Spanish Translator, Medical Content

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The Spanish Translator, Patient Content is part of the Medical and Health Content team. This team manages all patient-facing medical and health content on cancer.org, as well as in printed booklets, flyers, fact sheets, 3D interactives, videos, presentations, and other formats. The Spanish Translator will perform and facilitate the translation of health and cancer information. This person will be responsible for the accuracy of the translation of complex medical information with a high degree of precision.

This is a remote, home-based position in the United States, with a high preference of residing in Eastern and Central time zones.

Summary:

The Spanish Translator, Medical Content is part of the Medical and Health Content team. This team manages all patient-facing medical and health content on cancer.org, as well as in printed booklets, flyers, fact sheets, 3D interactives, videos, presentations, and other formats. The Spanish Translator will perform and facilitate the translation of health and cancer information. This person will be responsible for the accuracy of the translation of complex medical information with a high degree of precision.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Translation:

• Translates health and cancer information into Spanish using neutral Spanish lexicon for print, web, and call center usage. Formats may include web pages, infographics, illustrations, flyers, booklets, videos, and interactives.
• Reviews and approves translations submitted by external sources.
• Collaborates with other in-house translators and translation vendors to ensure consistent quality and tone of content.
• Performs research, consultation, editing, and proofing to enhance the quality and accuracy of the translations.
• Confers with Managing Director and Medical Editors for final decisions concerning medical content.

Management of Spanish web content:

• Manages the Spanish language pages on cancer.org, including adding, editing, publishing, and removing pages to match changes made in English.
• Collaborates with UX, SEO, and Web Development teams to ensure the needs of Spanish site visitors are met.

Thought leadership:

• Takes a proactive role to research …