Spanish Linguist (Mexican Spanish / Latam)

3 Months ago • All levels

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Job Description

Spanish Linguist specializing in Mexican Spanish/Latam, translating, reviewing, and proofreading game texts with experience in the games industry. Must have native fluency in Mexican Spanish/Latam Spanish, strong communication skills, and experience in linguistics or related fields.
Must have:
  • Native Mexican Spanish
  • Linguistics Background
  • Translation Experience
  • Gaming Industry Knowledge
Good to have:
  • Quality Assurance
  • Terminology Management
  • Glossaries Creation
  • Vendor Management
Perks:
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Casual Work Environment
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Description

Keywords Studios is looking for a Mexican Spanish / Latam Spanish Linguist to join our Localization team. You will join a team of 300+ highly dedicated professionals providing world class language services and testing to the video games industry internationally.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Translate, review and proofread texts in Mexican Spanish / Latam Spanish to a high-quality standard.
  • Suggest process improvements that will help achieve goal of optimal translation quality.
  • Work closely with other linguists, Project Managers and the Translation team to ensure high standards of linguistic quality in all projects.
  • Create and continually improve glossaries, manage terminology and create guidelines for Mexican Spanish / Latam Spanish.
  • Perform Quality Assurance tasks.
  • Be responsible for all linguistic aspects of the translations you are assigned to ensure the best possible quality is delivered to Keywords customers.
  • Provide support and leadership to junior members of the team to achieve the department objectives and goals.
  • Collaborate with linguists in other languages on cross group objectives.
  • Support the Testing Department on linguist standards and questions in your language
  • Training and teaching interns on a regular basis, supplying materials, creating and maintaining their schedules and acting on their behalf inside the department
  • Support Vendor management on reviewing test translations

Requirements

  • Native Mexican Spanish / Latam Spanish Speaker.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Educational qualification in linguistics.
  • Experience as a Mexican Spanish / Latam Spanish linguist.
  • Experience in language, literature, linguistics, or related humanistic fields.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication & presentation skills both in Mexican Spanish / Latam Spanish and English.
  • Passion for the interactive entertainment space and close familiarity with the games industry.
  • Must be self-motivated and able to operate in a remote, dynamic and fast-paced environment.
  • Eligible to work in Canada.

Benefits

Our employees are our most valuable resource; therefore, we provide them with a competitive compensation package commensurate with skills and experience, excellent benefits, a high level of job satisfaction and a casual and fun work environment.

Keywords International is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.

By providing your information in this application, you understand that we will collect and process your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Notice. For more information, please see our Applicant Privacy Notice at https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice.

Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: Americas, Canada, Montreal

Area of Work: Localization

Service: Globalize

Working Pattern: Full Time, Hybrid

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