Sam Burton Email & Phone Number

Tokyo, JP

Tokyo, Japan

Turning your baby into a beast. 🐉Duties:- crafting strange and unusual worlds- localizing your favourite games- being a force for good- occasionally saying fuck

• Managing and moderating a large localization community on Discord (over 400 members)
• Establishing and ensuring consistent application of Yaks brand values - supporting women, PoC, LGBT+, disabled, and neurodivergent people in credited and crunch-free localization
• Hosting online/in-person events and webinars to engage a remote community worldwide
• Creating mentor content to support aspiring localizers and established professionals alike

- Endgame Boss- Trash Mob- Idea Starter- Pizza Finisher

Tokyo

When I'm not buried in a cave filled with text files, I also delight and amuse on a freelance basis.Be you in need of localization of existing Japanese text or simply somebody to craft some charming yet unsettling villainy, I'm a mere email away.

Tokyo, Japan

• Leading the Mugen localization department according to my ethos of flexibility, communication, and humanity
• Developing unique project workflows based on a client requirements for all incoming localization projects
• Herding cats and orchestrating shenanigans

• Liaising with management and internal leads regarding upcoming projects and delegating tasks to corresponding linguist teams
• Ensuring all members of Mugen's linguist teams feel valued and have opportunities to freely voice concerns

Tokyo, Japan

• Managing JtoE and EtoJ video game localization, editing, and LQA teams of over 10 people across multiple timezones and projects⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯☆ Notable NDA Projects: ☆♦ AAA Action Adventure Platformer(JtoE.

Tokyo, Japan

• Coordination and management of video game localization projects (in-house and outsourced)
• Localization direction and editing for anime and visual novels (JtoE)

London, United Kingdom

• LQA of AAA games on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and mobile.
• Bug reporting (LocalizeDirect and Jira)
• Platform compliance for Playstation, Microsoft, and Nintendo ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯☆ Notable NDA Projects: ☆♦ VR Action Adventure Game - DLC chapter(Japanese language support)

London, United Kingdom

• Translating and editing of AAA console and mobile video game titles from Japanese to English (genre: horror, RPG, simulation, action, card)
• LQA bug reporting and fix implementation for linguistic and functional issues in-game
• Using CAT and QA tools such as Bugpipe, Redmine, Message Studio, and Marking Tool⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯☆ Notable NDA Projects: ☆♦ AAA Open World Turn-Based Monster Battler for 3DS(JtoE Localization Editing)♦ AAA Horror.

Master’S Degree, Translation (Japanese To English), Merit

• Specialized in JtoE video game localization • Was awarded top grades for my specialized creative project management module focusing on.

Bachelor’S Degree, Japanese Studies, First Class (Hons)

• Graduated with first class honors • Completed specialist modules in translation and business Japanese

Study Abroad Exchange Program, International/Global Studies

• Passed with A and S grades in all courses • Participated in specialized advanced Japanese language lessons