Life continues to keep me on my toes, but I managed to read one of my review copies from #NetGalley again. This time it's a book about a young woman finding herself and saving her community in a medieval Muslim city. Very worth reading, especially given the times we're in. #AmReading #booksky

Time to translate some Pacific saury haiku. And yes, the subject matter is completely irrelevant to the storyline. Sometimes that's just how it goes. #AmTranslating

Our next Kanto Manga Loc (and more) meetup has been set for Sept. 23! These meetups are open to people working in manga, light novel, game, etc localization. Feel free to message me if you’d like to attend or would like to know more info.

🧵Happy Fujoshi Friday! Pre-orders are now open on our webstore for @futekiya.bsky.social 's new BL titles, including the famous old man yaoi "Koh-Boku" by Sonoo Michiru, and "Here and There and Us" by Thanat!

decided to actually attempt to get this rolling. if anyone is interested or has questions, feel free to give me a shout here in dms or on discord (gmkz)

Because I spent half of August dreadfully sick with COVID, I only finished three books! This means that it only took me 15 minutes to write out my #ReadingLog for August and get it out on time. A healthy Taylor and a late entry would have been preferable, but here we are. #AmReading #booksky

First literary fiction-related project has been submitted! Feeling grateful for the advice I got along the way, and accomplished despite the absolute battle of a month August has been 😎 Seriously, universe. It would be great if you could give me like 5 minutes to breathe... I. Am. So.Tired.

Thinking about deadlines lately because I was taken out by COVID (again...) and I had to ask for extensions on basically everything. It feels bad to "let people down," but asking for an extension early is better than blowing past the deadline without saying anything or waiting until the last second.

Hey, did you know you can just message the prime minister of Canada whenever you want? For instance, to tell him that his government's intervention in the flight attendant strike is an attack on workers' rights?? You can! In this form here! You can also email Jobs Minister at [email protected]!

The Other Side of the Clouds Volume 1 Manga Review (Spoiler‑Free) by @mollymay5000.bsky.social “Surprises are an unavoidable part of any trip.” – Mayoka Kusunoki yattatachi.com/the-other-si... @glacierbaybooks.com

Recent events have given me a new appreciation for the care that so many project managers and editors show their freelancers. Working with someone who understands the limitations of the work, and who recognizes your humanity and the value of your time are truly a joy. Here's to you!

The Japanese summer holiday means that I finally had time to write my #ReadingLog for July since I've been up to my eyeballs in work. Includes commentary on catless cozy books with cat covers and the many books I reviewed last month. Enjoy! #AmReading #booksky

a small glimpse into the future www.kickstarter.com/projects/gla...

I love reading books by translators and Oxford Soju Club by @jinwoo-park.com was another win for me! I adore novels written in multiple pov that slip in and out of the past. The combination of blurred and stark lines is just so delightful. What a beautiful little book. #AmReading #BookReview

Hello BL readers around the world! Currently, we are working our hardest on expanding worldwide, but due to multiple factors outside of our control, it will take a bit of time. In the meantime, we are very open to receiving inquiries from booksellers everywhere!

A passing word in a translation leads Jim on a rabbit hole into Showa era festival toys and inspires thoughts about choice in translation. #Translation #JapaneseLit #TheNohMaskMurder #Books

Getting into the Japanese media translation industry, especially for manga, is a lot harder nowadays, but here are some resources for translators, letterers, and editors

I read another one of my review copy's from #NetGalley over the weekend in between translation work and it was super interesting. It's a kind of SF/speculative literary fiction situation and I really appreciated the switching POV and time jumping. It really made me think. #BookReview #AmReading

Because I want to do good work, I'm now going to spend the next little while learning everything I can about figure skating and making it my personality. I certainly wouldn't be mad if somebody had recommendations for reliable figure skating resources either... #AmTranslating

Are you a J-E interpreter? In the Toronto area?? With availability this fall for some artsy work??? Please DM me or email: jocelyne.allen at gmail! I maybe have a job for you (that pays money, of course)!!

So apparently, if I don't keep encouraging people to subscribe to Clarkesworld, they don't. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ All new subscriptions go towards increasing staff pay. They deserve it, so I can't be silent.

Excellent piece by Danny Hahn on why we literary translators won’t be replaced just yet! #translation #literarytranslation #booksky

I had time over the weekend to finally write my #ReadingLog for June. I'm not sure how many people are actually reading them, but I enjoy the task and it keeps me thinking about books, so it doesn't really matter either way! #AmReading

I'm never exactly sure what the "right" way to review a book is, so they just end up being stream of consciousness that I feebly try to make coherent—for a change, that feels perfect. Thanks to @tashanmehta.bsky.social for the journey. We could all do with a little more madness in our lives.

