Hallo world,
My name is Jen, I am from Lower Saxony, Germany. I speak High German, dialect-free and have ~ 20 years of experience in English.
I am currently the German Translator for Window Garden - A Lo-Fi Idle Game and responsible for the full in-game text localization, including the tutorial, Seasonal Event Updates, Marketing Materials, UI, and basically anything related to German and Clover-Fi Games!
Translating is not my job but a huge hobby, so I am eager to fill some of my free time between updates with new, inspiring projects. Occasionally, I participate in r/translator and translate WWII and historical content from German into English or transcribe from Sütterlin, Offenbacher, Kurrent, and Fraktur. I was lucky enough to meet an amazing author there and collaborate on translating ~250 pages of real post-war correspondence between a German aspiring medical student and an American veteran. The book will be out in August, but a preview translation of one of the letters can be viewed here.
But that’s just not the same as working on a game! Bringing stories to life and seeing real people engage with the content you have made accessible in a relaxed and natural way is just too satisfying not to offer my help for FREE - which still means credits and mentions, which I will also grant you as I did with all other Games in the past.
This ‘help’ also includes proofreading, making sure your previous translator did not use machine translation and many other things I may not even think of. I am open to trying new things and new genres, but there are
Two Themes I will not translate: NSFW and furries. Really sorry ♥
I have experience translating visual novels, platformers, idle games, adventure games, ‘soft’ horror games, and real-world historical content. If I were ever to make a wish about what to work on next, my answer would be 'A Zork-like*!
Please browse around my Portfolio and feel free to also check out my Twitter or my Itch Profile to see what I am up to, what kind of games and genres I enjoy and to get a look at some of my work on other itch and steam games!
Software and Platforms I am already familiar with: GitHub, Crowdin, Notepad/Wordpad, OpenOffice, NoteEditor, XLS Edit, Google Docs/Google Sheets, VS Code, Word/Excel… phew, what else is there? I don’t know, but please feel free to challenge me to adapt to new software. :)
In case you are interested feel free to reach out on a platform of your liking.
Send a mail to: jennifer.rosebrock@gmx.de
Use this short Contact Form or reach out on Twitter (link above).
I hope to find a person as excited about putting out great content together as I am!