Airbnb is one of the world’s largest marketplaces for unique, authentic places to stay and things to do, offering over 7 million accommodations and 40,000 handcrafted activities, all powered by local hosts. An economic empowerment engine, Airbnb has helped millions of hospitality entrepreneurs monetize their spaces and their passions while keeping the financial benefits of tourism in their own communities. With more than half a billion guest arrivals to date, and accessible in 62 languages across 220 countries and regions, Airbnb promotes people-to-people connection, community and trust around the world.

About Airbnb China

As an independent business unit, China is one of the major engines behind Airbnb's global growth. The company has increased its investment in China and experienced rapid growth since officially entering the market at the end of 2015. Airbnb continues to  focus on product localization and innovation to better serve local users and enhance the user experience, nurture a trusting local community, and engage Chinese Millennial travelers with inspiring brand moments. As one of the leaders in the home sharing industry, Airbnb works with partners across many fields to actively promote the sustainable development of this emerging industry and achieve win-win results for everyone. Airbnb will continue to build an efficient local team, bringing the end-to-end, authentic travel experience to Chinese travelers, and creating a world where "anyone can belong anywhere".

Our Design Team is growing and we want you to be part of it!

The Language Managers are the guardians of the Airbnb tone, style, and voice, and the enforcers of quality and excellence in their languages. As a Language Manager, you're not only passionate about languages and cultures, but also about giving our users a native experience across all platforms. This is a permanent role based in our Beijing (China) office.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the strategy, design and drive end-to-end projects that could help achieve excellence in translation and content quality across all platforms
• Partner with translation and QA vendors to execute programs to help improve quality
• Coordinate language feedback from Airbnb users and China product team, Marketing team and more
• Creation of Language Style Guides
• Help with copywriting for content marketing initiatives 
• Develop a trusted partnership with cross-functional stakeholders to receive localization support for local initiatives
• Understand and actively research the needs of Airbnb Chinese and international users
• Acts as a bridge between localization/globalization with other functions in China

Requirements

• Exceptional language skills, fluency in both Chinese and English
• Project and time management skills, ability to multitask, highly organized 
• Good overall knowledge of translation technology, tools and trends of the market
• Experience using online translation software and giving developing guidance
• Hands-on translation experience in both web content and marketing
• Proven experience in deploying localization and translation methodologies in order to increase quality, efficiency and support scalability

爱彼迎是全球领先的特色住宿和体验项目预订平台，提供700多万个独具当地特色的住宿选择和4万项精心策划的体验活动，均由当地房东和体验达人倾力打造。作为赋能经济发展的引擎之一，爱彼迎正在帮助数以百万计的旅游服务创业者将房源和爱好转化为收入，也让当地社区享受到了旅游业带来的经济效益。迄今为止，爱彼迎已接待超过5亿人次房客，在全球220个国家和地区提供62种语言服务。爱彼迎致力于在全球范围内促进人与人之间的交流和信任，打造充满人情味的社区。

爱彼迎中国简介

作为一个独立的业务部门，中国是Airbnb爱彼迎全球增长的重要引擎之一。自2015年底正式进入中国起，爱彼迎在中国市场不断加大投入，实现了持续快速增长。爱彼迎将持续升级本土产品，打造创新的品牌活动，提升用户体验，构建有凝聚力的社区。作为共享住宿行业的领军者之一，爱彼迎还携手各方，积极推动这一新兴行业的可持续发展，实现多方共赢。我们将继续打造高效的本土团队，将原汁原味的旅行体验带给中国旅行者，创造“家在四方”的归属感，重新定义旅行。

设计团队主要负责中文区app和web端产品和视觉交互设计等业务。

工作内容：

• 负责airbnb简体中文版本的英中互译工作。
• 管理翻译供应商，确保其产出符合标准的翻译工作。
• Airbnb简体中文版本的本地化项目管理。
• 其他相关的语言项目管理。

职位要求：

• 优秀的简体中文和英文运用能力。
• 丰富的本地化和项目管理经验。
• 丰富的翻译经验，善于使用翻译软件并对翻译和简体中文有前瞻性研究。