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About the Role
LILT is seeking culturally fluent In-Game Localization Specialists to adapt gaming titles for global players, ensuring linguistic and cultural resonance while preserving the original tone and immersive experience.
Responsibilities
- Localize in-game text, UI, dialogue, subtitles, and narrative content for target languages, maintaining tone, style, and context.
- Ensure cultural relevance and sensitivity by adapting content for regional audiences.
- Review and edit localized content for accuracy, consistency, and quality.
- Support the maintenance of glossaries, style guides, and terminology databases.
- Work with localization QA teams to identify and resolve linguistic bugs in-game.
- Provide feedback on localization pipelines and suggest improvements for efficiency and quality.
- Coordinate with language teams.
Requirements
- Native-level fluency in the target language.
- A graduate qualification in translation, linguistics, or language studies, OR a graduate qualification in another field plus 2 years of full-time professional translation experience, OR 5 years of full-time professional translation experience.
- 3+ years demonstrable experience in localizing game video content.
- In-depth and practical understanding of the nuances and considerations of translating UI content/menus, mission text, NPC ambient dialogue, and locked cutscene subtitle blocks.
- Transcreation experience specifically within the gaming sector, translating NBA-related content for video games.
- Familiarity with game engines and localization pipelines.
- Knowledge of scripting formats (e.g., XML, JSON) is a plus.
- Passion for video games, especially sports, action, or narrative-driven titles.
- Requires reliable availability and commitment, with most tasks requiring a minimum of 2 hours per day or 10 hours per week.
- Geographic restrictions may apply; cannot engage contractors in regions subject to international embargo or sanctions.
- As a 1099 contractor, you are solely responsible for your own tax obligations.
Skills
- Gaming localization
- Translation
- Linguistics
- Cultural adaptation
- Editing
- Glossary maintenance
- Style guide adherence
- Terminology management
- Linguistic bug resolution
- Game engines
- Localization pipelines
- Scripting formats (XML, JSON)
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Independent contractor
- Supplemental income
Experience Level
- 3+ years of experience in localizing game video content
- 2 years of full-time professional translation experience (with graduate qualification)
- 5 years of full-time professional translation experience
Education Level
- Graduate qualification in translation, linguistics, or language studies
- Graduate qualification in another field
Benefits
- No fixed hours
- No check-ins
- No micromanaging
- Prompt payments
- Access to diverse, innovative projects
About the Company
- AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation.
- LILT's mission is to make the world's information available to everyone, no matter the language they speak.
- Join our global community who thrive on innovation and excellence.
- Our collective knowledge, uniqueness, and skills deliver multilingual AI and human-verified services to Enterprises, Governments, and AI Developers around the world.
- Earn money. Have fun. Advance human knowledge. Work on diverse projects from anywhere, any time you want. Get paid quickly and fairly, and build your professional network in a supportive community—all through a streamlined application process tailored to your expertise.
- Information collected and processed as part of your application process, including any job applications you choose to submit, is subject to LILT's Privacy Policy at https://lilt.com/legal/privacy.
Equal Opportunity
- LILT is an equal opportunity employer.
- We extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to an individual’s race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, veteran or marital status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.
- We are committed to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.
- As part of our recruitment efforts, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools to assist in the evaluation of applications, including résumé screening, assessment scoring, and interview analysis.
- These tools are designed to support human decision-making and help us identify qualified candidates efficiently and objectively.
- All final hiring decisions are made by people.
- If you have any concerns, require accommodations, or would like to opt-out of the use of AI in our hiring process, please let us know at recruiting@lilt.com.