About the role
Role Information
- Role: Arabic LQA Specialist
- Company: Keywords Studios
- Location: Asia Pacific, Japan (Hybrid)
- Area of Work: Localization, QA Testing Services
- Service: Globalize
- Employment Type: 12-month Fixed-Term Contract (FTC), with the possibility of renewal based on performance and other factors
Company Overview
As a leading game localization company, Keywords Studios offers integrated text, audio localization, and localization QA for all regions, languages, and platforms, ensuring a fully authentic offering for players worldwide. Their global footprint across Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas enables 24-hour follow-the-sun workflows. Professional translators and game developers work around the clock to deliver on challenging timelines.
The team at Keywords Studios handles media localization and translation services for any project size, from indie to AAA games. They help speak to global audiences by translating games for target languages and dialects, and ensure expert quality control throughout the game development and translation process through both technology solutions and human oversight.
Role Description
The Arabic LQA Specialist will analyze in-game text to validate grammar, syntax, spelling, and proper localization on mobile platforms. In addition, they will review and perform exhaustive Arabic language tests to ensure text and audio respect the cultural aspects of a game’s local edition, remain in context, and are consistent throughout.
The Arabic LQA Specialist is responsible for testing, identifying, recording, and suggesting fixes to potential bugs relating to language, implementation, and user interface (UI) issues. This role involves collaboration with in-house Linguists and LQA Specialists to ensure the highest linguistic standards in mobile games.
Responsibilities
- Verify linguistic accuracy of the text in all tested products and check for typographical, grammatical, and punctuation errors.
- Collaborate with the Arabic translators in the team and external vendors to ensure high standards of linguistic quality are achieved.
- Verify the correct implementation of the localized text and ensure that all text is correctly displayed.
- Ensure that the text is consistent and only correct approved terminology is used.
- Assess cultural appropriateness and check politically sensitive content.
- Identify, isolate, and document localization bugs clearly and concisely in a bug database.
- Verify that bugs have been fixed and implemented correctly.
- Run test cases and checklists.
- Help back up the Arabic translators in the team when required on linguistic tasks.
- Build a deep knowledge of various video games, their mechanics, and debug menus.
- Collaborate with the team to create test cases based on existing templates.
Requirements
- Native level Arabic speaker.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both in Arabic and English.
- Strong interest in video games and the gaming industry.
- Outstanding attention to detail.
- Good PC knowledge and proficient knowledge of Google Workspace is ideal.
- The ability to write accurate, unambiguous, and concise documentation in English and your native language.
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience working with different cultures.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to cope under pressure and to work with tight deadlines.
- Team-oriented and collaborative.
- University Degree, equivalent qualification, and/or relevant experience in related fields is an advantage.
- +1 year experience in localization QA is an advantage.
- Familiarity with bug tracking and/or task management platforms, such as Jira or Trello, is an advantage.
- Copywriting, editing, or translation experience is an advantage.
Benefits
- Health insurance, welfare pension insurance, occupational accident insurance, etc.
- Commuting costs covered up to 30,000 JPY per month.
- Fukurikosei club.
- Employee Assistant Program.
- Free Japanese lessons.
- Holidays: Full weekly two-day system (Saturday and Sunday), Public holidays, Annual paid leave, Congratulations and condolences leave, etc.
Additional Notes
Keywords Studios is committed to fair and ethical hiring practices. Candidates are expected to conduct themselves with honesty and to participate in all applications and interviews independently, presenting their own knowledge and experience. Candidates should refrain from using AI assistance or third-party tools or services that could influence, capture, or otherwise interfere with the authenticity of the assessment process.
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