Nathalie Lauwerier

Localization Specialist / Language Lead Dutch

Santa Cruz , CA, 95060

SKILLS

Summary

Translation, Editing, Proofreading, subtitling, SDL Trados, WorldServer, l10n,
i18n, g11n, Machine Translation, CAT Tools, Translation Management,
Localization, Project Management, Language Quality Assurance, MQM, JIRA

Skills

     -  +20 years of translation experience for the consumer market

• • ○  Good knowledge of CAT tools: Trados and GCMS for xml and xsl files 

  • ○  Knowledge of localization processes
    

  • ○  Understanding of software development cycles
    

  • ○  Accustomed to working in a multicultural environment

  • departments and varying levels of management

    
    -  Ability to function effectively in a fast paced environment and demonstrate flexibility

• -  Team player with a very hand-on attitude
  

• -  Ability and interest in analyzing, understanding, and organizing information in fields outside
  

  current areas of expertise
  

• -  Profound interest in Machine Translation, experience in e valuating MT systems’ output
  

EXPERIENCE

Netflix - Los Gatos - Language Lead Dutch (Benelux Market)
MAY 2013 - JANUARY 2018

Main responsibilities – Supporting Netflix in Dutch:

● Ensuring quality and on- time delivery of the Dutch content for all Netflix components

● Linguistic and functional verification of new features

● Managing Dutch translation workflow from managing a team of 7 translators and vendors to
translation resources (glossaries, translation memories)

● Work closely with QA team, in-country marketing and sales contacts (Benelux), Customer Service and
Social department within Netflix.

Additional responsibilities – internal and cross team collaboration:

● Helping team members by mentoring and providing training of new linguists (maintaining internal
training website as well as web pages for external freelancers and vendors)

● Providing localization expertise and insight to cross -functional teams and stakeholders (marketing, pr,
consumer insights, social, quality management teams)

● Working with web developers and engineers on improving internal l10n processes

Providing feedback regarding localization set up for new tool enhancement Initiatives – localization

efficiency and effectiveness:

● Making suggestions on new features and tools to improve localization processes

● Organizing marketing research surveys in the Dutch market to help improve service and obtain
insight in how the service is perceived and could be improved for the Dutch market

LinkedIn - Mountain View - Senior Dutch Language Lead
AUGUST 2012 - MAY 2013
Main responsibilities

• ●  Owner of Dutch linguistic quality
  

• ●  Translation and verification (linguistic and functional) of new features
  

  and functionality
  

• ●  Translate and review marketing, customer service, email and main site
  

  content (using CAT tools)
  

• ●  Ensuring quality of LinkedIn in Dutch and collaborating with product
  

  teams
  

• ●  Managing the team of Dutch translators working remotely
  

• ●  Maintenance of the Dutch language glossaries, style guides and
  

  translation guidelines
  

• ●  Ensuring quality and on time delivery of the Dutch content for all
  

  LinkedIn products
  

• ●  Perform linguistic/functional QA and open/fix linguistic bugs
  

• ●  Attend cross-functional meetings and provide linguistic/cultural
  

  feedback
  

• ●  Work with external vendors, training and mentoring of backup
  

  translators
  

• ●  Work closely with QA team, in-country marketing and sales contacts
  

  (Benelux) and CS advocates
  

  Monster, Mountain View - Dutch Knowledge Engineer
  SEPTEMBER 2009 - AUGUST 2012
  Main responsibilities
  

• ●  Identify and develop concepts for new industries or functional areas
  for the job market in the Netherlands
  

• ●  Refine and improve existing definitions in the Dutch Knowledge Base
  

• ●  Optimize lexical and morphological rules and dictionaries
  

• ●  Contribute to job and resume test suites, run regression tests
  

• ●  Build, enhance, test, and maintain the Dutch Knowledge Base
  

Dutch Language Specialist / Sworn Dutch Translator/Interpreter /
Dutch Teacher / ESL Teacher (Self-employed + Sworn as a Court
translator/interpreter at the Court of First Instance in Brussels)

2000 - AUGUST 2012