Translator / Learning Designer – Localization Project (Japanese)

We’re looking for a Japanese Localization & Learning Content Specialist to translate, localize, and quality-check business and sales-enablement learning content.

Remote | Full-Time Contractor | 3 Months

Key Responsibilities

• Review and refine AI-pretranslated content in Smartcat for accuracy, fluency, grammar, tone, and natural German expression.
• Apply approved terminology consistently across skills, decisions, products, and specialized terminology.
• Maintain a conversational, evidence-based, commercially sharp voice.
• Adapt buyer-as-hero and “you” language naturally for Japanese audiences.
• Rebuild finalized translations in existing PowerPoint decks and Articulate Rise modules.
• Test and repair animations, transitions, triggers, timing, and build sequences.
• Resolve layout issues caused by localized text, including overflow, line breaks, and cut-off content.
• Perform light image/screenshot text edits in PowerPoint.
• Deliver assets in a fully presentation-ready state.
• Collaborate with the internal team and other contractors, working independently against milestones and participating in 1-2 weekly check-ins.

Required Profile

• Native-level Japanese with excellent professional/B2B writing skills.
• Strong English reading and collaboration skills.
• Proven experience in business, sales-enablement, corporate learning, or professional localization.
• Comfortable working with terminology glossaries and style guides.
• Strong PowerPoint skills, including the Animation Pane and animation repair.
• Experience with Articulate Rise or similar authoring tools.
• Strong attention to layout, typography, and visual presentation.
• Reliable overlap with Eastern Time (GMT-4) / Central European business hours.

Nice to have: localization QA experience with animated/interactive presentations and B2B sales-enablement experience.