English To Italian Translator

Summary

Join PTW, a leading global games services company, as an Italian Translator! You will translate video game content from English to Italian, ensuring high linguistic quality and adherence to guidelines. Responsibilities include creating glossaries, characterization documents, and carrying out translation and revision work. You will collaborate with a team of language specialists and meet deadlines. The ideal candidate is a native Italian and English speaker with strong cultural understanding and experience in the translation industry. PTW offers attractive remuneration, holidays, team competitions, a supportive community, and employee wellbeing programs.

Requirements

• Native-level Fluency in Italian and English
• Strong cultural understanding of Italian 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