English to German (Germany or Switzerland) Linguist & Copy Editor for Product, Marketing & UI Content

About the role

In this freelance, fully remote role, you will work with content spanning marketing, product, user interfaces, customer support, informational materials, and light legal documentation. You will help ensure that content is accurate, culturally relevant, consistent, and engaging for German-speaking audiences in Germany and/or Switzerland.

What you'll do

• As an English-to-German linguist and copy editor, you will deliver accurate, polished
• Translate content from US English into German for Germany (de-DE) and/or Switzerland (de-CH), ensuring linguistic accuracy, natural phrasing, and cultural relevance
• Copy-edit and refine German-language content to improve clarity, readability, consistency, tone, and overall quality
• Perform machine translation post-editing (MTPE), correcting errors and ensuring that machine-generated translations meet professional standards
• Work across a variety of content types, including marketing materials, product content, user interface text, customer support resources, informational content

What you need

• 5–9 yrs of experience
• Product marketing
• Translation
• Editing
• Any graduate