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Jan M.

English-Czech Localization & AI Language QA Specialist

Overview I help SaaS, technology, localization, and AI teams ship accurate, natural Czech content – and evaluate the quality of human, machine-translated, and LLM-generated language. Native Czech linguist | 10+ years of experience | 20,000+ Upwork hours | 350+ contracts | 99% Job Success | Top Rated My work goes beyond word-for-word translation. I specialize in localization, linguistic quality assurance, AI/MT output evaluation, and final human review for projects where accuracy, consistency, context, and compliance with detailed guidelines matter. Core services • English → Czech localization – apps, SaaS products, websites, UI, help centers, marketing and product content • LQA & MQM evaluation – error identification, categorization, severity assessment and linguistic QA • AI / LLM language evaluation – Czech output review, preference ranking, linguistic assessment and quality analysis • MTPE – professional post-editing of machine- and AI-generated translations • Proofreading & final review – accuracy, grammar, fluency, terminology, style and consistency • Terminology & style-guide compliance – termbases, client-specific language rules and consistency audits • Legal, financial & technical translation/review – high-accuracy content requiring careful human verification • Audiovisual localization & QC – subtitles, scripts and language quality review What I bring to your project ✓ Native-level Czech language judgment and strong English proficiency ✓ Extensive experience with long-term localization workflows ✓ Careful distinction between objective errors and stylistic preferences ✓ Strict compliance with terminology, character limits, tags, variables and formatting requirements ✓ Experience evaluating both human and AI-generated language ✓ Reliable communication, thorough QA and consistent delivery ✓ Ability to work independently as a Czech language owner or as part of a localization team Tools & formats CAT / localization: SDL Trados Studio, memoQ, Phrase, Smartcat, Crowdin, XTM Cloud, Wordbee, Xbench Formats & technical content: XLIFF, XML, JSON, HTML, spreadsheets, structured localization files, placeholders and variables I am particularly interested in ongoing Czech localization, LQA/MQM, AI language evaluation, linguistic data quality, terminology management and Czech language ownership. If you need more than a translator – someone who can translate, evaluate, review, standardize and take responsibility for Czech language quality – I would be happy to discuss your project.

🇨🇿Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic$25/hr100% JSS4.98 (189)Since Oct 2013
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$1.9k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#24,752 / 412k
🇨🇿Country#37 / 669
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.3k

Last 6 months: $11k

World#18,357 / 412k
🇨🇿Country#25 / 669
Total earnings
$276k

Billed in all: $285k

World#8,994 / 412k
🇨🇿Country#30 / 669
Per project
$739

$207 in the last 6 months

World#148,246 / 412k
🇨🇿Country#255 / 669
Projects, last 6 months
54

Across 56 contracts

68% fixed32% hourly
World#837 / 412k
🇨🇿Country#2 / 669
Projects in all
374

Across 402 contracts

81% fixed19% hourly
World#3,175 / 412k
🇨🇿Country#5 / 669

Earnings, last 30 days

$285k+$2.3k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$282k$284k$286kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 2% in Czech

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 3Czech143 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #3Top 2%
  2. #4English to Czech Translation125 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #4Top 3%
  3. #12Machine Translation206 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #1Top 6%
  4. #18Data Quality Assessment258 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #1Top 7%
  5. #22Linguistics475 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #1Top 5%
  6. #26Subtitling753 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #1Top 3%
  7. #31Software Localization536 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #1Top 6%
  8. #45Website Localization552 freelancers · 🇨🇿 #2Top 8%