About this role
Role Overview
- Localize in-game text, UI, dialogue, subtitles, and narrative content for target languages while maintaining tone, style, and context.
- Ensure cultural relevance and sensitivity by adapting content appropriately for regional audiences.
- Review and edit localized content for accuracy, consistency, and quality.
- Support the maintenance of glossaries, style guides, and terminology databases.
- Work with localization QA teams to identify and resolve linguistic bugs in-game.
- Provide feedback on localization pipelines and suggest improvements for efficiency and quality.
- Coordinate with language teams
Requirements
- Native-level fluency in the target language
- A graduate qualification in translation, linguistics, or language studies, OR
- A graduate qualification in another field plus 2 years of full-time professional translation experience, OR
- 5 years of full-time professional translation experience.
- 3
- years demonstrable experience in localizing in game video content.
- In depth and practical understanding of the nuances and considerations of translating the following gaming content types:
- UlContent/menus
- Mission text
- Non-Player Character (NPC) ambient dialogue
- Locked cutscene subtitle blocks
- Transcreation experience specifically within the gaming sector, translating crime fiction for games.
- An in-depth understanding of the Cosa Nostra (Sicilian Mafia) in the 1900’s.
- Experience translating the specific jargon of organized crime, turn of the turn-of-the-century firearms and vehicles.
- Familiarity with game engines and localization pipelines.
- Knowledge of scripting formats (e.g., XML, JSON) is a plus.
- Passion for video games, especially sports, action, or narrative-driven titles.
Benefits
- Your schedule, your rules.
- Get paid quickly and fairly.
- Work on projects that actually matter.
- Be part of something bigger.
- Grow without limits.
- Have fun doing what you love.