About This Role
This translator role focuses on providing language support for business and operational documents between Japanese, Chinese, and English, with a specialisation in private equity and investment operations. The position involves both written translation and real-time interpretation for various stakeholders across different regions.
Responsibilities
- Translate business and operational documents between Japanese, Chinese, and English
- Provide interpretation support during calls, meetings, training sessions, and discussions with Japanese and Chinese stakeholders
- Translate emails, instructions, process documents, reports, presentations, investment-related documents, and operational communications
- Ensure translated content retains original business meaning, financial terminology, and context
- Support both written and verbal communication between India-based teams and APAC stakeholders
- Support the operations team in understanding Japanese and Chinese documentation related to Private Equity investments, fund accounting, investment operations, capital calls and distributions, NAV and financial reporting, investor reporting, portfolio company information, valuation-related documentation, investment agreements and supporting documents, banking and payment instructions, tax and compliance documentation, and KYC/AML-related documentation
- Assist operational teams in interpreting client instructions and requirements received in Japanese or Chinese
- Identify and explain language-specific terminology that may have operational or financial implications
- Act as a language bridge between India delivery teams, Singapore management, and Japan/China stakeholders
- Participate in client calls and provide real-time interpretation when required
- Help clarify business requirements, process changes, exceptions, and client instructions
- Coordinate with internal SMEs when translation requires specialised financial or operational knowledge
- Ensure important instructions are communicated accurately and without ambiguity
- Review translated documents for accuracy, consistency, grammar, terminology, and business context
- Maintain standardised terminology/glossaries for recurring Private Equity and financial services terms
- Perform quality checks on translated reports, emails, process documents, and client communications
- Highlight unclear, ambiguous, or potentially incorrect translations before information is shared with stakeholders
- Build and maintain a Japanese/Chinese–English Private Equity terminology repository
- Develop translation templates and standard communication formats
- Support creation and maintenance of SOPs and process documentation in English, Japanese, and Chinese where required
