I’m Ando, a freelance translator and localization specialist helping studios and businesses ship better multilingual products. I provide EN↔DE translation (EN→DE and DE→EN), Japanese to English translation (JP→EN), and Japanese to German translation (JA→DE) for game localization, software/UI strings, patch notes, store pages, and documentation.
I combine language expertise with hands-on dev experience, so I can also build and adapt localization tooling to streamline workflows for games and software teams.
For my gaming projects, check out ohsat.com!
EN↔DE game localization (EN→DE and DE→EN) for dialogue, UI, items, and store content. Selected work includes Mars Vice (~75,000 words), Mabinogi, and Big Trouble in Little Dino Park.
I also support localization implementation workflows, including structured text and tool-assisted pipelines.
Audiovisual translation and subtitling for anime, film, documentaries, and TV. Credits include titles like One Piece, The Prince of Tennis, and Studio Ghibli productions.
Japanese to English (JP→EN) and Japanese to German (JA→DE) translation for games, media, and digital content, supported by formal academic training and practical localization experience.
Software/UI localization, terminology alignment, and QA support for multilingual product releases.
Post-editing of AI-generated translations (LLMs/NMT) for games, UI, media, and marketing content, with focus on fluency, tone, and consistency.
CleanInk grabs all the translatable text in an .ink file and exports it as an easily translatable, clean .json file. Once the translation is done, the tool then converts it back into an .ink file, creating an exact copy of the original file… just in a different language!
The RenPy Translation Converter converts Ren’Py translation files (.rpy) into Excel sheets and back. This makes it easier to translate them, as spreadsheet files are supported by every major CAT tool.
StringRipper is a powerful and language-agnostic tool that helps prepare projects for localization. It extracts strings from code files, assigns each string a unique ID and then exports them in a .csv file. It can then also replace the strings in the original file with the generated IDs.
Translation review sample focused on annotation consistency and quality checks.
English-to-German localization sample for a Google Play Store listing in the education/productivity app space.
Portfolio sample demonstrating localization of checkout, billing, subscription, refund, and payment UI strings from English into German.
Machine translation post-editing sample for gaming content.
Post-editing sample for product and marketing text.
Interview translation sample (not MTPE).
Quality assurance sample showing issue detection and correction.
Portfolio sample demonstrating localization of a SaaS onboarding flow from English into German.
Documentation-focused translation sample with image editing.
Portfolio sample demonstrating localization of mobile game UI strings from English into German.
Portfolio sample demonstrating localization of desktop app interface strings from English into German.
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