Japanese Sports Localization Specialist (Football)
About this role
The Japanese Sports Localization Specialist (Football) role is a remote, worldwide position at Welocalize that involves reviewing, translating, and adapting football content from English to Japanese. This role suits linguistic professionals and football subject matter experts with native-level fluency in Japanese and strong editing abilities.
Role Overview
Welocalize is looking for a Japanese Sports Localization Specialist focusing on football to join the localization team. The position operates remotely on a global scale. Responsibilities include handling quality control tasks for the English to Japanese language pair, requiring candidates to pass an assessment covering grammar and subject matter expertise.
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About the Company
Welocalize functions as a global transformation partner that accelerates business journeys by enabling brands to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. The organization provides multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation across more than 250 languages, supported by a network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Welocalize also delivers training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by combining technology and human intelligence.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should visit the official Welocalize careers page to submit their application. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by the team to complete the application process.
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What language pair is required for this role?
The required language pair is English (US) to Japanese.
What is the primary sport focus for this position?
The primary sport focus for this localization role is football.
What education or experience qualifications are needed?
Candidates must have a BS or BA degree, or two or more years of work experience in the linguistic field, sports journalism, copywriting, or copy-editing.
What software ownership is mandatory?
Candidates must own a licensed version of MS Office applications.
Where is the position located?
The role is remote and available worldwide.