Translation Intern (Chinese)

Gaming:

Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

Position Summary

Assist Linguistics Team to ensure accurate translation and implementation for a variety of languages and jurisdictions. Work with senior team members to service global development teams through timely execution of a variety of tasks.

Experience firsthand what it is like to be a creator at Light & Wonder by joining our company as a part-time intern. The Translation Intern will assist our Linguistics Team to ensure accurate translation and implementation for a variety of languages and jurisdictions. You will work with senior team members to service global development teams through timely execution of a variety of tasks.

This position is open to remote work or a hybrid work model if the candidate lives near an office.

Responsibilities:

• Translation of game content into other languages using CAT memory software.

• Translated text management.

• Utilize the game building engine, Unity, to identify game objects for translation in all formats.

• Verify the accuracy and consistency of translations in art and game play.

• Database management for lab concerns-

• Create a database to house lab concerns for easy reference to previous defects (including those deferred and non-issued)

• Maintain and organize documentation software (GamePoint and Confluence – internal Wiki pages).

Qualifications

•  Must be 21 years or older.

• Six months previous experience as an applied linguist or translator.

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree with a focus in a language-intensive field preferred.

• Working knowledge of at least two foreign language. (French, Spanish, or more than one Asian language)

Preferred Traits, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proficiency in Photoshop.

• Unity experience.

• Proficiency in MS Office software.

• Track time spent on projects, alerting management team to potential delays.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, “L&W”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts.   In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles.  As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

The pay for this role is $20/hr. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, experience, specific work geography, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. 

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Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.