About Agoda 

Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology that connects travelers with more than 3.6 million accommodations globally. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 6,000+ employees representing 90+ nationalities foster a work environment rich in diversity, creativity, and collaboration. We innovate through a culture of experimentation and ownership, enhancing the ability for our customers to experience the world.

Our Purpose - Bridging the World Through Travel 

We believe travel allows people to enjoy, learn and experience more of the amazing world we live in. It brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding and happiness.We are a skillful, driven and diverse team from across the globe, united by a passion to make an impact. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone.

We are looking for an Italian Linguist and Localization Specialist to join our team and help improve localization of multiple Agoda products.

Join our international team in a beautiful central Budapest location and work in a fun and fast paced environment! Check out our Life in Budapest video!

Responsibilities:

• Maintain quality of product translation/localization
• Translate English content (site updates, hotel content, press releases, travel articles, promotional emails and newsletters)
• Recruit, manage and supervise freelance translators
• Ensure freelance translations meet required deadlines and quality standards
• Provide localization ideas and add a linguistic perspective to development
• Conduct product reviews for inconsistencies and localization issues
• Analyze language specific data to optimize website and campaign performance
• Conduct marketing activities to increase visibility of Agoda and website traffic within the target market
• Research and identify local partnership opportunities
• Assist with interdepartmental requests

 Desired skills and experience:

• Native Italian speaker with excellent writing skills
• University or College Degree in languages, translation or localization
• Experience in translations preferably using a CAT tool
• Good English skills, internet knowledge and comfortable with research
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Able to meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Excel and basic HTML knowledge is a plus
• Travel industry experience is a plus

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Equal Opportunity Employer 

At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.

We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy.

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