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Welo GlobalBrazilian Portuguese Patent Language Lead
Park IP, operating as a brand under Welo Global, seeks a Brazilian Portuguese Patent Language Lead to join its remote team on a full-time basis. This…
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Park IP, operating as a brand under Welo Global, seeks a Brazilian Portuguese Patent Language Lead to join its remote team on a full-time basis. This organization supplies global intellectual property solutions, combining experienced professionals with AI-driven workflows and ISO-aligned quality standards to support Am Law 200 firms and Fortune 500 corporate legal departments. In this position, the professional manages translation, copy-editing, and localization tasks for complex patent and legal…
Job Description
Park IP, operating as a brand under Welo Global, seeks a Brazilian Portuguese Patent Language Lead to join its remote team on a full-time basis. This organization supplies global intellectual property solutions, combining experienced professionals with AI-driven workflows and ISO-aligned quality standards to support Am Law 200 firms and Fortune 500 corporate legal departments.
In this position, the professional manages translation, copy-editing, and localization tasks for complex patent and legal documents moving from English into Brazilian Portuguese. The role requires coordinating with quality teams, program squads, talent units, and vendors to ensure deliverables meet client needs while keeping expenses within budget. Responsibilities include acting as lead linguist, maintaining glossaries and style guides, resolving terminology queries, onboarding and training external vendors and internal staff, and contributing to process improvements.
This opportunity suits an experienced language professional with a strong background in patent translation who can guide virtual teams, meet productivity and delivery targets, and maintain rigorous quality standards across the intellectual property lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Perform copy-edit tasks on designated accounts and projects
- Handle on-demand translation assignments
- Serve as the lead linguist for assigned accounts
- Take ownership of internal and external target language deliverables
- Maintain and update language materials such as glossaries, work instructions, and style guides
- Manage project-related queries and resolve terminology questions
- Coordinate work with agencies, freelancers, and internal linguists
- Test and qualify new vendors and freelancers
- Train and develop internal linguists and new or existing freelancers
- Interact with clients on linguistic matters
- Participate in developing and proposing new working processes
- Meet or exceed key performance indicators for productivity, quality, and on-time delivery
Requirements
- Native-level proficiency in Brazilian Portuguese and fluency in both written and spoken English
- Extensive patent translation experience and knowledge of patent types including mechanics, computer science, biology, electricity, pharmacy, and chemistry
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant background in localization, translation, editing, or content writing
- Minimum of 5 years of review experience
- Thorough understanding of the localization process
- Strong command of subject-matter terminology
- Proficiency with standard computer-aided translation tools such as XTM and SDL Studio
- Experience with issue tracking and query management applications like JIRA
- Familiarity with Windows and Office software
- Ability to give constructive feedback and coordinate internal and external translators
- Willingness to train others and share knowledge under tight deadlines
Qualifications
- University degree in Translation, Applied Languages, Linguistic Studies, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Alternatively, a university degree in another discipline plus two years of full-time translation experience, or five years of full-time professional translation experience
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Candidates must have native-level Brazilian Portuguese, fluent English, patent translation knowledge across multiple technical fields, at least 8 years of localization or translation experience, and 5 years of review experience.
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