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OH MY GOD
#FFXIVFanFest
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once this pandemic shit is over all my friends had better watch their fuckin backs. i'm gonna show up at each of your houses in my PJs and i will not leave
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hey so this is a friend of mine and he absolutely posted this in jest
now he's had to lock his account because you sent your goons to harass him for a JOKE POST
great job guys!
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#Sexiled
is up for preorder on Amazon! Releases on October 5th!
- Written by a woman
- Adult female cast
- Women helping other women
- Women kissing other women
- Mentoring a young girl
- Dismantling sexist institutions
- And KICKING ASS
👭🧙♀️👩👩👧⚔️💅✨
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Words can't express how honored I am to be part of the translation team for
#FFXIV
#Dawntrail
. It's been a tremendous opportunity to learn and hone my craft, but above all, it means the world to be able to give back to the game that changed my life. I’ll see you in Tural. 💚💚💚
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【Announcement】
I’m proud to announce that I worked with JAST USA to create the new English localization of TAISHO x ALICE Episode I for Primula. Thank you so much for trusting me with this deep, intricate game.
"TAISHO x ALICE episode 1" will be released at STEAM.
This game is localized in English and Chinese, and the audio will remain in the Japanese version.
Release is scheduled around November 28, 2019.
For details, please visit the following URL.
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I laughed so hard when I got this text I love my mom
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Seriously though, rendering the text “the way an English-speaking person would say it” is our job. No one is going to create bad translationese for you.
I too had a “more interested in the actual Japanese being spoken” phase. Honest advice: you should start learning Japanese.
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Direct Translations vs Liberal Translations, using the burger analogy 🍔 ✨
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another reason why english is inferior: why settle for the phrase "add insult to injury" (yawn) when you can have "泣きっ面に蜂 - BEES FLYING INTO YOUR FACE WHEN YOU'RE CRYING"
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official translation: the butcher's shop
fan translation: the meat store
THE MEAT STORE
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The glow-up.
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HEY SO UM,
i just saw it but this translator credit IS GOING TO MAKE ME CRY?
I'M HONORED
THANK YOU
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I am honored beyond words to have reprised my role as translator for the bonus content in TAISHO x ALICE: All In One for the Nintendo Switch. Thank you, everyone, for making this happen.
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ok, here's a rough translation of tetsuzo's thread RE: the SakuraGame / New Glass fiasco
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「……っ」
fucking suuuuucks.
sometimes it's a grunt of pain, sometimes it's a gasp, sometimes it's a sob, sometimes it's a kiss. unless you have the audio on hand, you may as well guess!*
*this is how Norn9 ended up with "Argh!" for kissing sounds in the Aksys localization.
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From now on I’m going to translate arigatou gozaimasu as “It is hard for me to exist” and you’ll need to just infer what it actually means. You’re welcome literalists
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when I criticize companies like aksys or NISA it's never "let's target the individuals involved" it's about the quality of the product presented. if you undercook my chicken at a restaurant i don't want the chef to get fired, i just want some fuckin' correctly cooked chicken
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It's the sparkly sugary otome game other companies won't give you!
Female MC who's:
⭐️thirsty AF
⭐️not a virgin
⭐️voiced
⭐️bi
And the story has:
⭐️Good vibes only
⭐️Adult cast
⭐️Dramatic moments with happy resolutions
⭐️3P route
⭐️Yuri route
⭐️*~Magic~*
Get Fxxxed Today!
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Otome game licensing is in this weird catch-22 where companies don’t want to pay expensive fees for popular voice acting, so they license games no one has ever heard of, & when they aren’t impressed by the sales figures, they write off the entire genre based on its duds.
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I’m honored to serve as the Localization Producer for
#ChroniclesofRefugia
! The team has created something wildly unique and fascinating, and I sincerely can’t wait to share more. The website’s in English too, so have a look! よろしくお願いします〜
We'll continue to keep you posted on the latest updates, right here on Twitter. You can also learn more by checking out our official website!
#夢游仙境ロマネスク
#ChroniclesofRefugia
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Ah, more localization controversy. My absolute best advice to new / aspiring translators, in this current climate: find yourself a group chat of trusted friends and/or industry peers. Need to vent? Discord. Want to brag? Discord. Tweaked the story, softened some bigotry? Discord.
