Translator

Game translation is writing under constraints. Dialogue, interface strings, store pages and support articles arrive with character limits, variables and placeholders, and with a glossary that has to hold across patches and sequels. Context is often a single spreadsheet row, so part of the craft is asking the right question before a line goes in wrong.

Translation QA follows the translation: text is checked in the running build, where a line that reads well in a tool can still overflow a button or address the player in the wrong register. Culturalization decides what has to change for a market beyond language, and localisation management keeps schedule, files and external vendors in order.

A localization specialist usually covers process and tooling for a title. A translator owns the language itself, in most postings one language pair and into their own native language.