Japanese Games Linguist
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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 localization, testing, audio, art creation and customer support in over 40 languages and across 12 game platforms to the world’s largest games publishers and developers.
This position will be based at Keywords International Tokyo in Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo.
After the probation period, the role follows a hybrid model, requiring in-office work three days a week at our office.
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 transcreate from English into Japanese player support, community and in-game content for mobile games.
The linguist will also be responsible for testing, identifying, and reporting bugs, as well as suggesting fixes to potential bugs related to language, text implementation and user interface (UI) issues.
This role requires excellent language skills, creativity and a passion for games.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Translate/trans create in game, player support and community content from English to Japanese to a high-quality standard
- Perform Quality Assurance tasks in a variety of published content (games, websites, etc.)
- 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
Benefits
Our employees are our most valuable resource; therefore we provide them with a competitive compensation package commensurate with skills and experience, excellent benefits, high level of job satisfaction and a casual and fun work environment.
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Date Posted: 18 August 2025
Experience & Requirements
- Native level Japanese speaker
- Must have a valid visa to work in Japan
- Passion for games industry
- Educational qualification in linguistics
- Experience in translation, copywriting or linguistics
- Excellent verbal and written linguistic skills both in Japanese and English
- Good PC knowledge, including knowledge of MS office products is essential (basic knowledge of excel, or willingness to learn)
- Must be self-motivated and able to operate in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with CAT tool software, (e.g. Memsource/Phrase, MemoQ) an advantage
