Localization Intern
Madrid, Spain
Full Time
strategy & Operations
Student (College)
At Board, we power financial and operational planning solutions for the world’s best brands. Thousands of enterprises use our technology to optimize resources, drive growth, and ensure profitability. With advanced analytics and forecasting, plus AI-driven insights, customers transform complex, real-time data into actionable intelligence.
What’s been key to our success? Our people - we value everyone’s unique perspective and the energy they bring to the organization. We collaborate openly across teams and borders. We embrace a growth mindset to get results. And we celebrate shared success as goals and milestones are achieved.
Ready to join a team where innovation meets collaboration? If you're driven by bold ideas and a customer-centric mentality, your next adventure starts here!
We are looking for Localization Interns to join the UX Design team in our Madrid Innovation Center for 6 months. Working closely with our Technical Writers, they will conduct an integral project aimed at auditing and editing Board software’s strings in 4 languages: Spanish, Italian, French, and German.
Our localization internship provides new graduates with a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience working in the SaaS industry, combining translation with software discovery.
Learning Objectives
Activities
Requirements
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Join a company that believes in the added value of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We foster a working environment in which all people are respected and valued, for all aspects which make them unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your true self to work every day!
What’s been key to our success? Our people - we value everyone’s unique perspective and the energy they bring to the organization. We collaborate openly across teams and borders. We embrace a growth mindset to get results. And we celebrate shared success as goals and milestones are achieved.
Ready to join a team where innovation meets collaboration? If you're driven by bold ideas and a customer-centric mentality, your next adventure starts here!
We are looking for Localization Interns to join the UX Design team in our Madrid Innovation Center for 6 months. Working closely with our Technical Writers, they will conduct an integral project aimed at auditing and editing Board software’s strings in 4 languages: Spanish, Italian, French, and German.
Our localization internship provides new graduates with a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience working in the SaaS industry, combining translation with software discovery.
Learning Objectives
- Develop industry-specific content skills, including adherence to content guides and glossaries, understanding voice and tone, applying a brand voice, ensuring consistency in translations, and identifying linguistic ambiguities.
- Gain proficiency in using a financial industry planning software tool.
- Learn to use Crowdin, a localization tool, effectively. This includes optimizing settings to maximize efficiency and understanding best practices for localization strategies and processes.
- Acquire experience in the financial and software translation industries, becoming familiar with key-industry terminology.
- Build foundational UX writing skills to write clear, helpful, and useful UI messages, alerts, and instructions.
- Enhance your communication skills for working effectively within a corporate environment, collaborating across teams, and engaging with project leaders.
Activities
- Support the localization team with tasks such as editing, auditing, approving, and translating content.
- Explore the SaaS Board platform to investigate and understand the context of strings.
- Proactively communicate any issues, challenges, or obstacles to the team leader.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the localization tool to ensure accurate translations and minimize errors.
- Adhere to content guidelines and follow the official glossary, ensuring correct spelling and the use of exclusive English-only terms.
- Comply with specific limitations and detailed instructions as provided.
Requirements
- Native proficiency in Spanish, Italian, French, or German (proficiency in more than one language is an advantage).
- Excellent spoken English skills.
- Academic background in Foreign Languages, Translation, Linguistic Mediation, or a related field.
- Ability to identify potential ambiguities or alternative meanings in translations and investigate further as needed.
- Familiarity with SaaS software terminology and industry-standard language.
- Understanding of when to use formal or informal tones appropriately.
- Strong communication skills to raise concerns, report unusual findings or address issues.
- Experience using software and online content tools.
- Familiarity with the Crowdin platform is advantageous.
- Knowledge of or interest in the finance industry is a plus.
- UX writing knowledge is beneficial.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Join a company that believes in the added value of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We foster a working environment in which all people are respected and valued, for all aspects which make them unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your true self to work every day!
Board International is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
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