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Jinhui ZHAO

@jinhuizhao

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AI Localization Engineer combining 6+ years of remote LQA with hands-on LLM evaluation and RAG/agent tooling.

China

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a fully-remote role where I can lead AI-driven localization quality—LLM evaluation, RAG/agents, and deployed tooling—while partnering with localization and game teams to improve accuracy, terminology, and locale fit.

I’m an AI Localization Engineer with 6+ years of fully remote game localization, LQA, and terminology work—now paired with hands-on LLM evaluation and RAG/agent development. I build localization tooling that’s practical in production and measurable with rubric-based quality checks.

As Founder & AI Localization Engineer at XGLab LLC, I created xglab.dev, a 9-tool AI localization platform with live browser demos that covers translation evaluation, vision-based game LQA, pre-translation analysis, terminology, and CJK/Japanese quality checks. I shipped GameLQA and TranslateEval with batch processing, structured CSV reporting, multi-model benchmarking, and Critical/Major/Minor issue classification, delivering 800,000+ game words and 1,000,000+ total words at a sustained 2,000–2,500 words/day.

Previously, I worked as an AI Localization Engineer & LLM Evaluator, performing LLM quality evaluation and RLHF data annotation for CJK language pairs across text, audio, and multimodal tasks. I also maintain end-to-end functional, linguistic, and cultural LQA as a freelance localization translator, supporting MT post-editing, glossary/style-guide management, and cross-batch consistency under tight turnaround.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder & AI Localization Engineer

Current

XGLab LLC

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Built and deployed xglab.dev, a multi-tool AI localization platform with live browser demos (translation evaluation, vision-based game LQA, terminology, and CJK/Japanese quality checks). Shipped GameLQA and TranslateEval with batch CSV reporting, multi-model benchmarking, and issue classification; deployed multilingual RAG/agent apps and set up Azure resources.

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Freelance Game LQA Translator

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Independent

Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 6 months)

Provided EN→ZH-CN and ZH-CN→JA game localization translation plus end-to-end functional, linguistic, and cultural LQA for SLG and RPG/gacha titles. Maintained glossaries/style guides for cross-batch consistency and filed severity-tagged bilingual defects in a TAPD workflow for a mobile game LQA project.

Chinese Japanese Translation French Chinese Localization Localization QA Functional QA Linguistic QA Cultural QA Style Guide Batch Consistency Verification Placeholder and Formatting QA TAPD Workflow System Text

AI Localization Eng & LLM Evaluator

Independent

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years)

Performed LLM quality evaluation and RLHF data annotation for CJK language pairs across text, audio, and multimodal tasks using rubric-based protocols. Delivered MT post-editing, LLM-based translation evaluation, prompt engineering, and prototyped tooling for later productization.

LLM Evaluation RLHF Data Annotation Multilingual Benchmarking Prompt Engineering MT Post Editing Instruction Following Evaluation Terminology Evaluation Localization Quality Evaluation

Freelance Translator (IT & Media)

Synergy Translations

Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 (2 years)

Translated English content to Simplified Chinese across fitness, finance, medical, and education topics, including academic papers and subtitle production. Produced subtitles using Arctime and Aegisub workflows.

Medical Translation Finance Translation Aegisub