AI-Powered German-to-US-English Book Localization Editor – Freelance Project

Peak Media World | Remote | Project-Based | Immediate Start

About Peak Media World

Peak Media World is an international digital publishing and content company developing nonfiction books, digital products, and educational content.

We are looking for an experienced AI-Powered Book Localization Editor to help us convert existing German nonfiction manuscripts into professional, natural, publication-ready American English editions.

Our books focus on artificial intelligence, digital entrepreneurship, business systems, content creation, and automation.

This is an AI-first localization project, not a traditional manual translation position.

We are looking for someone who combines excellent language skills with modern AI tools, editorial judgment, and an efficient production mindset.

This is a freelance, project-based assignment, not a permanent employment position.

AI-First Translation Workflow – Essential Requirement

Our production process is based on AI-assisted translation followed by professional human editing and quality assurance.

We do not expect you to translate entire books manually, sentence by sentence.

Instead, you will:

1. Use suitable AI tools to generate a high-quality first-pass English translation from the approved German master manuscript.
2. Review and improve the AI-generated text for accuracy, readability, natural American English, and appropriate localization.
3. Check terminology, technical explanations, examples, tables, checklists, and exercises for consistency and completeness.
4. Use AI-supported quality checks to identify missing sections, untranslated passages, inconsistencies, or numerical errors.
5. Perform a final human editorial review to ensure the manuscript reads naturally and professionally.
6. Deliver a clean, consistent, publication-ready US-English manuscript.

AI is the production accelerator. Your editorial expertise ensures the quality.

We value efficient workflows, accurate results, and reliable delivery—not unnecessary manual translation hours.

Your Responsibilities

• Localize German nonfiction manuscripts into fluent, professional American English.
• Maintain the author's original meaning, voice, structure, and intended message.
• Improve awkward or overly literal AI translations.
• Adapt German-specific expressions and examples appropriately for American readers.
• Ensure consistency of terminology across chapters and related books.
• Preserve headings, tables, checklists, exercises, and other structural elements.
• Verify the accurate transfer of numbers, formulas, financial information, and technical explanations.
• Identify factual uncertainties or passages requiring editorial clarification.
• Perform systematic completeness and consistency checks.
• Deliver properly structured, editable manuscripts suitable for professional book layout.
• Maintain a terminology glossary and concise documentation of significant localization decisions.
• Identify opportunities to make the localization workflow faster, more reliable, and repeatable.

You must never invent information, silently omit content, or change the author's intended meaning.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent written American English, with strong grammar, style, and editorial skills.
• Strong reading comprehension of German nonfiction texts.
• Proven experience in nonfiction book translation, localization, or professional editorial work.
• Practical experience with AI-assisted translation and editing tools.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated text rather than accepting it without review.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence, business, entrepreneurship, digital products, or automation.
• Strong attention to detail, consistency, and factual accuracy.
• Experience working with longer manuscripts and maintaining terminology across chapters.
• Reliable communication, independent working habits, and good deadline management.
• Ability to deliver high-quality work efficiently with minimal supervision.

Important: Strong German comprehension is essential. AI tools cannot replace your ability to recognize translation errors or misunderstandings in the original text.

Preferred Experience

• Experience preparing books for Amazon KDP or digital publishing platforms.
• Previous work on business, technology, or educational nonfiction.
• Familiarity with ChatGPT, Claude, DeepL, or comparable AI translation and editing tools.
• Experience using glossaries, structured prompts, or automated QA checks.
• Understanding of US-market localization and nonfiction publishing standards.

Project Details

Contract Type: Freelance / Project-Based

Start: As soon as possible

Initial Assignment: One complete German nonfiction book translated and localized into publication-ready US English.

Additional Work: Further books may be assigned after successful completion of the first project.

Working Hours: Flexible, with reliable availability and agreed delivery deadlines.

Compensation: Please provide your proposed rate per 1,000 German source words or a fixed price per completed book, including editorial review and quality assurance.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate efficient AI-assisted workflows and competitive production costs without compromising quality.

Required Deliverables

For each assigned book, you will provide:

• A complete, professionally edited US-English manuscript in an editable format.
• All chapters, tables, exercises, checklists, and appendices preserved.
• A consistent terminology glossary.
• A brief list of unresolved questions or localization decisions.
• Confirmation that completeness, numerical accuracy, terminology, and language quality have been checked.
• A concise production report documenting the workflow, tools used, and actual working time.

All manuscripts and project materials must be handled confidentially. Only AI tools and data-handling methods approved for the project may be used.

How to Apply

Please answer the following questions:

1. What is your German language proficiency, and how would you describe your written American English skills?
2. Have you previously translated, localized, or professionally edited nonfiction books? Please provide relevant examples.
3. Which AI tools do you use for book translation and localization?
4. Briefly describe your workflow for converting a German manuscript into a polished US-English edition using AI.
5. How do you detect missing text, mistranslations, terminology inconsistencies, and incorrect numerical information?
6. How much active working time would you realistically need to localize and quality-check a 30,000-word German nonfiction manuscript using your AI-assisted process?
7. What is your proposed price per 1,000 German source words or per completed book?
8. How many hours per week are you available?
9. What is your earliest possible starting date?

Please begin your application with:

PMW AI BOOK LOCALIZATION

Applications without relevant experience or a clear AI-assisted workflow may not be considered.

Selection Process

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to complete a small, paid, time-limited localization pilot using a representative German nonfiction chapter.

The pilot will evaluate:

• Accuracy and fidelity to the German original.
• Natural, professional American English.
• Ability to improve AI-generated translations.
• Technical terminology and numerical accuracy.
• Completeness and formatting.
• Editorial judgment.
• Efficiency, communication, and reliability.

Successful candidates may be offered the first complete book project, with additional assignments depending on results.

What We Value

At Peak Media World, we believe AI should accelerate professional work—not replace professional judgment.

We are looking for someone who takes ownership of the final result, works independently, thinks systematically, and delivers manuscripts that are genuinely ready for publication.

Immediate availability, proven AI-assisted localization skills, and dependable delivery are particularly important for this project.