would be nice to have someone that understands this.
• Added advantage is help compilation (Robohelp and Madcap Flare).
• Preferably have experience of Software and web Localization.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to priorities and manage multiple tasks.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Good level of written and spoken communication in English.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with project lead engineer and project manager with involvement in client conference calls explaining engineering issues with the project.
• Support lead software engineer to meet ship dates for localised products.
• Be responsible for localization projects such as preparation or File Integration projects.
• Prepare test plans for projects by analyzing the product or going through its resources.
• Build localizable elements (i.e. software and help).
• Test with the guidance of a test plan the localizable product thoroughly paying particular attention to relevant checks required.
• Report bugs in localizable elements in a clear and concise manner into a bugs database and then to close it once fixed.
• Test help systems using SDL’s tools and ensuring format is as per original language
• Resize software form
• Assist the lead engineer in all bug fixing for localizable elements such as Software and Help.
• Edit graphics and take screen captures of localizable product making sure the layout is consistent with the original language.
• Assist in the evaluation of engineering assets for new business.
• To prepare localised operating systems for screenshots.
• To check\QA the work undertaken by Trainee Engineers.