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[Offering] Free Japanese Translation - Looking for my first project to help!

A topic by Tashiro | Japanese Localization created Jan 17, 2026 Views: 661 Replies: 9
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Hi everyone,

I am a native Japanese speaker and a passionate indie game fan. I am currently looking to gain experience in game localization and would like to offer my translation services completely for free.

Since I am an amateur looking to build my portfolio, I am looking for "trial" projects to build my experience and test my workflow.

What I can do:

Translate your game text from English to natural, immersive Japanese.

Focus on character personalities, item names, and the overall atmosphere.

I will provide the translated text in your preferred format (Excel, Google Sheets, .txt, etc.). Note: I do not handle Unity/Engine files directly.

I'd like to start with a small project as a trial run.

Conditions & Notes:

Price: 100% Free.

Status: As I am an amateur and this is my first time, I cannot 100% guarantee the final completion or professional speed. This is a learning process for me, and I want to grow with your project.

Credit: I require my name to be included in the game’s credits or on the store page.

Revisions: Unlimited. I will rewrite the text as many times as needed to make sure it fits your vision (and your UI!).

I am doing this because I truly love games and want to help more developers bring their stories to the Japanese audience.

Please leave a comment if you're interested.

Thank you!

I'm interested! My discord is Ferulci

Thank you very much for your interest! I’ve just sent a friend request to you on Discord under the name “Ferulci.” If you don’t see the request, please let me know here.

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hey I would love to have a japanese talking friend to talk about gamedev, i have tons of little demos and maybe one could use some Japanese love.

Discord is DarrowG

Thank you very much for your comment! I would be happy to assist you. I’ve just sent a friend request to ‘DarrowG’. I would appreciate it if you could check it.

Hey there! I have a horror/dungeon game on Steam with around 3500 words in total, so if you're up for that, feel free to reach out. My discord is: xeon4357

Thank you for your message! I would love to help with your project. 

I have just sent a friend request to "xeon4357" on Discord. I'd like to discuss a few details there before we begin. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Hello, nice to meet you!

We have a large scale game that could benefit from a Japanese localization, especially since the game's native language shares a lot with Japanese.

If you want to collaborate on this, contact us through our Discord:

dignoranza

Thank you very much for reaching out!

I’m still inexperienced with translation work, so depending on the scale of the project, there is a possibility that I may not be able to support it all the way through. I hope you can understand this in advance.

If you are still comfortable with that, I would be happy to review the actual text and do my best to assist you.
I have sent a friend request to ‘dignoranza’, so please check it when you have a moment.

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Hi I'm not sure if you are still offering this service, but my game Blubbi has recently gone into public playtest, and I'm in need for a localization for the Steam page description. It's not a big job at all, but I'd be greatly appreciative and will fully credit you and you'll be able to reference your work for Blubbi for any purposes that may suit you (portfolio, references, etc). If you're interested, please join us here: https://discord.gg/aGtDh8qJWb