Game Localization Specialist
Job Summary
Join a major Japanese global game company as a Traditional Chinese Localization and Language Supervisor. You will handle translation, quality assurance, and language supervision for game projects across multiple platforms. This role offers a great work-life balance with minimal overtime and a stable professional environment.
Responsibilities
- Translate game text from English to Traditional Chinese
- Supervise and perform quality checks on localized content
- Conduct Language Quality Assurance (LQA) on game hardware
- Coordinate with development teams in English
Required Skills
- Native Traditional Chinese
- Business English
- Business Japanese
- Game localization experience
- Translation tool proficiency
Job Details
Job Description
At a major Japanese global game company, you will be responsible for all aspects of localization (language supervision and translation) from English to Traditional Chinese for game development projects for home consoles, PCs, and mobile devices.
Specific Job Responsibilities
- Language Supervision and Translation: Translation and localization of game-related text from English to Traditional Chinese.
- Quality Control: Supervision (quality check) of Traditional Chinese translations created by in-house staff and external translation companies.
- Translation and supervision from Japanese to Traditional Chinese, if possible.
- Language Quality Assurance (LQA): Checking for display errors and wording issues of Traditional Chinese on game screens using actual game hardware.
- Other Support Tasks: Translation of specifications and documents other than game text, and various administrative tasks.
- Collaboration and communication with development teams and team members (using English as needed).
Working Hours
- Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
- 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (1-hour break)
- Overtime is minimal, averaging less than 20 hours per month.
Job Requirements
- Traditional Chinese Proficiency: Native level (Ability to understand subtle nuances and perform supervision and localization).
- English Proficiency: Business level (Ability to collaborate with the development team and translate/supervise from English texts without difficulty).
- Japanese Proficiency: Business level (Ability to communicate internally and read documents).
- Experience: Practical experience in translating from English to Traditional Chinese or supervising localization.
- PC Skills: Basic Excel and Word skills (Ability to input data and text).
Skills that can be utilized
- Practical experience in translating from Japanese to Traditional Chinese or supervising localization.
- Experience working in the game industry (publisher, developer, localization vendor, etc.).
- Experience and knowledge of translation support tools (memoQ, Phrase, Trados, etc.).