English To Brazilian Portuguese Translator

Summary

Join PTW, a leading global games services company, as a Brazilian Portuguese Translator! You will translate video game content from English to Brazilian Portuguese, ensuring high-quality and culturally accurate results. Responsibilities include creating glossaries, carrying out translation and revision work, and collaborating with a team of language specialists. The ideal candidate possesses native-level fluency in both languages, strong cultural understanding, and experience in the translation industry. PTW offers attractive remuneration, holidays, team competitions, a supportive community, and employee wellbeing programs, along with opportunities for professional growth and development within the gaming industry.

Requirements

• Native-level Fluency in Brazilian Portuguese and English
• Strong cultural understanding of Brazilian culture
• Candidate must reside within Portugal with legal right to live and work in Portugal

Responsibilities

• Create or helps create glossaries and style guides following pre-defined guidelines from the client
• Create or helps create characterisation documents
• Carry out translation work following provided guidelines and instructions, including First Party terminology
• Carry out revision work following provided guidelines and instructions, including First Party terminology
• Work as part of a larger team of translators or revisers
• Provide linguistic feedback for work carried out externally
• All work is carried out by meeting the outlined deadlines and industry-standard productivity figures

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the translation industry or working professionally as a Translator is a plus
• Knowledge of business software applications (e.g. Microsoft Office, memoQ, Plunet) is an advantage
• Be proactive with clear and effective communication skills (verbal and written)
• Good organisation and problem-solving skills and have a “can-do” attitude and positive thinking
• The ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines and stay focused
• Excellent accuracy, attention to detail, and organizational skills
• Sound research and translation judgment skills, and have self-motivation, adaptability, and professionalism

Benefits

• Attractive remuneration
• Holidays
• Regular team competitions with great prizes
• Inclusion into an extensive social calendar
• A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability
• We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing program
• We empower our people and offer regular progression opportunities to ensure our employees flourish
• Working with a global multi-lingual workforce with superb training and promotion and progression opportunities