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Anyway - if you saw the tweet and believed it, I'm not mad at you. You had no way of knowing.
The best apology you could give me (not that one is necessary) is to block Ba/dGa/mingTa/kes before they do it to you next.
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"I don't want to read [characters in a story translated to English] speaking in American slang—I want to read them speaking in Japanese slang," is a series of words I have seen online, posted unironically.
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Don't sleep on this one, either! Nanasaki Ryousuke is an incredible LGBT activist and it's worth reading his brutally honest story of fighting for love and acceptance in Japan.
[Seven Seas] Ryousuke Nanasaki's
Until I Meet My Husband (Essay Novel) pre-orders are up at
Amazon
Rightstuf
B&N
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Hi, I’m a translator. You may know me from my greatest hits, “It really depends on the context,” “That’s not how sentences work in English,” and “If it bothers you, I strongly encourage you to learn the language yourself.”
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trying to explain to a side client "hey so i'm scaling back on work from you guys because i don't get credited" and they write back "that's just how it is in this industry, *i* didn't get credited on 100s of games"
ok well i'm glad YOU were ok with that, but i'm not, is my point
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PSA: A localization coordinator is not the same thing as a translator. Deep breaths, y'all.
So excited to announce that I'm the Localization Coordinator for the release of P3P and P4G on Xbox and Windows! 🥳🎉
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Q. Why does Yurika speak Japanese in the English version of TAISHO x ALICE?
A. She's bilingual! Canonically! She Just Does This
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This honestly proves the power of a good localized title. Ask yourself: would you have still paused to check out this manga if its title was just “The Eight Warriors”?
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We surveyed a bunch of translators to find out how they get their em dashes!
"Alt+0151"
"I have a hotkey on my keyboard"
"I have a Notepad file I copy and paste from"
"I scroll back until I find the last one I posted..."
"I just leave it as -- and make my editor deal with it"
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LRT: Always treat katakana loanwords like Japanese words, not the foreign words they imitate. This is how ビッチ gets mistranslated as bitch so often. KATAKANA WORDS ARE STILL JAPANESE WORDS Y'ALL.
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There has been some interest in a
#SaveMuramasa
campaign to get Full Metal Daemon Muramasa's Steam ban reversed. We reached out to Valve in light of the Chaos;Head situation, and they assured us "We are not re-reviewing previously banned apps."
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Heads up: I've been informed that SakuraGame has changed its company name to "Paradise Project."
As always, no matter what they try to rebrand as, please don't do business with them or support their garbage-quality, machine-translated "English" releases.
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There are so many things to like about
#himetai
.
You fuck both guys and take BOTH their virginities. *in the common route.*
The protag is sex-positive. The boys are awkward dorks.
And if you're feeling "meh" on the dudes, you can ditch them and go fuck your maid.
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I am BEYOND THRILLED to announce that I am the translator for two incredible companion novels: TO ME, THE ONE WHO LOVED YOU and TO EVERY YOU I'VE LOVED BEFORE!!! These books were on my translation wishlist and Seven Seas made my dream come true! 💕
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Lewd the men, cowards.
What game would you love to see us publish here in the west? 👀💖
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It's kind of annoying when a translator wants to use a specific phrase in English that's unrelated to what was actually said. The real line was just, "I shall accept this."
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honestly i used to be the kind of person who would hold individual translators accountable for bad loc jobs but i know people who have done work for aksys and i'd say it's the company's bullshit "literal translations only" policy that really fucks them the hardest
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"So what's your job?"
"Translating Japanese books and games."
"Oh, what's your hobbies?"
"Reading Japanese books... playing Japanese games..."
"What's... what's your interests?"
"Japanese..... books....... games.........."
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I love that the J-E translation sphere has circled the wagons to defend one of our own. What I don't love is that a lot of us speaking up are doing so because we've faced similar harassment ourselves. It's disgusting that this is par for the course for all of us.
