Sports Localization SME Role - Hungarian MTPE & QC in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This role sits at the intersection of sports journalism, localization, and AI/NLP data quality — a niche but growing field as sports media platforms aggressively localize content for international audiences. Gaining experience with MTPE (Machine Translation Post-Editing) is particularly valuable, as it's a core skill in the evolving language services industry.
Compensation signals: No salary is listed, which is common for freelance localization contracts. Market rates for MTPE and localization QC typically range from $0.03–0.08 per word or $15–35/hour depending on language pair and specialization. Hungarian is a less-common language pair, which may command a slight premium.
Skills you'll develop:
- MTPE and AI-assisted translation workflows — highly in demand as LLMs reshape the language industry
- Localization style guide adherence and terminology management
- Sports content adaptation for culturally specific audiences
Green flags: Welocalize is a well-established, large-scale LSP (Language Service Provider) with global clients — contractor relationships here can lead to long-term, recurring project work. The bonus criteria referencing ESPN, The Athletic, and FourFourTwo signal they value editorial quality, not just functional translation.
Red flags: The lack of salary transparency and the freelance/contractor nature mean no benefits, no job security, and variable income. This is best treated as a supplementary income stream or a portfolio-building opportunity, not a primary career role.
As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Overview
Welocalize is seeking passionate and culturally fluent Sports Subject Matter Experts specialized in football with exceptional writing skills to join our localization team. You'll review, localize, fact check, translate, and adapt football-related content so it resonates with audiences in your market.
Project Details:
- Language Pair: English (US) > Hungarian (Hungary)
- Task Type: Quality Control, Translation, Copy Edit, MTPE
- Assessment: Grammar + SME knowledge
Main Duties
- Review, localize, fact check, translate, and adapt sports-related content, mainly football, while adhering to writing style guides and guidelines
- Conduct market-specific research on local content, product and terminology trends, and best localization practices for the target audience in your market
- Provide feedback on written content
Required Skills
- BS/BA and/or 2+ years of work experience in the linguistic field, sports journalism, copywriting, or copy-editing
- Extensive sports knowledge, mainly football
- Experience in translation and localization of multimedia content, preferably also machine translations and evaluations
- Native-level fluency in the target language (Hungarian)
- Excellent grammar and writing skills in the native language
- Strong creative writing, proofreading, and editing skills in the native language
- Tech savvy: strong practical knowledge of computers and mobile devices, word processors, and spreadsheets
- Owning a licensed version of MS Office apps
- Ability to work independently and remotely
Bonus If You Have:
- Published work on platforms like ESPN, The Athletic, FourFourTwo, or similar.
- Experience working with sports media platforms, live score apps, or sports streaming services.
- A flair for adapting voice and style to Gen Z, football fan culture, and pop culture audiences.
After your application is reviewed, shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our team to complete the application process.
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