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RWS Group
Localization Specialist was asked...September 5, 2016

What kind of experience do you have in the music space?

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Not having experience with music space should not be a problem. If you are offered the position it would take sometime until you start to work and in this period of time you learn. Besides that, the important thing is the translation. You don't have to know everything under the sun to be able to do a good translation work. Less

Not having experience with music space should not be a problem. If you are offered the position it would take sometime until you start to work and in this period of time you learn. Besides that, the important thing is the translation. You don't have to know everything under the sun to be able to do a good translation work. Less

Opower

"I'm going to leave the room for 3 minutes. When I come back, I want you to give me a 3-minute presentation on the topic of your choice."

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I ended up giving my "presentation" about my Master's thesis topic, which seemed sufficient. Less

Netmarble

What will you do if HQ assigns a task that is impossible to complete on-time?

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I'll try to finish as much as I can, while trying to find ways to outsource additional work to freelancers. Less

CULTURETRANSLATE

Are you capable of spending eight hours a day playing video games?

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I said I was.

GAMEVIL

What kind of games do you play?

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I honestly told them I'm not that big of a gamer

GAMEVIL

What are your experience with translation?

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I told them about my job as an on-call interpretor

Mihoyo

Do the translation test about information in genshin

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You are not supposed to translate the text and make it look like the current translation in Genshin. Look closely, they told you not to use any existing translation in game and to come up with your own words Less

Babel Media

which games do you like, strange long quiz to submit online!

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At least a couple of hours to complete the test

Active Gaming Media

What is the difference between Localization and Translation?

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Localization has a cultural component that translation does not need to achieve its goals. Localization needs to convey abstract context while also remaining accessible to a specific audience. Translation's goal is to convey meaning in the clearest way possible. Less

WeWork

What would you do if you were behind in delivering a localization project to a client? Other regular, get-to-know you questions.

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I answered that the first thing I would do would be to communicate with localizers, since as PM's we live and die on their schedule. The best answer would've been to ask more questions in order to familiarize myself with their own, internal process. Less

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