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Language Tester, Traditional Chinese

Quality Assurance

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for intelligent and highly motivated multilingual game testers to help test our games in Traditional Chinese. Job duties include documenting bugs, working closely with a team of translators, testing games for hours upon hours. An ideal candidate is a hardcore gamer with a localization background, or an individual with a higher education in a language-related discipline, who is good at both finding bugs and describing them in an organized and clear fashion. Language testers must be able to work full-time at our headquarters in Irvine, California. Applicants must also be available to work extended hours and weekends when necessary, to meet project deadlines.



Responsibilities
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Review the Traditional Chinese translation of Blizzard Entertainment games.

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Ensure consistency with the glossary between games and other projects.

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Perform quality assurance for Blizzard Entertainment games and other projects.

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Review localized material and provide regular feedback to Project Leads and Supervisors.

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Handle other duties as assigned.


Requirements
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Passion for video games and linguistics

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Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in both Traditional Chinese and English

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Excellent knowledge of fantasy and/or science fiction worlds and an understanding of Blizzard Entertainment games

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Willing to work extended hours

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Excellent teamwork skills

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Able to work independently

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Strong motivation and a high level of commitment


Pluses
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Previous experience in video game localization or video game quality assurance

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Higher education in language-related disciplines and / or work experience as a professional translator

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Excellent knowledge of Blizzard Entertainment games


Applicants must submit (i) a cover letter (with language proficiency), (ii) a resume, and (iii) a mock game analysis of their latest favorite video game in English and Traditional Chinese. Only resumes with cover letters and game analyses will be considered.



The game analysis should demonstrate your understanding of the game play mechanics and relationships to the design and implementation of the game.

The game analysis should be on either a computer game or console game. Please limit your game analysis to no longer than 5 pages (the average length of an analysis is approximately 3 pages).

This game analysis should not be a game made by Blizzard Entertain

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliated companies is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Link: http://us.blizzard.co...

Greetings,

I am reaching out to you in efforts to see the feasibility of emailing/dispersing a contract job opportunity among the members of the MandarinFriends Meetup Group.

Verbal Ink is a Transcription and Translation company, currently developing multiple language services and we are interested in hiring Mandarin Transcriptionists – Translators to become part of our team.

For this reason, we wanted to reach out to you as this could be something of interest to the members or your team. This could be a great opportunity for someone seeking a freelance position where they can apply their Mandarin language skills and work from home.

Below, I've included details and requirements about the position as well as action items for those who wish to apply. I would greatly appreciate your help and please feel free to contact me directly should you have any questions regarding this matter

Thank you in advance for your help and time.

Teresa

Requirements for This Position:

• Native level fluency of both English and Mandarin
• Able to translate from English to Mandarin and Mandarin to English
• Eligible to legally work in the US
• At least 2 years of translation experience
• Some transcription experience
• Some quality control experience is a plus

How to Apply for This Position:

If you're interested in applying to work for us, please email us at jobs(at)verbalink.com and tell us why you'd be a great asset to our organization. Please attach your resume in Microsoft Word or PDF format and include "Mandarin Transcriptionist" in the subject line of your email.

Teresa Palencia
Opportunity Assessment Specialist | Verbal Ink
2901 Ocean Park Blvd., Ste. 215, Santa Monica, CA 90405

My team is likely expanding and we're looking for a reporting analyst. My company runs an internet leads generation website and is located in the Howard Hughes Ctr in West La. You'd be responsible for running reports and helping analysts gather data. There is the possibility of advancement after learning the business. You'd need to have a 4 year degree and be pretty competent in excel. Knowing SQL or interested in learning how data bases work would be a big plus.

If you think you might be interested please shoot me an email and we can talk more about it.

Thanks,

Brian
pressman_g@yahoo.com

Contact Hugo if interested!

Language Tester, Simplified Chinese

Quality Assurance

Office: Irvine, California, United States

Direct Link:

http://us.blizzard.co...

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for intelligent and highly motivated multilingual game testers to help test our games in Simplified Chinese. Job duties include documenting bugs, working closely with a team of translators, testing games for hours upon hours. An ideal candidate is a hardcore gamer with a localization background, or an individual with a higher education in a language-related discipline, who is good at both finding bugs and describing them in an organized and clear fashion. Language testers must be able to work full-time at our headquarters in Irvine, California. Applicants must also be available to work extended hours and weekends when necessary, to meet project deadlines.



Responsibilities

• Review the Simplified Chinese translation of Blizzard Entertainment games.

•
Ensure consistency with the glossary between games and other projects.

• Perform quality assurance for Blizzard Entertainment games and other projects.

• Review localized material and provide regular feedback to Project Leads and Supervisors.

• Handle other duties as assigned.


Requirements
• Passion for video games and linguistics

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in both Simplified Chinese and English

• Excellent knowledge of fantasy and/or science fiction worlds and an understanding of Blizzard Entertainment games

• Willing to work extended hours

• Excellent teamwork skills

• Able to work independently

• Strong motivation and a high level of commitment


Pluses

• Previous experience in video game localization or video game quality assurance

• Higher education in language-related disciplines and / or work experience as a professional translator

• Excellent knowledge of Blizzard Entertainment games




Applicants must submit (i) a cover letter (with language proficiency), (ii) a resume, and (iii) a mock game analysis of their latest favorite video game in English and Simplified Chinese. Only resumes with cover letters and game analyses will be considered.


• The game analysis should demonstrate your understanding of the game play mechanics and relationships to the design and implementation of the game.

• The game analysis should be on either a computer game or console game. Please limit your game analysis to no longer than 5 pages (the average length of an analysis is approximately 3 pages).

• This game analysis should not be a game made by Blizzard Entertainment.



Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliated companies is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.