Translator / Learning Designer – Localization Project (Japanese)

G3 is seeking a Japanese Localization & Learning Content Specialist for a remote, full-time three-month contractor project. The role focuses on translating, localizing, quality-checking, and rebuilding business and sales-enablement learning content in Smartcat, PowerPoint, and Articulate Rise while ensuring accurate language, consistent terminology, functional interactivity, and presentation-ready layouts.

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

Requirements:

• 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
• localization QA experience with animated/interactive presentations
• B2B sales-enablement experience