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c’mon guys there’s only one trait you need to be a pro J-E translator and that is the ability to piss off europeans by localizing all heights to feet and inches
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TAISHO x ALICE Episode I is now available on Steam for $24.99!
Features:
💚 One bubbly bilingual protagonist!
💚 Two romance options!
💚 Genderflipped fairytale characters!
💚 Foreshadowing to a deeper mystery...
💚 And a British guy who calls you "poppet"
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Translation-wise, I feel bad for whoever apparentlyhad to blindly guess whether "aoi" was blue or green with no visual context, because yeah...
#PokemonScarletViolet
#NintendoSwitch
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alternate title for people who don't like the word "sexiled"
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Hey guys, I wrote this for Anime News Network! I hope you like it ^^
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sometimes translating japanese to english means you gotta go and learn french
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I don’t want to hear a single company tell me otome doesn’t sell.
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You’ve all been waiting for it, and here it is! Honored to reprise my role as translator for TAISHO x ALICE: HEADS & TAILS!
"TAISHO x ALICE: HEADS & TAILS" will be released at STEAM.
This game is localized in English and Simplified Chinese, and the audio will remain in the Japanese version.
Release is scheduled during 2022.
For details, please visit the following URL.
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hey so just wondering but why do so many R-18 otomes keep the guy's clothes on during the sex scenes??? why are you all cowards??? i'm trying to see some MAN ASS???
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Holy shit there are Japanese articles about the tsundere controversy now.
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Just say the word and I will clear my schedule to translate this.
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they really literally translated the term hako oshi as "box pusher" or "fan of the box"
..........
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Excited to announce that I'll be translating Adachi and Shimamura for Seven Seas!!! I have awakened to my yuri powers.
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Translator credited on the front cover 👀💚
Death Stranding: The Official Novelization – Volume 1 is up for preorder on Amazon ($16 w/ 304 pages)
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Translators: Triple-check any instance of "like this" in your writing (from こういう・そういう、こんな・そんな etc)
It's superfluous and leaving it in often weakens your sentence.
Ex. "I won't fall for your tricks like this!" -> "I won't fall for your dirty tricks!"
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Translating “shikata ga nai” into literally -anything- that isn’t “it can’t be helped.”
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Hey
@PQubeGames
, I notice you got a lotta fanservice, but not a lotta manservice, amirite fellas... 😎
anyway please localize KLAP
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Every time I encounter the word kuyashii I remember this post.
ｌｉｔｅｒａｌｌｙ ｕｎｔｒａｎｓｌａｔａｂｌｅ
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It is my great honor to announce that I will be the translator for Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome!
よろしくです m(_ _)m
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i pronounce manga "mahnga" because it's a japanese word befitting of japanese pronunciation but if you pronounce anime (loanword that stems from "animation") as "ahn-ime" you are absolutely a dweeb don't @ me
Is it Manga or Maaaahnga?
Just getting into Manga? How about Light Novels? Get these Volume 1 titles and start your collection today! -->
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Imagine straight up admitting you hate the project you're working on, right there in the game itself. The absolute disrespect.
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It takes incredible courage as a translator with a huge following to publicly walk back a controversial localization decision. Whether you agree with it or not, Katrina better have your respect today, y’all.
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why do women choose assholes and not me, a hot dog lying outside on the ground
otome are extremely good at highlighting that women are bad at choosing men and always pick the ones that will harm them the most.
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Your unrepentant slutty bisexual representation is here! I'm proud to announce that I am the translator for Fxxx Me Royally!!
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Life is like a staircase. You just gotta keep climbing.
YOU and ME and HER: a love story is now available!
Get the game at 10% OFF during its Launch Sale!
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Really warms my heart to see people linking this tweet to politely correct their friends and help set the record straight. Thank you, I appreciate it a lot.
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Likewise, "THIS TRANSLATOR WORKS ON PORN" shouldn't be a black mark on our careers, which is why I don't treat it as one when I submit resumes.
very similar energy to: "this VA isn't as pure as you think they are... because THEY DO ECCHI/HENTAI/RAUNCHY COMEDY"
VAs just... voice things, regardless of content. it's their job. it has no bearing on their moral worth, nor should it, regardless of their personal lives.
