Machine Translation Specialist

Requisition Number: 166205

Position Title: Localization Specialist II

External Description:

Electronic Arts Inc. is a global leader in interactive entertainment. We develop and deliver games, content and online services across platforms. We have a broad portfolio of brands that span the most popular genres.

We exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow our employees to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

We are EA

And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That's why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

EA inspires the world to play, and the Worldwide Localization Team makes that happen! We are accountable for delivering the high-quality localized versions of our titles to over 30 countries around the world. You will find a vibrant, multicultural environment with a great mixture of professionals. From software engineers, project managers, testers to audio, text and linguistic specialists, each employee has an important role to play. You will work on a wide variety of groundbreaking tools and systems to provide Localization to EA's products. With business and project management modules, workflow automation, CRM, Text, Audio, Image and Video asset management technology, EA has built a cutting-edge Localization powerhouse that covers the needs for both current and next generation platforms.

As a Machine Translation Specialist, you will report to the Machine Translation Lead. Your main role will be to support the implementation of the EA's MT strategy and help accelerate our MT and Real-time Localization vision.

What a Machine Translation Specialist does at EA:

• You will prepare the material for engine training, cleaning data and come up with best practices and automation processes.
• You will perform tests with different kind of content and provide MT Quality estimations.
• You will conduct MT usability tests and summarize the feedback, testing results and creating guidelines and documentation on best practices for contractors and vendors, while training post-editors for the different languages.
• You will support with data annotation for feedback and error analysis to identify patterns and fix issues in the engine by training data.
• You will help with the technical integration of MT in CAT tool and API integrations.
• You will help with the creation of regular expressions and optimization of the text import in the CAT tool, to handle variable issues and any other pre-processing step.
• You will analyse quality feedback and categorizing to improve the output.
• You will work with other teams for engine data training preparation and quality evaluation.
• You will assist the team with questions and practical tasks.
• You will support vendor management with quality evaluation and vendor preparation for MT.
• You will review post-edited output to produce high-quality training corpus for MT engines.
• You will support the team with creating guidelines and documentation on best practices for post-editors.
• You will support investigation of technical bugs and issues with the MT integration.
• You will investigate in automatic evaluation methodologies and edit distance to gather enough methodologies for our partners.
• You will demonstrate active learning and close collaboration with the MT task force.

The experience we are looking for:

• Fluent English and a linguistic background [Fluent in other language(s)].
• Great technical knowledge of Machine Translation technology (NMT) and data preparation for engine training
• Knowledge of regular expressions and text import techniques
• Knowledge of MT metrics and algorithms for quality evaluation
• Post-Editing knowledge.
• CAT tools proficiency and MT integrations.
• Analytical and self-driven approach.
• Proficiency with most used translation file and TM formats (.xliff, .xml, .tmx, .xlsx)
• Excellent Teamworkwer and communication skills
• Self-starting, proactive, solution-oriented attitude
• Knowledge of Python, NLP and creation of automation scripts.

Join us in driving the next revolution in games.

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Nous sommes une équipe internationale de spécialistes de la création, de la narration, de la technologie, de la génération d’expériences, de l’innovation et bien plus encore. Nous pensons que nos équipes doivent être aussi diversifiées que nos communautés afin de créer des jeux et des expériences inoubliables. Chez Electronic Arts, la seule limite est votre imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 81

Can this position be remote?: 0

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À propos d'Electronic Arts

Toutes nos actions sont tendues vers le même objectif : transmettre l'envie de jouer. Au travers de nos jeux innovants, de nos services novateurs et de nos technologies de pointe, nous offrons des possibilités infinies à des millions de fans dans le monde entier.

 

Nous cherchons des personnes inclusives et collaboratives aux points de vue variés pour enrichir notre culture et nous stimuler. Grâce à notre programme d’avantages sociaux, nous adoptons une approche holistique centrée sur le bien-être physique, émotionnel, financier, professionnel et communautaire pour soutenir les membres de notre personnel à chaque chapitre de leur vie. Nous fournissons un ensemble complet d’avantages sociaux garantissant une vie équilibrée et offrant notamment des congés payés, des congés parentaux, des jeux gratuits et bien plus encore. Notre objectif est de fournir un environnement de travail sûr et bienveillant qui vous permet de vous épanouir sur le plan personnel comme sur le plan professionnel.

 

Electronic Arts souscrit au principe de l’égalité des chances. Nous prenons nos décisions en matière d’emploi sans distinction de race, de couleur, de pays d’origine, d’hérédité, de sexe, de genre, d’identité ou d’expression de genre, d’orientation sexuelle, d’âge, d’informations génétiques, de religion, de handicap, d’état de santé, de grossesse, de situation familiale, d’ancienneté ou de tout autre facteur protégé par la loi. Nous étudions également les candidatures des personnes qualifiées possédant un casier judiciaire, conformément à la loi en vigueur. Par ailleurs, EA aménage l’environnement de travail pour les personnes en situation de handicap, conformément à la loi en vigueur.