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French Linguist

The successful candidate will join a team of 300+ highly dedicated professionals providing world class language services and testing to the video games industry internationally. Based at our HQ in Dublin, this position is to be part of a team focusing on localizing world-renowned video games and assure a high quality standard.

• Review translations in French to assure consistency and quality.
• Assess amount of workload to ensure timely task deliveries.
• Give feedback and collaborate effectively with French vendors (freelance translators, recording studios, etc.).
• Provide detailed language quality reports on text reviewed.
• Translate content from English into French with high quality standards.
• Work closely with other French linguists to ensure translations meet the standards.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with all members of the team to improve processes and achieve common goals.
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of glossaries, terminology and style guidelines.
• Ensure that the text is consistent and only correct approved terminology is used.
• Fix linguistic bugs reported by the testing team.

Requirements

• Native level French.
• Linguistics background: Solid experience as either freelance or an in-house translator/reviewed from English to French is a must.
• Educational qualification in linguistics. Degree level desirable.
• A gamer: Passion for the video game industry. Solid experience playing text-heavy genres (RPGs, MOBAs, RTS, TCG, Visual Novels).
• Strong interest in fantasy literature and media, science fiction and pop culture.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both French and English.
• Must be self-motivated and able to operate in a fast-paced gaming environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Experience working with different cultures.
• Working knowledge of CAT tools.
• Direct work experience in a Localization QA capacity, advantageous.
• Knowledge of HTML, an advantage.