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when i tweet about my adventures in translation it's because i'm willing to reveal myself as Not Perfect At All Times but without fail some cringelord who doesn't even follow me will happen across the tweets and decide this means i am Singlehandedly Ruining Weebshit On Purpose
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doubled over laughing at the concept that aksys gives their otome games "the best treatment possible." the word "possible" is doing a lot of work in that sentence
With two new Otomate otome visual novels on the horizon, Siliconera spoke to Aksys and Engrish Localization about Piofiore and Cafe Enchante to learn more about the new Switch games.
#otomearmada
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@AITA_reddit
Reading first image: Are they racist?
Second image: Okay, definitely racist.
NTA.
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Welcome to Day 1 of Translation Wishlist Week! Haven't done one of these in a while. Basically I want to post about things I like that deserve a localization. Feel free to join in!
#TranslationWishlist
- PC Otome Games
Only some of these have porn in them. (Okay, most of them)
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Don’t make me tap the sign.
―この気持ちは、カンストできない―
😈【魔界の♡プリンスさまっ♪】👑
✨恋愛ADV💕登録受付中‼️✨
🎞プロモーションムービー
💖公式サイト
#まかプリ #ディスガイア
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The fact of the matter is, Crunchyroll CAN still have its plush new office while also NOT exploiting the labor of underpaid translators.
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Honored to have once again reprised my role as translator to bring more TaiAli content to Switch players!
Nintendo Switch用ソフト「大正×対称アリス all in one」のファンディスク「大正×対称アリス HEADS & TAILS」は長らく在庫切れが続いていましたが、英語テキストへの切り替え機能を追加して9月25日（月）から再出荷がスタートします！
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Honestly the root issue is that I can't relate to people who skip routes in VNs. For the amount of money I pay for these games, you had better believe I'm going to kiss every love interest, even if they aren't my type.
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As of today, the main script of
#slowdamage
is fully translated! From here on we'll be working to playtest and polish the game to perfection. Thanks for waiting!
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i think we can fix the nonsensical "otome villainess" trope if we all collectively start writing "Reincarnated in an Eroge as a Heroine with Prior Sexual Experience"
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the only time I take issue with fan translation is when it’s a fan translation of an officially licensed IP and fans have imprinted on it so strongly that they think the official correct version is “the official translator making stuff up” 🥴
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I keep thinking about the translation company that proudly calls themselves “Engrish Localization,” turns around and produces an English script with 500 errors, and Ak*ys still hires them to work on every otome game they license.
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It’s really frustrating to say “We deserve to survive on our labor!” only for the CONSUMERS of said labor to tell us “Nah, you enjoy it too much. You should only be able to pay rent if you’re miserable for every moment of every day.”
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"This book reads like it was translated from Japanese to Disaster Lesbian" is actually a huge compliment omg
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COMING THIS SUMMER: The heartfelt conclusion to the TAISHO x ALICE series! Your support made it happen!
"TAISHO x ALICE epilogue" will be released at STEAM.
This game is localized in English and Simplified Chinese, and the audio will remain in the Japanese version.
Release is scheduled around July 2021.
For details, please visit the following URL.
#TaiAli
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PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT:
I translated
@NitroCHiRAL
's cult classic boys' love visual novel "sweet pool" as the first release for
@JASTUSA
's brand-new imprint,
@JASTBLUE
!
Click here for more info:
#CHiRAL
#sweetpool
#TheBoysAreComing
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man i hate when TRANSLATORS make the JAPANESE words into ENGLISH... if only there was a solution... if only i could somehow read japanese and know what it means
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Don’t make me tap the sign.
【速報】
「寝坊だぁーっ！？」
朝までエ●ゲーをしていた少女が事故に巻き込まれ、、、と思いきや気づけばそこは異世界？
CRYSTALiA作品の主人公達を攻略する乙女ゲームが遂に始動！
作品詳細をCi-enにて公開しました。
#ヒロイン辞退
#CRYSTALiA
#エイプリルフール
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in english, an interrobang is written ?!
if you write it !? you are a weeb
Easier twitter challenge: name the most trivial hill on which you are willing to die
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