Description
As a leading game localization company, Keywords Studios offers integrated text, audio localization, and localization QA for all regions, languages, and platforms.
The in-house Games Linguist position will be based at Keywords Tokyo. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team focusing on videogames localization. You will be translating world-renowned games from Japanese into English.
Responsibilities:
- Translate, review & proofread content from Japanese into English to a high-quality standard.
- Create, review and maintain style guides, glossaries and translation memories.
- Fix linguistic bugs reported by the testing team.
- Provide support and linguistic feedback to internal & external teams.
- Assist with Review Reports and QA reports as needed.
Requirements:
- 2+ years’ experience as an in-house video games linguist or freelancer.
- Highly proficient in Japanese language.
- English-Language Proficiency Test C1 / C2 CEFR certification, higher than IELTS 8.0 or equivalent capability.
- Educational qualification in linguistics.
- Experience working with Cat Tools.
- Availability to work exclusively in-house from our Keywords Tokyo studio.
- Passion for videogames.
Benefits:
- Health insurance, welfare pension insurance, occupational accident insurance etc.
- Commuting costs are covered up to 30,000 JPY per month.
- Fukurikosei club.
- Employee Assistant Program.
- Free Japanese lesson.
- Holiday: Full weekly two-day system (Saturday and Sunday), Public holiday, Annual paid leave, Congratulations and condolences holiday etc.