Localization Specialist III

2 days ago

Redmond, Washington, United States Nintendo Full time
About Nintendo of America:

Nintendo of America Inc. is a leading video game company that has been creating smiles through unique entertainment experiences for over 30 years. As a Localization Specialist III (Spanish), you will play a critical role in bringing Nintendo's iconic franchises to life in the US, Canada, and Latin America.

As a key member of our localization team, you will be responsible for translating game text, graphic assets, voice scripts, marketing materials, and supplementary development and testing-related documents and materials. You will also collaborate with other team members to ensure that Nintendo's products are culturally and creatively adapted for the local market.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Translating game text, graphic assets, voice scripts, marketing materials, and supplementary development and testing-related documents and materials
  • Collaborating with other team members to ensure cultural and creative adaptation of Nintendo's products
  • Providing cultural and creative input regarding localization of Nintendo products for the US, Canada, and Latin America
  • Contributes to the naming process for game titles and terminology
  • Testing and evaluating games and products and providing feedback regarding user experience, design and content for the US, French Canadian, or Latin American market
  • Acting as a product subject matter to assist other Nintendo of America, Inc. (NOA) departments in capturing video and screenshots and demonstrating games internally to support promotional and marketing campaign planning
  • Collaborating with localization staff at Nintendo of Europe (NOE) to achieve alignment when necessary by creating process efficiencies and leveraging resources
  • Maintaining awareness of game industry in assigned market and communicating market trends to product acquisition, development, and marketing teams
  • Maintaining awareness of culturalization topics and identifying issues and proposing solutions as needed
  • Working with management in coordinating global localization efforts, ensuring efficiency and avoiding unnecessary redundancy
  • Reviews products for Legal and ESRB compliance
  • May interpret meetings, telephone calls, and video conferences related to game development and localization
  • Performs translation and interpretation for other departments and subsidiaries as required
  • Provides input in project scheduling and resource allocation
  • Updates management in a timely manner regarding development schedule challenges, changes, and delays
  • Assists with the planning and direction of voice recording sessions
  • May be asked to participate in the hiring process by reviewing assessments, and participating in interviews
  • Up to 10% domestic and international travel
  • May interpret media interviews with developers at high-profile events
  • Leverages understanding of game content and target market trends and culture in making recommendations and proposals related to market strategy and tactics
  • May act as spokesperson for Nintendo by demonstrating games to media, participating in interviews, presenting on live streams, and supporting other promotional efforts
  • Generates game-related content for websites, social media, and other consumer-facing portals
  • Works with internal and external translation resources to coordinate translation projects
  • Reviews translations for accuracy and consistency

Requirements:

  • Two to four years of related experience
  • Acute attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • Strong game play skills and the ability to identify design and content issues
  • Familiarity with contemporary and historical home and mobile video-game markets
  • Strong familiarity with Microsoft Office suite and ability to quickly become proficient with complex proprietary software
  • Familiarity with Slack, Jira, and Confluence
  • Passing familiarity with how tags work in programming languages
  • Ability to work in a highly confidential environment
  • Advanced Spanish and English translation skills, including two to four years specific translation experience
  • French/Spanish/Portuguese and English interpretation skills, including experience interpreting business meetings and/or conference calls
  • Familiarity with Latin American history, culture and customs
  • Familiarity with localization/CAT tools like translation memory and parsing tools, content management systems, html, xml, or other markup languages
  • Experience operating Microsoft Windows and Office software in Spanish
  • Native level fluency in Spanish
  • Undergraduate degree in required language, Linguistics, Translation, a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Experience translating and editing in target language required

Benefits:

  • This contract position has a base pay range of $49.14 per hour and is eligible for benefits through the employing agency
  • Agency benefits may include medical, dental and vision, 401(k), basic/supplemental life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, transportation benefits, employee assistance program, paid sick leave, and up to 6 paid holidays per year

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