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Slovak Sports Localization Specialist (Football)

Welocalize

Remote

$20 - $25/hr

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Welocalize rating

6.5

Company rating: 6.5 out of 10

Based on 13 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

337th of 500 rated business services


Job description

Sports Subject Matter Expert (Football)

Welocalize is seeking passionate and culturally fluent Sports Subject Matter Experts specialized in football with exceptional writing skills to join our localization team. You'll review, localize, fact check, translate, and adapt football-related content so it resonates with audiences in your market.

Project Details:

Language Pair: English (US) > Slovak (Slovakia)

Task Type: Quality Control, Translation, Copy Edit, MTPE

Assessment: Grammar + SME knowledge

Main Duties:

  • Review, localize, fact check, translate, and adapt sports-related content, mainly football, while adhering to writing style guides and guidelines
  • Conduct market-specific research on local content, product and terminology trends, and best localization practices for the target audience in your market
  • Provide feedback on written content

Required Skills:

  • BS/BA and/or 2+ years of work experience in the linguistic field, sports journalism, copywriting, or in copy-editing
  • Extensive sports knowledge, mainly football
  • Experience in translation and localization of multimedia content, preferably also machine translations and evaluations
  • Native-level fluency in the target language
  • Excellent grammar and writing skills in the native language
  • Strong creative writing, proofreading, and editing skills in the native language
  • Tech savvy: strong practical knowledge of computers and mobile devices, word processors, and spreadsheets
  • Owning licensed version of MS Office apps
  • Ability to work independently and remotely

Bonus if you have:

  • Published work on platforms like ESPN, The Athletic, FourFourTwo, or similar.
  • Experience working with sports media platforms, live score apps, or sports streaming services.
  • A flair for adapting voice and style to Gen Z, football fan culture, and pop culture audiences.

$20 - $25 an hour

After your application is reviewed, shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our team to complete the application process.


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