Job Description

About Keywords Studios

Keywords is an international technical services provider to the global games industry. 
Established in 1998 in Dublin and now with operations in 13 studios across 10 countries, it provides integrated services for localisation, testing, audio, art creation and customer support in over 40 languages and 12 game platforms to the world’s largest games publishers and developers.  

http://www.keywordsstudios.com/ 

Role Overview

The Games Linguist position will be based at Keywords Tokyo. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team focusing on community and in game content for a leading social games publisher. 

The role is to translate and trans create from English into Spanish player support, community and in game content for mobile games. The linguist will also test the games in his native language. 

This role requires excellent language skills, creativity and a passion for Games. 

Responsibilities

• Translate/trans create player support, community and in game content from English to Spanish to a high quality standard 
• Perform Quality Assurance tasks in Game 
• Be responsible for all linguistic aspects of the translations you are assigned to ensure the best possible quality is achieved 
• Suggest process improvements that will deliver on goal of optimal translation quality 
• Collaborate with linguists in other languages on cross group Quality objectives 

Requirements

• Native level Spanish speaker 
• Passion for games industry 
• Educational qualification in linguistics  
• Experience in translation, copywriting or linguistics 
• Excellent verbal and written linguistic skills both in Spanish and English 
• Must be self-motivated and able to operate in a dynamic and fast-paced environment 
• Strong interpersonal skills 

Benefits

Health insurance, welfare pension insurance, occupational accident insurance etc.

Commuting costs are covered up to 30,000 JPY per month

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.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position; however, please understand that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: Asia Pacific, Japan

Area of Work: Localization

Service: Globalize

Employment Type: 12 months contract(renewable)

Working Pattern: Hybrid