Telugu Video Localization Expert

Summary

Join Khan Academy's India Content Team as a freelance Language Expert to localize science videos from English to Telugu. You will play a crucial role in making high-quality educational content accessible to a wider audience in India. Responsibilities include video localization, content review and editing, gathering feedback from teachers, and ensuring accurate translation while maintaining the original meaning. Fluency in Telugu and video-making experience are essential. This remote position offers a competitive salary and a fun work environment.

Requirements

• Loves Science and talking about this subject [Comfortable in the subject up to class XII level]
• Is fluent in Telugu language (speaking and writing)
• Is native Telugu speaker
• Can localize videos in Telugu
• Has video making experience

Responsibilities

• Localizing English Science videos into Telugu
• Reviewing and Editing KA Science Telugu content and/or creating and localizing new content (videos) as needed; keeping quality metrics in mind (Contextualisation, cohesion, rigor, clarity, pedagogical approach, etc.)
• Collect on-ground feedback on content by interacting with state teachers and incorporating the feedback into the content
• Going through Telugu Science textbooks to highlight any modifications needed before localisation
• Reading through original material, reviewing it and recreating it in the target language in case needed, ensuring that the meaning of the source 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 localization
• 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 video localization
• 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 Telugu medium school
• Experience in online teaching, video creation/Localization
• Being tech-savvy and tech-curious
• Proficiency in understanding the English language to be able to recreate videos
• Knowledge of Video making, video editing softwares

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Remote-friendly workplace, i.e. option to work from home
• Fun team events and board game nights!