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Jobright.ai Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles. They are seeking an Associate Localization Specialist - Spanish to translate and adapt game-related materials, enhance user experience, and support marketing efforts for their products. Responsibilities: • Translates and adapts target-language game text, voice scripts, and other materials, including but not limited to manuals, package copy, marketing materials, and legal text for Nintendo products and services through launch and beyond. • Gains a deep understanding of assigned projects through hands-on game play, study of game specifications, and collaboration with other team members. • Leverages knowledge of project to clearly communicate developer intent and enhance the user experience through clear and well-written text in target language. • Provides some cultural and creative input regarding localizing Nintendo products for the Americas. • May inform management in a timely manner regarding development schedule challenges, changes, and delays. • May assist with the planning and direction of voice-recording sessions. • Participates in table reads and other group feedback sessions. • Works with experienced staff and mentors to hone localization skills to follow Nintendo style for a variety of franchises. • May contribute to the naming process for game terms in target language. • May test and evaluate games and products and provide feedback regarding design and content for Nintendo of America (NOA) territories. • May act as a product subject matter expert to assist other NOA departments with game-related support, including demonstrating games internally and capturing video and screenshots. • May collaborate with localization staff at Nintendo of Europe (NOE) to achieve alignment when necessary by creating process efficiencies and leveraging resources. • May review machine translation, text from outsourcing and global partners for accuracy and consistency. • May review products for Legal and ESRB compliance and make recommendations for changes based on target audience/business need. • May participate in content discussions and game evaluations and may make recommendations on what games are brought to market. • May provide guidance to improve overall game play, presentation, and user experience for product release in the Americas. • Maintains awareness of culturalization topics, may identify issues and propose solutions as needed. • May perform translation and interpreting for other departments and subsidiaries as required. • May provide feedback on machine translation and other tools. • Communicates product strengths, features, and differentiation points to upper management, Marketing, and other internal stakeholders. • Reviews and evaluates product concepts and designs for acquisition, participates in planning marketing strategies, provides input into the development of marketing materials, and/or coordinates resources. • Generates game-related content for websites, social media, and other consumer-facing portals. • May demonstrate games to media, participate in interviews, present on live streams, and support other promotional efforts. Qualifications: Required: • One to three years of localization or related experience. • Awareness and understanding of global localization issues and market preferences. • Ability to make recommendations regarding cultural/localization issues affecting software products. • Ability to grasp and preserve the creative vision of products during the localization process. • Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. • Proficient with Microsoft Office suite and ability to quickly become proficient with complex proprietary software. • Ability to work in a highly confidential environment. • Strong translation and writing skills required. • Undergraduate degree in target language, Linguistics, Translation, a related field, or equivalent experience. • Valid passport may be required for international travel. • Bilingual Requirements: Native fluency in Spanish. • Experience translating and editing in target language required. Preferred: • Knowledge of the game-development process helpful. • Experience working with global teams helpful. • Familiarity with historical and current video game industry for console, PC, and mobile markets. • Familiarity with how tags work in programming languages preferred. • Awareness and understanding of US/Canadian/Latin American/Brazilian market preferences and target language localization issue helpful. • Familiarity with US/Canadian/Latin American/Brazilian history, culture, customs and business protocol helpful. • Familiarity with localization/CAT tools like translation memory, machine translation, and parsing tools, as well as content management tools helpful. • Experience operating Microsoft Windows and Office software in French/Spanish/Portuguese. Company: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles. It is a sub-organization of Nintendo Japan. Founded in 1980, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Seniority level
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Associate Localization Specialist
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Jobright.ai 1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the
Associate Localization Specialist
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Jobright.ai Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles. They are seeking an Associate Localization Specialist - Spanish to translate and adapt game-related materials, enhance user experience, and support marketing efforts for their products. Responsibilities: • Translates and adapts target-language game text, voice scripts, and other materials, including but not limited to manuals, package copy, marketing materials, and legal text for Nintendo products and services through launch and beyond. • Gains a deep understanding of assigned projects through hands-on game play, study of game specifications, and collaboration with other team members. • Leverages knowledge of project to clearly communicate developer intent and enhance the user experience through clear and well-written text in target language. • Provides some cultural and creative input regarding localizing Nintendo products for the Americas. • May inform management in a timely manner regarding development schedule challenges, changes, and delays. • May assist with the planning and direction of voice-recording sessions. • Participates in table reads and other group feedback sessions. • Works with experienced staff and mentors to hone localization skills to follow Nintendo style for a variety of franchises. • May contribute to the naming process for game terms in target language. • May test and evaluate games and products and provide feedback regarding design and content for Nintendo of America (NOA) territories. • May act as a product subject matter expert to assist other NOA departments with game-related support, including demonstrating games internally and capturing video and screenshots. • May collaborate with localization staff at Nintendo of Europe (NOE) to achieve alignment when necessary by creating process efficiencies and leveraging resources. • May review machine translation, text from outsourcing and global partners for accuracy and consistency. • May review products for Legal and ESRB compliance and make recommendations for changes based on target audience/business need. • May participate in content discussions and game evaluations and may make recommendations on what games are brought to market. • May provide guidance to improve overall game play, presentation, and user experience for product release in the Americas. • Maintains awareness of culturalization topics, may identify issues and propose solutions as needed. • May perform translation and interpreting for other departments and subsidiaries as required. • May provide feedback on machine translation and other tools. • Communicates product strengths, features, and differentiation points to upper management, Marketing, and other internal stakeholders. • Reviews and evaluates product concepts and designs for acquisition, participates in planning marketing strategies, provides input into the development of marketing materials, and/or coordinates resources. • Generates game-related content for websites, social media, and other consumer-facing portals. • May demonstrate games to media, participate in interviews, present on live streams, and support other promotional efforts. Qualifications: Required: • One to three years of localization or related experience. • Awareness and understanding of global localization issues and market preferences. • Ability to make recommendations regarding cultural/localization issues affecting software products. • Ability to grasp and preserve the creative vision of products during the localization process. • Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. • Proficient with Microsoft Office suite and ability to quickly become proficient with complex proprietary software. • Ability to work in a highly confidential environment. • Strong translation and writing skills required. • Undergraduate degree in target language, Linguistics, Translation, a related field, or equivalent experience. • Valid passport may be required for international travel. • Bilingual Requirements: Native fluency in Spanish. • Experience translating and editing in target language required. Preferred: • Knowledge of the game-development process helpful. • Experience working with global teams helpful. • Familiarity with historical and current video game industry for console, PC, and mobile markets. • Familiarity with how tags work in programming languages preferred. • Awareness and understanding of US/Canadian/Latin American/Brazilian market preferences and target language localization issue helpful. • Familiarity with US/Canadian/Latin American/Brazilian history, culture, customs and business protocol helpful. • Familiarity with localization/CAT tools like translation memory, machine translation, and parsing tools, as well as content management tools helpful. • Experience operating Microsoft Windows and Office software in French/Spanish/Portuguese. Company: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles. It is a sub-organization of Nintendo Japan. Founded in 1980, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Seniority level
Seniority level Associate Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
Industries Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Jobright.ai by 2x Inferred from the description for this job
Medical insurance Vision insurance 401(k) Get notified when a new job is posted. Sign in to set job alerts for “Localization Specialist” roles.
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