Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 1 year translation experience in English to Tagalog, BA in Translation studies or similar field.

Key responsabilities:

Localize video game content into Tagalog

Create glossaries and style guides

Translate and review content following guidelines

Provide linguistic feedback for external work

PTW is a global team of passionate, hard-working, ambitious gamers, whose goal is always to make every gamer's experience as perfect as possible. We’re dedicated to helping your players, because they’re part of our community too. We’ve been working hard for our partners, players, and the games industry for over 30 years, providing industry-leading services to every part of the globe. We believe great work gets done by teams who love what they do. This is why we approach every solution with an all-minds-on-deck strategy that leverages our global workforce's strength, creativity, and passion. • 8,500+ passionate gamers • 1,500+ titles in the last 10 years • 650+ top developers and publishers as clients • 60+ awards for clients As a boutique-with-scale games services company with over 40 offices in 16 countries worldwide, our range of services includes quality assurance, localization, localization QA, player support, community management, art production, game development, and audio production services. We believe that innovation comes in all sizes, which is why we take on projects of any size and love crafting a custom solution, no matter the scale. PTW, comprised of global subsidiaries, is a UK-based holding company formed in 2016 under the umbrella of Poletowin Holdings, Inc. which is listed on the 1st Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange as 3657. The PTW family of brands includes SIDE, 1518 Studios and Ghostpunch Games.

Job description

You will be responsible for the correct localisation of video game content and other associated text into from English into Tagalog Filipino. You will work following product specific guidelines to ensure the maximum linguist quality and adherence to all relevant conventions. You will be working as part of a team to produce high quality translations, either translating yourself or reviewing.

As a member of the Translation Team you will report into the Project Management team and must work closely with internal and external translators. As a Translator you have no direct reports.

Duties and Key Responsibilities

Creates or helps create glossaries and style guides following pre-defined guidelines from the client.
Creates or helps create characterization documents
Carries out translation work following provided guidelines and instructions, including First Party terminology.
Carries out revision work following provided guidelines and instructions, including First Party terminology.
All work is carried out meeting the outlined deadlines and industry standard productivity figures.
Provides linguistic feedback for work carried out externally.
Works as part of a larger team of translators or revisers.

Requirements

Must have at least one to experience in translation industry - English to Tagalog (video games specific experience welcome) or proven use of FILIPINO language in a professional environment.
Excellent knowledge of business software applications (e.g. Microsoft Office)
Ideally knowledge of memoQ
Ideally with experience working with TMS software (Plunet/XTRF)
Clear and effective communication skills (verbal and written)
Demonstrates proactivity
Good organisation and problem-solving skills
Keeps a “can do” attitude and positive thinking

Qualifications

Translation or language-related BA studies or equivalent preferred e.g Bachelor of Arts in Filipino (AB FIL)

Required profile