Medical Market Research Translator, English - Japanese (Remote)

About M3: A Japanese global leader in the provision of ground-breaking and innovative technological and research solutions to the healthcare industry. The M3 Group operates in the US, Asia, and Europe with over 5.8 million physician members globally via its physician websites which include mdlinx.com, m3.com, research.m3.com, Doctors.net.uk, medigate.net, and medlive.cn. M3 Inc. is a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (jp:2413, NIKKEI 225) with subsidiaries in major markets including the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, and China, and in 2020 was ranked in Forbes’ Global 2000 list. The M3 Group provides services to healthcare and the life science industry. In addition to market research, these services include medical education, ethical drug promotion, clinical development, job recruitment, and clinic appointment services. M3 has offices in Japan, UK, France, Germany, Brazil, Sweden, China, USA, and South Korea, as well as India.

This role is part of MED PLANET, a Lyon based fieldwork agency and a wholly owned subsidiary of M3 Inc. MED PLANET is a leading provider of data-collection services for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. We specialize in conducting both qualitative and quantitative market research in France.

• Quality checking and bilingual revision of English medical market research materials translated into Japanese by vendors
• Translation and post edition of medical market research materials from English to Japanese, and translation of answers to open-ended questions from Japanese into English
• Updating of materials previously translated in Japanese to match the latest English versions
• Approval of new JP vendors
• Maintaining of related translation memories
• Enable the Med Planet Translation Department to deliver the highest quality EN-JP translations to all M3 divisions

Education and Training Required:

• Master’s Degree in English-Japanese translation
• Additional training in medical translation appreciated

Minimum Experience: 

• At least 2 years’ experience in medical market research translation from English to Japanese

Knowledge, Skill, Ability:

• Medical market research terminology
• Native level Japanese speaker
• Knowledge of Japanese culture and intricacies
• Very good knowledge of Trados Studio or another well-known CAT tool (e.g. MemoQ)
• Medical market research translation from English to Japanese
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

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