English to Chinese Simplified Life Sciences Pharmacovigilance Linguist Us Tim
welo global
📍 Remote🌐 Remote🕐 25d ago🔗 himalayas
Job Description
### About Welo Life Sciences
Welo Life Sciences, a [Welo Global](https://himalayas.app/companies/welo-global) brand, is a specialized language and technology partner serving pharmaceutical, CRO, and medical device organizations operating in regulated global markets. We deliver regulator-ready translation, linguistic validation, and localization solutions that support clinical trials, pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs, labeling, and global commercialization. Our approach combines subject matter expertise with ISO-certified quality processes and technology-enabled workflows designed to integrate seamlessly into life sciences operations. With extensive experience supporting global product development and post-market requirements, Welo Life Sciences helps organizations accelerate timelines, protect data integrity, and maintain compliance across languages and regions. All solutions are delivered within a secure, audit-ready framework supported by seven ISO certifications. _welolifesciences.com_
### About the Role
We are looking for experienced English into Chinese Simplified linguists either **based in United States** or that could cover **US time zone** to support a new, high-volume pharmacovigilance program for a leading global pharmaceutical company. The program centers on Periodic Benefit-Risk Evaluation Reports (PBRERs) and carries a strict, **non-extendable 24-hour turnaround time**, including weekends.
This is a new engagement expected to start end of August 2026, running as an ongoing freelance engagement with regular volumes of 30,000–60,000 words per project.
### Key Responsibilities
* Perform Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE) of Periodic Benefit-Risk Evaluation Reports (PBRERs) and regulatory document evaluating a medicine's cumulative safety, efficacy, and benefit-risk balance and related pharmacovigilance content from English into Chinese Simplified.
* Meet a strict, non-extendable 24-hour turnaround time; project requests may arrive any time of day, **including weekends**.
* Work within the client's CAT tool environment (XTM) following project-specific setup instructions.
* Collaborate with other linguists on the same project when volumes require work to be split across multiple resources to meet deadlines, while maintaining consistency and quality.
### Requirements
* Degree in translation, linguistics or languages studies or an equivalent degree that includes significant
translation training.
* Minimum 2 years of professional experience translating **Pharmacovigilance documents**: SAE/AE (serious and non-serious adverse events), PSURs (Periodic Safety Update Reports), SUSARs (Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reactions), ICSRs (Individual Case Safety Reports), DSURs (Development Safety Update Reports), or Risk Management Plans (RMPs).
* Alternatively, minimum 2 years of experience translating **regulatory or clinical documents** such as medical reports, protocols, synopses, ICF, discharge reports, study reports, SmPC, PIL, or medical literature (articles/journals).
* Able to commit at least 5 hours daily, including weekends, given the strict 24-hour TAT.
* Comfortable working as part of a linguist pool on the same project, to meet volume and deadline requirements consistently.
* Familiarity with CAT tools, XTM will be used and will be plus to have previous experience!
* Reliable, deadline-driven, and available on short notice, project requests may come in at any time.
* **Based in the United States, or otherwise able to consistently cover US business hours.**
### Nice to Have
* Prior experience on dedicated/embedded pharmacovigilance or safety programs with strict SLA-based delivery.
* Experience translating PBRERs specifically.
* Established capacity to track and report daily throughput for Operations/PM planning purposes.
### Tools & Systems
* CAT tool: XTM, client-provided license; onboarding and connector setup provided after onboarding.
* There's an unpaid **Pharmacovigilance test** as part of our onboarding and quality process, please only apply if you're willing to complete it.
### Job Reference:
Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)