
Monika
About the Candidate
Localization engineering | DTP | OCR
7 years of experience in the localization and translation industry.
Experience
– managing the team of localization engineers and PM assistants
– setting up individual and team’s KPI targets
– evaluating performance reviews
– providing guidance and mentorship
– recruiting and onboarding new team members
– coordinating and carrying out tasks of CAT tools, files troubleshooting and DTP/OCR
– cooperating with PMs on the technical preparation of projects
– providing training on CAT tools, DTP/OCR and file preparation for translation
– creating SOPs
– researching new solutions and industry trends
– customizing localization workflows
– CAT tools and MT configuration
– converting and preparing various file formats for translation (XML/PO/JSON/DITA/PROPERTIES/XLIFF/IDML/MIF/PUB/SRT/PDF/DOCX/PPTX/XLSX)
– creating, maintaining, updating translation memories and termbases
– performing technical QA
– preparing quotes and final files
– troubleshooting
– providing technical support for PMs and translators
– providing CAT tools training
– searching for and testing new software
Role of DTP Lead:
– managing sub‐team
– delegating tasks
– managing multiple projects within tight deadlines
– typesetting
– graphics editing
– manipulation and localization
– preparing content in various file formats for translation
– reconstructing poorly scanned graphics and documents
– formatting and adapting projects up to production
– performing technical quality control
– preparing DTP guidelines
Role of Buddy:
– assisting and training new employees
– providing information on policies and procedures