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Luke Owain B.

Game & Tech Writer | Editor & Translator | World-Building Wizard

I'm here to put your world into words. - Native English speaker and published writer from the UK who writes lore, dialogue, scripts, characters and stories for games, with credits including Watcher of Realms (over 1 million downloads), Peek-a-Phone (as a Creative Director for FaintLines - work in progress) and Cityscapes: Sim Builder (a game by one of the minds behind SimCity). - Translates, writes and localizes YouTube scripts for videos with millions of views, with a particular focus on the gaming niche. - Writes technical articles for Sumsub, one of the world's leading verification platforms in the crypto space, to help it in its mission to combat fraud. - Works with DeepL as a linguist to help improve its translation software, particularly in the Japanese to English pair. - Has written trend-setting AI training scripts as a lead copy writer in an AI mobile game advert company, with game ad credits including major household names like Wordle. - A very experienced localization specialist who will provide you with natural, well written transcreated text. Credits include games like Professor Lupo, novels like Dreadful Beauty and YouTube channels like Sunny Poppy. - Was the award-winning editor of Buzz Magazine, Wales's largest arts and culture magazine. Will make your copy engaging and understandable, regardless of whether your first language is English or not. - Co-owns a successful academic proofreading brand and has proofread millions of words for incredibly specialist academics whose first language is not English. - Has written two novels (one dark comedy/murder mystery and one psychological thriller) and specialist articles for a large variety of clients. - Has a keen eye for detail, a wide range of interests, and a love of language that is reflected in his work. - Has never missed a deadline.

🇬🇧Penybryn, United Kingdom$50/hr100% JSS5.00 (50)Since Sep 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR
$426

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#84,354 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,623 / 10.7k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $2.6k

Total earnings
$132k

Billed in all: $135k

World#27,965 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#637 / 10.7k
Per project
$1.6k

$1.3k in the last 6 months

World#90,582 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,953 / 10.7k
Projects, last 6 months
2
50% fixed50% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,969 / 10.7k
Projects in all
82

Across 84 contracts

74% fixed26% hourly
World#35,676 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#897 / 10.7k

Earnings, last 30 days

$135kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$132k$134k$136k$138kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 12% in Article Writing

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #12Role-Playing Game Writing73 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 16%
  2. #13Worldbuilding69 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 19%
  3. #16Video Game Writing109 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 15%
  4. #33Video Game Localization139 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 24%
  5. #156Translation & Localization Software771 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #2Top 20%
  6. #229Fiction Writing1,669 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #22Top 14%
  7. #310Content Localization1,586 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #6Top 20%
  8. #339Game Design2,110 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #6Top 16%