Martin Engelhaus

Following an intense 10 month retraining program where I worked closely together with industry veteran Troy Dunniway as mentor, I have successfully retrained to become a system and level designer in the video games industry and am currently expanding my portfolio. I intend to leverage the intimate knowledge of the video game industry that I accumulated during my 5 years as a localisation engineer at Blizzard Activision.

Permanent employment as in-house translator and localisation engineer

• Driving creative decisions on content such as UI, in-game dialogues, trailers and marketing materials

• Localisation lead for projects such as Hearthstone and Diablo: Managed project priorities, deadlines, scope and workload

• Liaising closely with project managers, development teams, marketing and community departments and other stakeholders to assess project risks, progress and possible issues

• Extensive experience working with audio-visual content such as trailers and features as well as websites and press material

• Experience with industry tools such as LocTool, Trados, WordBee, MemoQ, MimSource, as well as Content Extractor, QA Distiller; Export Processor, Wrike, Confluence and JIRA

• Actively shaping workflows and style guides through feedback, participation in focus groups and proactive communication with stakeholders

• Helping with training colleagues, sharing knowledge and expertise

Permanent employment as translator and language specialist:

• Translated and proof-read marketing and advertising content from English into German for big global players

• Processed data, prepared glossaries, supported TM builds

• Project management, communication with international clients and freelancers

• Assignment work at client's offices in California and London