Language Expert, Brazilian Portuguese (TEMP) | Localization | Remote (US)
About The Position
Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a skilled Language Expert for Brazilian Portuguese to contribute to the localization of their games, products, and services. This role is responsible for ensuring the quality, consistency, and creative integrity of Brazilian Portuguese content across all player-facing experiences. The ideal candidate will possess strong linguistic judgment, deep cultural awareness, and a passion for localization, ensuring that the company's voice, tone, and intent are authentically conveyed to Brazilian Portuguese-speaking players. The Language Expert will be the primary owner of Brazilian Portuguese localization, reviewing and validating content for accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and safety, including identifying and addressing potential historical, political, or social sensitivities specific to Brazil. This position requires collaboration with global and regional stakeholders, balancing creative ownership with autonomy in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Additionally, the role involves contributing to the improvement of localization quality, workflows, and tooling, including exploring new technologies and automation for efficiency and scale. This is a temporary position for a 10-month period and is fully remote within the United States.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional localization experience.
- Excellent Brazilian Portuguese and English linguistic skills, with strong grammar and orthography expertise in Brazilian Portuguese.
- Experience reviewing localized content and providing clear, professional linguistic feedback.
- Strong knowledge of localization-specific and translation tools (e.g., memoQ, CAT tools).
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
- Able to work effectively in a multicultural team with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated interest in exploring and leveraging new technologies and solutions to improve localization workflows.
Nice To Haves
- Passion for video games, heroic fantasy, sci‑fi worlds, or pop culture.
- Experience working as a translator in the entertainment industry.
- Familiarity with Blizzard Entertainment games.
- Experience with game localization or game quality assurance.
- Higher education in linguistics or a related language discipline.
Responsibilities
- Own Brazilian Portuguese (ptBR) language decisions and ensure creative cohesion end‑to‑end.
- Serve as the vision holder for in‑game and out‑of‑game localized content, directing and reviewing assets to ensure a high‑quality player experience.
- Provide clear, professional linguistic feedback and recommendations to external vendors and internal localization partners to uphold Blizzard quality standards.
- Collaborate closely with the Global Localization team and cross‑functional stakeholders on initiatives that improve player engagement, quality, and efficiency.
- Contribute to defining the creative direction, terminology, and linguistic standards of localized products and services.
- Coordinate with internal partners to ensure localization quality expectations are consistently met.
- Identify, track, and address localization quality issues, including cultural, historical, political, or social sensitivities relevant to Brazil, working with vendors to resolve them through guidance and process improvements.
- Participate in additional cross‑functional projects as needed.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- Relocation assistance (if the Company requires a geographic move)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
