After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!

this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies. freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them. the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.

I started learning Japanese to play otome games that hadn't been localized yet. A few years later, I played a mobile otome with a subpar translation and poked fun at it on Twitter. The producer contacted me and asked if I'd be interested in doing editing and LQA for their games.

If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

This is essentially what people think “post-editing AI translation” jobs are, instead of the reality which is “redo the translation from scratch and get paid less for it”

Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed. I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.

関係ないでしょう？ -> It's no skin off your nose, right? #AmTranslating

Today, my own husband is Leaf Blower Man.

Trouble Comes Twice: A bisexual romcom visual novel teamfoxglove.itch.io/trouble-come...

Work was a bit of a struggle today, but at least I got to use the word "boop."

“Otome Daoshi – Fighting for Love” is coming out on Nintendo Switch on March 26, 2026! 💘

Indie otome game release schedule in collaboration with @worldindieotome.bsky.social 📆 For most of these games there is already a demo available✨ (Updated February 2025)

🚀 Yen Press is hiring an Editorial Assistant (Manga - Minimum JLPT N3 Required). Full time, hybrid in NYC, $45k-47k. #jobalerts #comicjobs #artjob www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7...

🌐 #art

Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor. (via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)

"Please use your actual expertise and creativity to train the very machine that'll replace you as soon as we possibly can while not paying you any royalties - no cheating 😊"

translation can often be a complex process. even a scene as simple as two characters talking about drinking some delicious tea can take surprisingly long to translate if it makes the translator go "well now I want some delicious tea." now you've gotta get up and go make it, and play with the cat, an

Was going to do some work today to get a head start for the week, but I got super sick last night, so today has been a day of rest and recovery instead. Sometimes, your body demands what it needs.

Guess it's time to add "translators rarely have any say in the English titles of the manga they translate" to the big wall of signs people should stop making me tap

J-Novel Club is looking for a Senior Marketing Manager (Immediate hire) ✨ Remote ✨ • Full-Time • Pay: not disclosed j-novel.club/jobs?ref=ota...

I don't have kids, nor do I plan to, but my oldest niece is basically a mini-me, so I guess my legacy will be carried on regardless. 😆

Creatives need your support. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

New article on ★ daiz.moe ★ Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason daiz.moe/crunchyroll-... A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes! Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)

“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/CUazMCQ

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

people measurably don’t want to pay for AI-generated content. you can’t grow a business off of a product no one will pay for. you don’t need to be an AI skeptic to understand that using AI like this will kill your business.

i am so, so tired of the concept of a "perfectely serviceable" localization. we, as a society, should stop settling for "well, it's understandable so it's good enough" when the bar could be so, so much higher. it's hard, HARD work and i would never discredit that, because i know how tough it is

square trying to cut its QA and loc teams to the bone for a great AI pivot is absolutely crazy your entire thing is prestiege narrative jrpgs distributed worldwide

You don't need me to tell you this is yet more good money being burned after bad. But as someone who's worked with that QA team, I'll say they're unsung heroes who truly play a huge role in maintaining SE's reputation for high quality locs and to attempt to replace them with AI is deeply insulting.

Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.

AI is not your friend, not your therapist, not your artist, or your writer, or your god, or your source for information. AI is another way to take away our sense of humanity, our creativity, our passion. It's a reason to take more from us, and give more to the rich, the powerful, and the evil.

You there. I want you to say, aloud, at some point today "I'm really glad I'm good at..." And then you're gonna say something you think you do pretty well. If you don't think you do anything pretty well, I want you to say "one little thing that makes me unique is..." And if you can't do either?

I'm almost done with Clair Obscur, and I just have to say... OMG, I LOVE ESQUIE SO MUCH. 🥹

Oh no. I'm starting to crush on this hot, unromanceable side character. 😭 #IllusionofItehari

It’s his day.

A boring fact about me is that I always draw ketchup smiley faces on my hamburger bun, but this particular ketchup bottle is difficult to draw with. 😆

If any of my lead-level narrative designer pals are up for moving to Boston, my old job is open! It's a lovely team and a very cool project! (And it's not open due to churn but due to my replacement getting promoted and the narrative team expanding!) www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2064...

RGG localizer Michele Howe (Neverwhere/Nevvie) has just passed. If you can, please share or donate to the fundraiser for a proper coronary report and final expenses.

Club Suicide: Complete Edition is Now Available in English from DLsite Just in time for the spookiest day of the year, DLsite just dropped the English localization of the horror otome, Club Suicide: Complete Edition! Described as an anti-romance visual novel, Club Suicide was developed by MORPATH…

Our Nintendo eShop sale is here for the spooky season! A perfect time to get your next game for the holidays, up to 80% off! https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/sales-and-deals/aksys-games/#sort=df&p=0

It was announced that Yona of The Dawn is scheduled to conclude in December after 16 years of serialization Source: natalie.mu/comic/news/6... #Manga #MangaNews

Trouble Comes Twice is 30% off for the itch Halloween Sale! If you're looking for something more cozy amongst the horror this month, you can get both the base game and the DLC for just $12.99 💖 itch.io/s/165081/hal...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Still looking for a good alternative to Spotify. Anyone got any recs? Tried Tidal and Qobuz so far, but neither of them quite hit the mark for me.

Still looking for a good alternative to Spotify. Anyone got any recs? Tried Tidal and Qobuz so far, but neither of them quite hit the mark for me.

Saw a tumblr post saying AI is turned on again in a hidden Google Drive menu, but its not a menu you can find on mobile; its only desktop. anyhoo. here it is with a picture and clearer directions Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]

My best advice to try to get a handle on shit right now? Make something. Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so. It' s like flushing the brain toilet.