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Korean to English Translator

Role overview

Qualifications

  • High level of proficiency in Korean and English languages
  • Excellent communication skills across time zones and project schedules
  • Familiarity with Discord and Google Docs
  • Experience as a freelancer in a collaborative team-based environment with strong time management and deadline adherence

Responsibilities

  • Translate Korean webnovels of various genres including fantasy, action fantasy, comedy, and drama
  • Create and update the glossary of all characters and locations, as well as significant series-specific jargon
  • Work cooperatively with the localization team, making edits as necessary
  • Communicate with the localization team about relevant progress or issues through designated channels

Key facts

Other skills

  • Editing
  • Time Management
  • Progress Reporting
  • Adaptability
  • Detail Oriented
  • Teamwork
  • Communication

About the company

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Wuxiaworld Limited

Translation & Localization

Wuxiaworld.com, owned by Wuxiaworld Limited, was founded in December of 2014 by RWX, a passionate fan of Wuxia novels. It quickly rose to prominence as the largest Chinese-to-English novel translation platform in the world. Ranked by Alexa as one of the top 2000 websites in the United States, and with millions of pageviews per day, Wuxiaworld has become a brand name in Chinese-to-English novel translation excellence. Many of Wuxiaworld’s translators originally cut their teeth on Wuxia classics such as novels by Jin Yong and Gu Long, and have since moved on more modern Xianxia, Qihuan, and Xuanhuan novels, such as Coiling Dragon (盘龙), I Shall Seal the Heavens (我欲封天), Martial God Asura (修罗武神), and more. Wuxiaworld Limited enjoys a strong, collaborative relationship with original rights holders such as 17k.com, and will be expanding into the e-publishing business in 2016. The translators of Wuxiaworld are driven by an abiding passion for Chinese fiction, and we continue to look for more opportunities to expand the reach of popular Chinese culture and fiction into the Western world.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryTranslation & Localization
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

We're not currently hiring for this position. However, please feel free to submit your information, and we will contact you when we resume hiring.

We're seeking to contract Korean to English Translators who will localize Korean text into English on multiple projects, working cooperatively with members of the localization team.

What Freelance Translators Do:

    • Translate Korean webnovels of various genres including but not limited to fantasy, action fantasy, comedy, and drama
    • Create and update the glossary of all characters and locations, as well as significant series-specific jargon
    • Work cooperatively with the localization team, making edits as necessary
    • Communicate with the localization team about relevant progress or issues through designated channels

Freelance Translators' Expertise:

    • High level of proficiency in Korean and English languages 
    • Excellent communicator who maintains friendly and timely communications with a diverse array of individuals across a variety of timezones and differing project schedules
    • Familiarity with Discord, and Google Docs
    • Experience working as a freelancer within a collaborative team-based environment
    • Ability to manage time effectively and adhere to strict deadlines. Our quota is 7 chapters a week!
    • A love of storytelling and a respect for the storytellers' whose work we are helping to share

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