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German Translator - New
Company unspecified (job is advertised through an agency)Cambridgeshire
DOE
Our Client is the leader in localisation, audio and quality assurance outsourcing. Their wide client list include the largest publishers and developers within the industry. They have localised thousands of games across all platforms and genres. The position will involve in-house translating and the use of translation tools such as Wordfast, SDLX Trados.
Responsibilities:
- Translating material sent by various Project Managers implementing the principles of games localisation to produce good-quality translations that implement the various TRCs and glossaries
- Assisting with checking and quality assurance
- Maintenance of databases
- Assisting with quality control of material
- Archiving and storage of materials
- Assisting in the production and use of glossaries
Requirements:
- A good level of education is expected, ideally to degree level and in particular a Linguistic/Translation degree would be beneficial.
- Knowledge and experience in the translation environment
- Computer literacy, word processing, database handling, record keeping, good working knowledge of Word, Excel, PPT, PDF
- Basic IT skills
Experience:
- Ideally previous work experience with a video game localisation environment at an agency or publisher/developer.
- Ideally the candidate will have a good knowledge of video games, in particular MMO’s and RPG genres across all hardware platforms.
- Ideally the candidate will be a committed and/or passionate gamer, with good game play skills.
Responsibilities:
- Translating material sent by various Project Managers implementing the principles of games localisation to produce good-quality translations that implement the various TRCs and glossaries
- Assisting with checking and quality assurance
- Maintenance of databases
- Assisting with quality control of material
- Archiving and storage of materials
- Assisting in the production and use of glossaries
Requirements:
- A good level of education is expected, ideally to degree level and in particular a Linguistic/Translation degree would be beneficial.
- Knowledge and experience in the translation environment
- Computer literacy, word processing, database handling, record keeping, good working knowledge of Word, Excel, PPT, PDF
- Basic IT skills
Experience:
- Ideally previous work experience with a video game localisation environment at an agency or publisher/developer.
- Ideally the candidate will have a good knowledge of video games, in particular MMO’s and RPG genres across all hardware platforms.
- Ideally the candidate will be a committed and/or passionate gamer, with good game play skills.