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Brazilian Portuguese QA Language Tester & Translator

Posted 23 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required languages
Dutch (Fluent)
Portuguese (Fluent)

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DESCRIPTION

Brazilian Portuguese QA Language Tester

Casual, Project by Project Basis throughout 2019

Full Training starting 30/09/19

Glasgow

QA Localisation testing involves performing Brazilian Portuguese language checks on a range of yet-to-be-released games for a variety of platforms including PC, Xbox One™ PS4™ Nintendo Switch™, Steam®, VR and various mobile and tablet devices. You would be working on top gaming titles for some of the biggest publishers in the world.

As one of our Brazilian Portuguese QA Localisation Testers, you will be the very first person to see the game in its entirety – translated text, images and the rest of the user interface all together. You’ll get to experience the project in the way it will be consumed by the end users. You will work in a multilingual project team, ensuring that game is free from grammatical errors, cultural inconsistencies and ultimately ensuring that the game is accurately localised into the target language.

Candidates with previous Brazilian Portuguese translation, proofreading, copy-writing or linguistic experience and those with a passion for languages, culture or gaming would also be interested in this position.

What you’ll be doing

  • Identifying Brazilian Portuguese spelling, grammar, punctuation and other language errors.
  • Ensuring console manufacturer guidelines are adhered to.
  • Logging details of errors/issues found and providing suggestions for improvements.
  • Ensuring accuracy of translation within context.
  • Ensuring consistency of terminology and imagery.
  • Hunting for missing/wrong content.
  • Ensuring the proper date/calendar/character display format.
  • Writing reports on errors/bugs found.
  • Ad hoc translation.
  • Assist with Functionality QA when required

REQUIREMENTS

What we’re looking for

  • A near native fluency level of Brazilian Portuguese and English.
  • Excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills and knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • Self-motivated, a proactive attitude with the ability to work productively and collaboratively within a multilingual team.
  • A logical, methodical approach with good analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent observation and attention to detail skills with patience, perseverance and good concentration
  • A willingness to do repetitive tasks and adapt to ever-changing technology.
  • An ability to work either alone or in a project team, sometimes under pressure to meet deadlines.
  • Knowledge of the current generation of games consoles and PCs, and the latest mobile platforms (non essential).
  • An interest in, and understanding of the video game industry (non essential).
  • An aptitude for, and a keen interest in languages and translation (non essential)

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 games titles in the world.
  • You will receive competitive remuneration, generous holiday entitlement, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar. We operate a very relaxed, casual and fun working environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and develop and are exposed to many progression opportunities.
  • Our Studio has some of the best views of Glasgow and is located next to the City Centre/West End, with excellent transport links. On-site amenities include a café, nursery, ATM, car valeting/charging, dry cleaning, free cycle checks and nearby parking with access to a variety of local bars & restaurants.

Who we are

Since 1994, Pole To Win has been providing outsourced Quality Assurance, Customer Experience and Localisation Services to the Interactive Media, Internet of Things (IoT), Technology and e-Learning markets. Our service lines include Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Localisation, Translation, Customer Experience, Talent Acquisition, Audio Production.

We also regularly recruit the following languages:Arabic, Burmese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australian), English (UK), English (US), Finnish, French (EU), French (Canadian) , German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Luxembourgish, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (Latin), Spanish (EU), Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese for current and future ad hoc global Quality Assurance projects throughout 2019.

PTW is a leading global provider of customer experience, quality assurance, localization, engineering and audio production services to key software and technology-focused markets including games, interactive entertainment media, education, e-commerce and internet of things.

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