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Hindi Science (Physics) Video Localization Expert - Freelancer

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The role involves localizing English Science videos into Hindi, reviewing and editing existing content, creating new localized videos, and interacting with state teachers for feedback. The candidate should be proficient in Hindi, comfortable with Physics up to class XII level, and have video-making experience.
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ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a fast-paced, nonprofit startup on a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We already reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. We’re building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. We localize our videos and exercises in multiple regional languages. We’re seeking a language expert to support our Math and Science offering in multiple Indian languages.


ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY INDIA

Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world class user experience that is locally relevant to learners in India and is enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that is right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps and youtube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home and teacher directed learners in schools. Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content  accessible in local languages and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is available in Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Bangla, Tamil, and Assamese.

LEARN MORE

  • Sal’s TED talk from 2011
  • Sal’s TED talk from 2015
  • A glimpse of our team:  http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team
  • A glimpse of our content created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylgb8FFMgd4
  • Our Hinglish content in action: http://bit.ly/khanacademyyoutube

ABOUT THE INDIA CONTENT TEAM

Our content team in India includes the content creators who make thousands of awesome videos, articles, and practice questions, aligned with the Indian curriculum, to help both teachers and students. We are actively working on content localization in multiple regional languages as well, which means the content you help create will reach a wider number (both nationally and globally), thereby multiplying the impact. 


WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? 


We are primarily looking for someone who:

  • Loves Science (especially Physics) and talking about this subject [Comfortable in the subject up to class XII level]
  • Is fluent in Hindi language (speaking and writing).
  • Is native Hindi speaker.
  • Can localize videos in Hindi.
  • Have video making experience.

Other than these, the following will be great to have:

  • Having studied and/or taught in a Hindi medium school.
  • Experience in online teaching, video creation/Localization.
  • Being tech-savvy and tech-curious.
  • Proficiency in understanding the English language to be able to recreate videos.
  • Knowledge of Video making, video editing softwares.

The role will involve localization of videos from English to Hindi. It will also involve interactions with state teachers to better understand their needs.

This is a freelance position. To apply, scroll to the end and attach your resume and task.

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Localizing English Science videos into Hindi.
  • Reviewing and Editing KA ScienceHindi content and/or creating and localizing new content (videos) as needed; keeping quality metrics in mind (Contextualisation, cohesion, rigor, clarity, pedagogical approach, etc.)
  • Collect on-ground feedback on content by interacting with state teachers and incorporating the feedback into the content.
  • Going through Science textbooks to highlight any modifications needed before localisation.
  • Reading through original material, reviewing it and recreating it in the target language in case needed, ensuring that the meaning of the source is retained.
  • Along with State Board and NCERT Books using specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to find the closest equivalents for terminology and words used.
  • Researching on relevant phraseology to find the correct localization.
  • Proofreading and editing final translated versions on the basis of the basic quality parameters (Meaning, Readability, Compliance, Terminology, Consistency and Linguistics).
  • Retaining and developing knowledge on specialist areas of video localization.
  • Developing glossary for the specific terminologies to be used in Khan Academy’s localization process and continuously update it with new terminology.

LOCATION

This is a remote working opportunity. You will have the liberty to work from your home. Some travel may be required. (about 2 or 3 times a quarter)

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team like a for-profit.

  • Competitive salary
  • Remote-friendly workplace, i.e. option to work from home
  • Fun team events and board game nights!

HOW TO APPLY

  • Attach your resume in the space provided below. 
  • Please address the below-mentioned task and attach your response in the space provided below (ask to share a google link drive to PDF)
  • Please note that applications without an appropriate link to the task will be ignored. 


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