# Language Lead (ENG - JPN) - Hospitality & Marketing Specialist

**Company:** [Acclaro](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/hGfcr12xRtZiK46T7ic7mE.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote
**Department:** Language Services

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## Description

Acclaro combines cultural and language expertise with AI technology to help brands grow their global presence, connect with customers, and mean something to them. As a trusted partner to some of the world’s biggest brands and fastest-growing global companies, our mission is to harness the powerful combination of human expertise and cutting-edge technology to bring your message to global audiences. Our AI-powered business management and language platform ensures a faster time to market with measurable results.

Are you an experienced **English-to-Japanese Language Lead** with a passion for hospitality, tourism, and marketing content? We are looking for a talented professional to support one of our most valued global clients and play a key role in ensuring high-quality, culturally relevant communications for Japanese audiences.

### Position Overview

-   **Role:** Language Lead
-   **Language(s):** English and Japanese
-   **Industry:** Hospitality & Tourism
-   **Content Type:** Marketing & Branding
-   **Location Restrictions:** Must be based in Japan (Remote)
-   **Employment Type:** Freelance / Independent contractor

### Responsibilities

As a **Language Lead (Language Captain)**, you will serve as the linguistic and cultural expert for the Japanese market, playing a critical role in ensuring exceptional translation quality, consistency, and cultural relevance across all projects. You will act as a key point of contact between the client, project teams, and linguists, helping to drive localization excellence and maintain the highest quality standards.

-   Serve as the primary linguistic liaison for the Japanese language team.
-   Develop, maintain, and optimize Style Guides, glossaries, and linguistic instructions to ensure consistency across all deliverables.
-   Oversee linguistic quality management activities, including quality reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
-   Manage linguistic queries and provide expert guidance to translators, reviewers, and project stakeholders.
-   Lead, mentor, and coordinate a remote team of freelance translators, editors, and LQA testers, offering constructive linguistic feedback, onboarding support, and ongoing training.
-   Collaborate closely with Project Managers, and client stakeholders to streamline localization workflows, mitigate risks, and resolve complex linguistic or technical challenges.
-   Monitor, analyze, and report on linguistic quality metrics, resource performance, and project delivery timelines to support project success and continuous improvement.
-   Ensure translated content accurately reflects the client's brand voice while meeting the linguistic and cultural expectations of the target audience

## Requirements

-   Bachelor’s degree in **Translation, Linguistics, or a related field**.
-   5+ years of hands-on experience in translation/localization industry, with at least 2+ years acting in a **Language Lead, Reviewer, or LQA Specialist** capacity.
-   Strong background translating **hospitality, hotel, tourism, and marketing content**
-   Native fluency in **Japanese** with an impeccable, professional command of source English. A deep sensitivity to local tech terminology vs. regional variants is mandatory.
-   Must be currently living and working **in Japan** with an established, reliable remote setup.
-   Deep proficiency in advanced translation management systems and CAT tools (e.g., Trados Studio, Phrase, memoQ) alongside automated Quality Assurance tools (e.g., Xbench).
-   Exceptional communication, organizational, and conflict-resolution skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage concurrent pipelines and tight release schedules.

## Benefits

-   **Flexible Remote Work:** Based in Japan, managing your own hours around project deadlines.

-   **Long-Term Collaboration Opportunities**: We aim to build lasting partnerships with our freelance linguists; successful candidates will become part of our preferred talent pool for ongoing, periodic project assignments.
-   **Cutting-Edge Tech:** Gain experience working with advanced localization workflows, AI-driven translation tools, and global brand content.
-   **Elite Projects:** Build your portfolio by working on software utilized by millions of global users daily.