Remote Hindi Math/Science Expert

Summary

Join Khan Academy India as a freelance language expert to support Math and Science offering in Marathi, localizing content from English to Hindi for students studying Hindi medium.

Requirements

• Loves Science, specifically Biology and talking about these subjects [Comfortable in the subject up to class XII level]
• Is fluent in Hindi language (speaking and writing)
• Is native Hindi speaker

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and Editing KA Science Hindi content
• Creating and localizing new content (videos & text) as needed
• Collect on-ground feedback on content by interacting with state teachers and incorporating the feedback into the content
• Localizing the content available in English in your respective language keeping its originality intact
• Going through Hindi Science textbooks to highlight any modifications needed before localisation
• Reading through original material, reviewing it and rewriting it the target language in case needed, ensuring that the meaning of the source text is retained
• Along with State Board and NCERT Books using specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to find the closest equivalents for terminology and words used
• Researching on relevant phraseology to find the correct translation
• Proofreading and editing final translated versions on the basis of the basic quality parameters (Meaning, Readability, Compliance, Terminology, Consistency and Linguistics)
• Retaining and developing knowledge on specialist areas of translation
• Adapting the Khan Academy’s Style Guide for your language (Hindi)
• Developing glossary for the specific terminologies to be used in Khan Academy’s localization process and continuously update it with new terminology

Preferred Qualifications

• Having studied and/or taught in a Hindi medium school
• Experience in online teaching or video creation
• Being tech-savvy and tech-curious
• Proficiency in understanding the English language to be able to recreate videos
• Knowledge of various Computer Assisted Translation(CAT) Tools

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Remote-friendly workplace, i.e. option to work from home