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About the Team
At ByteDance, the Language Center team is integral, providing essential language support to our engineers, facilitating effective communication and seamless collaboration among RD teams globally. We are also deeply committed to enhancing English proficiency within the global workplace. If you are passionate about language and technology, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in shaping communication at ByteDance!

What You Will Do
- Collaborate closely with R&D teams and language experts to assess work meetings, ensure clear communication of the intended meaning, providing valuable feedback.
- Translate technical documents and provide simultaneous interpretation support during work meetings.
- Monitor and proofread translation output from both internal and outsourced translators.
- Compile and maintain glossaries and perform other language-related tasks as requested by senior team members.
- Accurately annotate Chinese/English data for model training, ensuring consistency and accuracy throughout the process.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:
- Work experience in translation/interpretation, with the ability to translate technical and general documents between Chinese and English.
- Bachelor's Degree in translation/interpretation or equivalent practical experience, with strong English communication skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Experience in simultaneous interpretation between Chinese and English.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Relevant translation experience in the technology field is preferred.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $96000 - $151111 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.