French Linguist – Gaming
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
French Linguist – Gaming
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**About the role ** As a Linguist, you’ll play a key role in bringing video game worlds to life for players in French market. You’ll handle a mix of translation and editing tasks, ensuring that every line of text, from in-game dialogue to UI and legal materials, reflects the intended tone, style, and cultural nuance, using a creative translation approach as needed. Working as part of a multilingual localization team, you’ll help deliver high-quality, immersive experiences that resonate with players around the world. **Key Responsibilities: ** - Undertake translation tasks, including in-game text, UI, legally-relevant texts and supporting materials in line with client guidelines, First Party terminology, and established tone and style. - Carry out editorial tasks, including revision and review of translations to ensure linguistic accuracy, consistency, and natural flow. - Perform creative translation and localization tasks, including developing, maintaining, and updating glossaries, style guides, and character profiles within established ownership frameworks. - Meet project deadlines and productivity targets while maintaining high quality within a pre-determined localization pipeline. - Ensure consistency of tone, voice, and terminology across all content and game components. - Collaborate with fellow translators to review work for cohesion and logical content flow. - Identify and resolve localization issues, including issues raised during review, and bugs found during testing. - Use translation and project management tools (e.g., memoQ, JIRA, client-specific systems) to track progress and maintain workflow visibility. - Enter, monitor, and respond to localization queries in accordance with team workflows. - Assist in onboarding new translators, providing guidance on language-specific tools and project norms. - Support candidate test evaluations and contribute to test updates as needed. - Works closely with clients on day-to-day language matters, staying in constant communication to keep content aligned. - Respond flexibly to evolving project requirements and priorities. __**Compliance and Ethics**__ - Ensure team adherence to company Security, Confidentiality, and Health & Safety policies. - Comply with IT and HR procedures and ensure team-wide compliance. - Uphold ethical business practices, ensuring all actions align with the company's values.
Job Requirements
- Requirements **
- Exceptional proficiency in both French and English.
- Strong cultural understanding of the French market.
- Able to work full time employee on fixed term contract.
- 1–3 years of experience in translation, localization, or related language services (game localization experience preferred).
- Solid command of CAT tools (e.g., memoQ, Trados, XTM, client-specific systems) and familiarity with workflow platforms (e.g., JIRA, Plunet).
- Excellent linguistic accuracy and attention to detail, with a strong focus on consistency.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to manage independent tasks effectively.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills; adaptable to feedback and shifting project needs.
- Comfortable working under tight deadlines with a positive, proactive attitude.
- Committed to upholding company policies, ISO quality standards, GDPR, and client confidentiality.
- Responsible work ethic, promoting safe and supportive working practices.
- Candidate must be located within UK.**
Benefits
- What we offer: **
- You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest game clients, titles, projects, and tech in the world.
- Attractive remuneration, holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar. Our environments thrive with collaborative teamwork with people from all around the world, different nationalities, and languages.
- A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We care about the well-being of our employees and have a dedicated employee well-being program. We empower our people and offer regular progression opportunities to ensure our employees flourish.
- Learn as you work and be part of something real that changes the face of gaming - forever.
- Working with a global multi-lingual workforce with superb training and promotion and progression opportunities.
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