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About the role

  • Freelance Japanese Translator localizing Chess.com’s chess apps, content, and marketing campaigns. Reviewing translations and editing graphical assets for Japanese-speaking players.

Responsibilities

  • Translate user interfaces for Chess.com apps, including Chess.com Web & Mobile, ChessKid, and Dr. Wolf
  • Translate marketing campaigns
  • Translate Coach analysis, Game Review, Courses, and related content
  • Translate and edit graphical assets
  • Review previously submitted translations and ensure high quality

Requirements

  • Passion for chess and a deep understanding of chess terminology
  • Proven professional experience translating complex texts between English and Japanese
  • Exceptional linguistic knowledge, including a strong grasp of language theory and structure
  • Native or near-native fluency in both English and Japanese
  • Excellent communication skills and high responsiveness
  • Ability to work effectively on collaborative platforms like Slack
  • Proven ability to work efficiently and meet tight deadlines, occasionally within a 24–48 hour turnaround time, including weekends/holidays
  • Basic graphic editing skills

Benefits

  • 100% remote (work from anywhere)
  • Variable workload
  • Compensation on a per-word basis

Job title

Job type

Contract

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteWorldwide

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