Speedrunning the death of education any%

Anyone happen to know a freelancer that does human game localization of ENGLISH --> GERMAN?

Does somebody know of young/amateur/indie-budget-friendly voice actors in English they can point me to? Looking for some voiceover narrator work for a game, something that can be recorded in an afternoon or two tops.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

"I know everyone's biggest fear is, 'Oh my god, AI is going to take all our jobs.' That's not our goal. The goal is to make us more efficient." insérer le gif « La vie d'ma mère je suis en train de me contenir parce que sur la vie de ma mère je me contiens »

Vous êtes traductrice ou traducteur professionnel-le de jeux ? Pour le journal suisse Le Temps, je prépare un article sur la série de jeux MOTHER, et ceux qui se sont inspirés d'elle. Dans ce cadre, je souhaiterais vous poser quelques questions par écrit. Anonymat possible sur demande motivée.

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

My weirdest claim to fame was being featured on the Square Enix shareholders website as the face of professionalism circa 2008

Dead as Disco, developed by @brainjar.games and localized in 11 languages, does NOT feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits. Only the localization provider, Side, is credited.

I really want input from other industry peeps, so please share. If I use your response in my video, you can be anon if you want! I realize this is sensitive/risky to talk about publicly. 1. are you burnt out? 2. how do you combat burnout? 3. what systemic changes would reduce burnout?

🖥️We're seeking an experienced Graphics & Animation Engineer to join our San Francisco-based team! Come help us build what's next after Hades II. This opportunity is open to US residents. ✅For details and how to apply: www.supergiantgames.com/blog/career-... #gamejobs #gamedevjobs #gamedev

I swear I'm not dyslexic

When I confirm segments on a group project that I haven't proofread yet and they show up in Concordance

I will start sending this to every single company that annoys me with their AI garbage (original credit: bsky.app/profile/jole... )

"Dynamic product placement into comic panels"

I am an ex-loc guy so it took me about a week to write all of the translator's notes for our mostly untranslatable script; the vast majority of the comments are me apologizing for jokes about umlauts, explaining Pennsylvania Dutch slang, and basically throwing my hands in the air

54% - That's the percentage of translators (out of 235 respondents) who only receive minimal or no reference material whatsoever for the games they're working on. Remember that figure next time you read a translation that sounds off in context!

Nearly half of these 100 are from games that were translated into English, btw, and a full half of the top 10 entries were written by translators. Sadly, some of them, like Suikoden 2, Yakuza 0, and Metal Gear Solid 4, blanket credit translation companies instead of listing names of individuals.

client feedback in the GenAI era

👉Wie ensteht eine Videospiellokalisierung? Spannendes, aufschlussreiches Video über den Aufwand und den Entstehungsprozess deutscher Games-Fassungen. U.a. mit unserer 1. Vorsitzenden Johanna Czerny! #LoveYourAVTranslator #HumansNotMachines #TranslatorsInTheCredits www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7HW...

I used to loooove April 1st in the games industry - companies always came up with cool/creative/silly ideas to drive community interest while having some fun. Now it's all "Teehee look at this AI garbage we spit out for the occasion, aren't we so quirky?"

2026 Localization Discourse

One of the main EN>CZ translators of KCD2 was fired and replaced by AI. old.reddit.com/r/kingdomcom...

The devs have replied to this comment. Feel free to follow or contribute here: steamcommunity.com/id/Bellandy/...

Looking for input from my fellow #gameloc peeps! Cast your vote here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Will it have crossplay?

FTFY.

Gameloc: Giving devs headaches since 1980

I was recently helping @locdandloaded.net who was working on localizing a project originally written in @articydraft.bsky.social We came up with a tool that parses JSON exports, mimicking some of Articy's original features which helps with LQA/Localization. If you'd like a demo, feel free to DM me!

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

Every time you think this industry can't get any worse, they still find ways to dig even deeper: Digital Hearts is now offering MCQ-based translations, so you can just take your pick from a selection of AI-generated garbage TLs for each line instead of, you know, properly translating them.

Appel à témoins 📢 Je travaille sur le verrouillage du doublage de JV en France et les éditeurs qui délocalisent cette étape pour ne pas s’embêter avec les questions d’IA dans les contrats. Anonymat garanti, n’hésitez pas si vous pouvez m’aider 👇

When we first got the brief on this project, I was absolutely terrified. The prospect of having to edit a novel's worth of intricate 17th century prose was daunting, but our incredible translators managed to pull it off. Shoutout to Violaine, Marie, Thomas and Félix for their work!

I say this as a professional who came up from fan translation and has friends at Sega who will likely never get to work on this officially: when you fan translate ANYTHING that was previously untranslated, you have a deep, heavy responsibility in setting people's first and typically only impression.

From God of War (2018). Think of how many opportunities they had to fix the credits to include actual people over the last 8 years. And yet, to this day, translators are still not included. #TranslatorsInTheCredits

The Dungeon Experience demo is out— @punnymercenary.bsky.social and I only worked on the French loc but we can vouch for the quality of the scented candles! Why not buy a few 💜 come on do it 🫶 you know you want to 🥰 do it Thanks @michelpimpant.bsky.social for the trust & the delightful crab jokes

Today is the day of days. The Killing Stone has released in Early Access on Steam! The Svangårds await your arrival in Våkenatt where they rot under the weight of a dark inheritance. Are you ready? Do you have what it takes to beat the Devil? store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...

I often work for a translation agency with their own translation tool that sometimes "locks" strings that have already be translated. They are not paid, but you can display them for context. You can also see the full history: when it was translated, who worked on it, etc. It often causes issues ⤵️

Yes, you can rickroll your colleagues through a MemoQ embed

This is why you cannot trust AI disclaimers. And since Localization tends to be a prime target for corner-cutting, those mishaps are always painfully obvious.

Still working on this #FFIV translation thing to stream someday Originally, I wanted to study the old fan translations and get screenshots, but after some tests, it seems like it'd make more sense for me to play & read the original Japanese aloud Not sure anyone would find that entertaining though

OH, Look! Another game translated by magic! This right here is quite dangerous in these times. Why? By erasing us translators from our jobs it makes it easier to replace us with GenAI. We've always been invisible. That gave them a leverage in introducing MTPE and lowering our rates.

Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...

Hope this is what @on-together.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com had in mind when they launched 😅 Here’s a handful of our talented localizers, taking a class picture together 📸 (Very important work) Remote work is far from lonely. And we're happy that we can give our folks a space to hang 🤗

unbelievably grim to see Valve announce a delightful and exciting compact Linux box approximately 15 seconds before RAM became the more expensive material in the known universe.

Hopelessly addicted to fishing in a virtual co-working game @on-together.bsky.social

Cozy Caravan (@cozycaravangame.bsky.social), developed by 5 Lives Studios and localized in 13 languages, does NOT feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits. Only the localization agency, 2M Language Services, is credited.

We've just shared some major news on our Kickstarter!! @nobogasawara.bsky.social joined Knights of Fiona as the lead translator for the scenario! Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...