# Localization Linguist \(ZH→EN\) \(Singapore\)

## Details

- **Company:** [NetEase Games](https://hitmarker.net/companies/netease-games.md)
- **Location:** Singapore
- **Contract type:** Full Time
- **Level:** Intermediate \(2–5 years\)
- **Tags:** Localization, Editorial, Quality Assurance \(QA\), Project Management
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14
- **Apply:** [View and apply on Hitmarker](https://hitmarker.net/jobs/netease-games-localization-linguist-zh-en-singapore-4479166)

## Description

**Responsibilities**

1. **ZH→EN Transcreation & Quality Assurance**: Rewrite storylines, character dialogue, event and quest copy, and UI text from Simplified Chinese into natural, idiomatic English, faithfully recreating tone, emotion, humor, pacing, and character voice.
2. **Linguistic Asset Management**: Build and maintain terminology databases, style guides, character voice profiles, naming conventions, and translation memories to ensure consistent style across versions and chapters.
3. **Review & Standardization**: Review output from internal and external translators, provide specific and actionable revision suggestions, and distill individual judgment into reusable team standards.
4. **LQA & Delivery Assurance**: Organize in-game language quality assurance across development and live-operation builds; identify, classify, track, and verify issue resolution to closure, delivering on schedule in sync with release cadence.
5. **Cross-functional Collaboration**: Work with design, narrative, art, publishing, and other teams to proactively flag cultural sensitivities from the target-market perspective, ensuring cultural adaptation is addressed at early stages.

**Qualifications**

1. Native or near-native English speaker with a solid foundation in writing, editing, and proofreading; fluent in reading and writing Chinese, able to directly comprehend and interpret nuances in the Chinese source text.
2. 3+ years of experience in game localization or a related field; must have been involved end-to-end in the launch and ongoing live-ops updates of at least one long-term operated title.
3. Familiarity with the full localization workflow and tooling: CAT/TMS, terminology management, translation memory, LQA processes, and defect management.
4. Strong cultural sensitivity and editorial judgment — not satisfied with literal translation; able to propose better idiomatic rewrites and articulate the rationale.
5. Excellent communication and scheduling skills; comfortable working in cross-cultural team environments.

**Bonus Points**

- Familiarity with casual games or female-oriented content expression.
- Experience building a localization system from scratch or managing external vendors.
- Knowledge of automated QA tooling or AI-assisted translation tools.