Freelance Machine Translation Post-Editors - German (iGaming & Poker)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Freelance Machine Translation Post-Editors – German (iGaming & Poker) based in Canada.

Help deliver high-quality German content for online gaming and poker platforms by refining AI-generated translations into accurate, natural, and engaging player experiences. In this fully remote freelance role, you will combine linguistic expertise with an understanding of gaming terminology and localization best practices. You will review English-to-German machine translations, correct errors, preserve the intended tone, and ensure consistency with established terminology and brand guidelines. Your work will contribute to clear, culturally appropriate content across marketing, promotional, and in-product materials. This opportunity is ideal for experienced German linguists who enjoy improving AI-generated content and can balance precision, readability, and localization quality.

Accountabilities:

You will refine machine-translated content and ensure that German-language materials meet high standards of linguistic accuracy, naturalness, and consistency across iGaming and poker contexts.

• Perform machine translation post-editing (MTPE) on AI-generated translations from English into German.
• Review translated content critically to ensure it accurately reflects the meaning, tone, intent, and context of the English source.
• Identify and correct mistranslations, omissions, additions, grammatical errors, inconsistent terminology, and unnatural phrasing.
• Translate short content segments when necessary to deliver natural, player-friendly German.
• Apply appropriate terminology and localization standards across marketing, promotional, and in-product content.
• Handle basic HTML and Phrase TMS tags carefully to preserve formatting and technical integrity.
• Apply localization quality assurance (LQA) practices and SEO-aware principles where relevant.
• Identify errors in source texts and flag or correct obvious issues rather than reproducing them in the translation.
• Explain translation decisions clearly when dealing with challenging linguistic or contextual choices.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is a highly proficient German linguist with proven translation and post-editing experience, strong English comprehension, and the ability to evaluate AI-generated content critically. Familiarity with poker or iGaming terminology and localization workflows will be particularly valuable.

• Native German proficiency and excellent comprehension of English.
• Demonstrated experience in professional translation and machine translation post-editing (MTPE).
• Experience with iGaming or poker content is strongly preferred.
• Excellent linguistic judgment and the ability to identify inaccuracies, omissions, additions, terminology problems, and unnatural phrasing in AI-generated translations.
• Strong knowledge of localization workflows, including localization quality assurance (LQA), translation memories (TMs), and termbases.
• Experience translating or editing marketing, promotional, or in-product content.
• Familiarity with basic HTML and Phrase TMS tags.
• Exceptional attention to detail, particularly when handling formatted text and terminology.
• Ability to identify source-text errors and make sound editorial decisions.
• Ability to explain translation choices clearly when required.
• Willingness to complete a short assessment covering tag handling, AI-generated content correction, and translation rationale.
• Applicants should include their CV, relevant translation or MTPE experience, one or two work samples (preferably in marketing or iGaming), and their proposed rate per source word or per hour.

Benefits:

• Fully remote freelance working arrangement.
• Opportunity to work on specialized German localization projects in the iGaming and poker sectors.
• Flexibility to propose an hourly or per-source-word rate.
• Opportunity to apply linguistic expertise to AI-assisted translation and content quality improvement.
• Project-based engagement; compensation rates, workload, and project availability are not specified in the source description and should be confirmed during the selection process.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!