French to English Life Sciences / Pharmacovigilance Linguist

Weloglobal
Regional
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level linguists comfortable with pharmacovigilance translation and fast-paced workflows, with a focus on Life Sciences and remote freelance arrangements.

Best fit for

  • Mid-level linguists with 2+ years in Life Sciences and strong English proficiency
    — “Minimum 2 years of professional experience translating Life Sciences documents.”
  • Candidates with experience in pharmacovigilance content like SAE/AE and SUSARs
    — “Experience translating pharmacovigilance content preferred: SAE/AE (serious and non-serious adverse events), PSURs, SUSARs, ICSRs, DSURs, Risk Management Plans (RMP).”
  • Individuals who are deadline-driven and can commit to daily workloads
    — “Reliable, deadline-driven, and flexible, able to commit to fast turnaround times with no extensions.”

Things to consider

  • Daily availability is expected, not suitable for part-time schedules
    — “Great daily availability: this program requires consistent daily capacity and is not suited to part-time schedules.”
  • A personal Gmail account is required for transcription tasks
    — “A personal Gmail account is required for linguists supporting Transcription tasks, for access to a client platform.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight pharmacovigilance-specific terminology and regulatory compliance in your resume
    — “Translate pharmacovigilance and/or clinical-regulatory content from French into English.”
  • Demonstrate experience with XTM or similar CAT tools in your application
    — “Experience with XTM or similar CAT tools.”
  • Emphasize your ability to work with strict deadlines and high-volume translation
    — “Meet strict, non-extendable turnaround times on time-sensitive safety content.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · LowAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · IndividualLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • meeting strict turnaround times
  • translating safety and regulatory content
Typical background
2+ years of professional experience translating Life Sciences documents

Skills & requirements

Required

TranslationPharmacovigilanceCAT Tools

Preferred

Healthcare Professional BackgroundAvailability To Cover US Business Hours

Stack & domain

TranslationMachine Translation Post-editingCopy EditCAT ToolsPharmacovigilance ContentRegulatory AffairsClinical TrialsAttention To DetailTime ManagementCommunicationTeamworkProblem SolvingLife SciencesPharmaceuticalMedical DevicesRegulatory Compliance

About the role

Original posting from Weloglobal via Lever

About Welo Life Sciences 

Welo Life Sciences, a 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 French (France) to English (GB and US) linguists to support a high-volume, fast-turnaround pharmacovigilance program for a leading global pharmaceutical company. Work involves translating and reviewing safety and regulatory content, including adverse event reports and related clinical documentation, with strict turnaround times and deadlines. 

This is an ongoing freelance engagement with daily volumes.

Key Responsibilities

Translate pharmacovigilance and/or clinical-regulatory content from French into English.

Perform Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE) on machine-translated safety content.

Perform Copy Edit review of translated/post-edited content for accuracy, tone, and consistency.

Meet strict, non-extendable turnaround times on time-sensitive safety content.

Occasionally support Transcription tasks, retyping scanned or handwritten PDFs into Word for downstream translation (requires a personal Gmail account for client platform access).

Work within the client's CAT tool environment (XTM) following project-specific setup instructions.

Requirements

Degree in translation, linguistics or languages studies or an equivalent degree that includes significant 

translation training.

Minimum 2 years of professional experience translating Life Sciences documents.

Experience translating pharmacovigilance content preferred: SAE/AE (serious and non-serious adverse events), PSURs, SUSARs, ICSRs, DSURs, Risk Management Plans (RMP).

Alternatively, experience translating regulatory or clinical documents: medical reports, protocols, synopses, ICF, discharge reports, study reports, SmPC, PIL, or medical literature.

Great daily availability: this program requires consistent daily capacity and is not suited to part-time schedules.

Strong English proficiency; native level of English preferred but not mandatory.

Experience with XTM or similar CAT tools.

Reliable, deadline-driven, and flexible, able to commit to fast turnaround times with no extensions.

Nice to Have

Healthcare professional (HCP) background: nurse or physician preferred, especially with emergency room experience. Other HCP backgrounds also welcome.

Availability to cover US business hours.

Willingness to commit to daily and/or weekend availability.

Tools & Systems

CAT tool: XTM, client-provided license; onboarding and connector setup provided after onboarding.

A personal Gmail account is required for linguists supporting Transcription tasks, for access to a client platform.

Job Reference: #LI-JC1

Source: Weloglobal careers (Lever)

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