Life Sciences Linguist, English to Spanish (ESMX native)

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About the role

  • Freelance linguist translating clinical, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance documents into Mexican Spanish. Welo Life Sciences supports regulated pharmaceutical, CRO, and medical-device organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Translate clinical research, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance documents from English to Spanish LatAm
  • Perform Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE) on machine-translated safety content
  • Copy edit translated and post-edited content for accuracy, tone, and consistency
  • Meet strict, non-extendable turnaround times on time-sensitive content
  • Work within the client's CAT tool environment (XTM/Phrase)
  • Use Track Changes in Microsoft Word according to project-specific setup instructions
  • Translate clinical research documents including protocols, synopses, IB, ICF, patient sheets, and patient diaries
  • Translate regulatory documents including SmPC, PIL, labels, and CTD modules
  • Translate pharmacovigilance documents including PSUR, DSUR, RMP, SAE, and AE

Requirements

  • Applicant must meet at least one of the following: a degree in Translation, Linguistics, or Language Studies (or equivalent); a recognized graduate qualification in another field plus at least two years of full-time professional translation experience; or at least five years of full-time professional translation experience
  • At least two years of practical translation experience specifically with life sciences, clinical trials, pharmacovigilance, and medical documents
  • Familiarity with CAT tools, specifically XTM/Phrase
  • Familiarity with Track Changes in Microsoft Word
  • Native in ESMX (Mexican Spanish)
  • Willingness to complete an assessment during onboarding and quality procedures
  • Latest English CV must accurately reflect life sciences and medical translation experience, years of life sciences experience, document types translated, CAT tools used, email, and phone number
  • Nice-to-have: degree in Medicine, Biology, Biochemistry, Clinical Research, Translation, Linguistics, Philology, or similar
  • Nice-to-have: in-house industry experience at a CRO or pharmaceutical company

Benefits

  • License for CAT tools will be provided
  • Freelance-Remote work arrangement

Job title

Job type

Contract

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

RemoteWorldwide

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