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Hannah Shaw
Localization Specialist Intern with supervised experience in translation quality, terminology, cultural adaptation, and localization testing. Practical work includes Localization, Terminology management, Translation review, Localization testing.
Experience
Walmart
Bentonville · United States
Localization Specialist Intern
Jun 2026 - Aug 2026
- Under supervision, maintained a terminology glossary and translation memory, reviewed locale-specific screenshots for truncation and formatting errors, and reconciled reviewer changes before the localized release.
- The team translated product text and dialogue from source context, character intent, and in-product behavior rather than isolated strings; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review. The team preserved meaning and user action across the localized experience; confirmed with my mentor that my contribution was limited to the assigned support and validation work.
- The team maintained terminology decisions with definitions, context examples, prohibited variants, and review owners; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review. The team reduced inconsistent wording across product, marketing, support, and voice scripts; confirmed with my mentor that my contribution was limited to the assigned support and validation work.
- Under supervision, designed localized copywriting for a brand-marketing campaign using market research, tested target-audience comprehension and completed the translation review before the campaign deadline.
- Under supervision, owned a localization review using terminology management and brand-voice references, resolved culturally misleading translation and completed quality-assurance checks before delivery.
- Under supervision, published audience-specific editing guidance using tracked review comments, reduced repeated terminology corrections by 31% and completed reporting before the agreed deadlines.
Selected project
Localization Specialist — independent case study
Intern project team member
Sep 2025 - May 2026
- In a mentor-reviewed simulation, translated product text and dialogue from source context, character intent, and in-product behavior rather than isolated strings; preserved meaning and user action across the localized experience.
- As a second supervised exercise, maintained terminology decisions with definitions, context examples, prohibited variants, and review owners; reduced inconsistent wording across product, marketing, support, and voice scripts.
- Under supervision, the team reviewed cultural, legal, and usability risks with regional specialists and documented approved adaptations; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review
- Prepared an independent editorial brief using public sources, separating verified statements, interpretation and missing information; linked draft passages to source notes and checked quotation context.
- Produced a publication-ready draft with a source list, rights notes and a correction log; checked the final headline and excerpts against the full material so the short version did not overstate the evidence.
- Owned the independent publication check using source-linked transcripts, resolved a misleading shortened quotation and completed the release package with rights and correction notes.
Education
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland · United States
B.A. Journalism — in progress
Sep 2023 - Jun 2027
Relevant coursework: Reporting, media law, video storytelling, audience engagement
Skills
Role expertise
Localization · Terminology management · Translation review · Localization testing · Cultural adaptation
Publications
- Published a personal editing breakdown using the independent project’s cut list, explaining source verification, caption choices and the tradeoff between brevity and factual qualification.


