English to Latvian Medical Devices Linguist

Location: Remote in Europe or Worldwide; Riga, Latvia is also listed.

Company

Welo Life Sciences, a hirify.global brand, provides translation, linguistic validation, and localization services for pharmaceutical, CRO, and medical device organizations in regulated global markets.

What you will do

• Translate medical device and in vitro diagnostics documentation from US English into Latvian.
• Copy-edit translated content for accuracy, terminology consistency, and project-specific quality requirements.
• Review and resolve QA and client feedback on linguistic issues.
• Meet agreed deadlines and maintain quality standards across assigned tasks.
• Work in the client's memoQ 12.5 or higher environment using the license provided by hirify.global.
• Follow project-specific instructions, workflows, and quality standards.

Requirements

• Meet at least one education and experience pathway: a degree in Translation, Linguistics, or Language Studies; a recognized graduate qualification in another field plus at least two years of full-time professional translation experience; or at least five years of full-time professional translation experience.
• At least two years of professional Life Sciences translation experience specifically covering Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics.
• Proven experience translating relevant medical documentation; patent translation alone is insufficient.
• Ability to perform both translation and copy-edit tasks.
• Mandatory experience with memoQ version 12.5 or higher, with a suitable desktop version installed.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word and document-editing workflows.

Nice to have

• Degree in Medicine, Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Research, Translation, Linguistics, Philology, or a related field.
• In-house experience at a medical device manufacturer, diagnostics company, or Life Sciences organization.
• Experience with ISO standards and quality-controlled translation workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Freelance remote engagement available from Europe or worldwide.
• Ongoing weekly availability is expected.
• Translation is paid per word; copy-edit work is compensated per hour or per word depending on task size.
• Additional QA feedback checks and client feedback reviews may be included in the initial project scope without a separate purchase order.
• Work outside the initial scope or on a project where the linguist was not originally involved receives a separate purchase order.

Hiring process

• Complete the standard Medical Devices assessment as part of onboarding and quality procedures.
• Submit an up-to-date English CV detailing total translation experience, Medical Devices and IVD experience, translated documentation types, memoQ version, translation and copy-edit experience, email, and phone number.
• Applications must go through the official hirify.global application route; hirify.global does not recruit through social media direct messages or WhatsApp and does not request payment.