Whole book “translated” for $100? You get what you pay for, and if you don’t understand what makes human translators valuable, maybe you don’t value the creative work that goes into the writing process either. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Need recommendations for good isekai for an eleven going on twelve-year-old.

I don't have any of my own pictures, but I'm happy to share that I did some pretty extensive translation work on the Crunchyroll x Newtype magazine for #AnimeExpo this year. I did some proofreading work for the MINT manga sampler too. Feels great to do the work I love 🥳 #AnimeExpo2025 #AX2025

Hoping to finish my final draft for the JLPP today. Then I'll just need to do a quick proofread and format the document to meet the submission requirements. Fingers crossed that I get it done today because I don't have the time to do major edits during the week! 🤞

Interviews with Localizers, people who work in the Japanese-English media translation industry, is back!!! Starting with an interview with Kevin Yuan (@kyubiq.bsky.social), a manga and light novel translator who loves escape rooms and piano. #InterviewsWithLoc j-entranslations.com/kevin-yuan-m...

Kind reminder to editors and people in charge that a tiny little compliment on someone's job does A LOT for their mental health and productivity. It doesn't take time, it doesn't take much space and, most importantly, it's free! Leave a nice compliment to your local letterer/translator/proofreader.

It took me 5 years, but I finally read all of メタモルフォーゼの縁側. I only had the last volume left, so I can't believe it took this long--it feels almost ironic considering the story. It was so lovely. Such a wonderful series about human growth and connection. Love to see it. #AmReading #manga

I want to put together a piece on how AI is inserting its dirty little claws into manga translation and localization. If any translators who work in the industry want to take part, give me a shout via DM and we can chat.

Both a novelist and literary translator, @antonhur.com – Fiction judge for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – discusses toggling between being an author and translator, and how each role is treated in the book production process.

I managed to get my reading log out in a timely manner this month. Lots of audiobooks and nonfiction again. It's a bit short because I currently have a hand injury and typed everything out on my computer, but well lol Enjoy! #ReadingLog #AmReading #booksky

Pro tip: Sending your translator a tentative machine translation of the phrase you want translated isn't helpful. It's an insulting nuisance that may actually *reduce* the quality of the final translation. You might as well directly tell them you don't trust their skills. Abhorrent behaviour.

The women coloring the worlds of Studio Ghibli from behind the scenes www.animefeminist.com/the-women-co...

Someone just asked me about getting started as a literary translator and I realized I already have kind of a starter pack of content to help emerging translators. First, how to get rights to a book you want to translate: TikTok: vt.tiktok.com/ZSkN9B67w/ Reel: www.instagram.com/reel/CtYkiwh...

A new book review by me! This time I read The God and the Gwisin by Sophie Kim. It's a sequel, so hard to summarize and review in the long form, but I tried my best! #BookReview #AmReading #NetGalley

my brain is crispy fried from work but i somehow managed to get a new design up ✨

“Translation is something subjective and creative – it’s about interpretation, making judgements about an author’s meaning, absorbing a work as a whole and communicating it in a way both faithful and new, transforming its storytelling, wordplay and lyricism into…

It’s been five (!) years since I wrote ‘The Case Against Italicizing “Foreign” Words’, which has connected me to so many supportive ppl. So I’m starting a thread of books/articles that have engaged w it, bc there is some great work I’ve discovered. magazine.catapult.co/column/stori...

"Some make the mistake of assigning a hierarchy to artistic tastes or imposing their tastes on others, but differences in taste are not evidence of superiority or inferiority, nor is your taste something you should force on to others." - 'I Decided to Live as Me' by Kim Suhyun (tr. @antonhur.com)

The next Kanto Manga Loc (and more) meetup has been set for the evening of May 30! These meetups are open to people working in manga, light novel, game, etc localization. Feel free to message me if you’d like to attend or would like to know more info.

looking to chat w/ folks that have worked in localization and translation for a piece i'm working on! would love to get a few perspectives on the process, especially when it comes to quality control and working directly w/ non-ENG scriptwriters. you can email me at kazuma . h . [email protected]

全国25の都道府県で「結婚の平等にYES！」キャンペーンが展開。 子どもからカミングアウトされた三重県の浦狩知子さん「子どもは泣きながら『ごめんなさい』と言いました。でも(略)親が胸を張れるような社会にしなければ、子どもは笑顔になれない。法律を変え、社会を変えるしかないと思っています」。 岩手県の凛月さん「同性婚に反対はしてなくても、賛成のアクションまでには結びつかない層がとても多いと感じています。そうした層が多い一方で、反対派の声は数は少なくても、非常に大きいです」 www.bengo4.com/c_18/n_18816/

Doing some editing this morning and I'm reminded once again that in Japanese, "skinhead" is a completely normal (and as far as I understand, generally without political undertones) way to say that someone is bald...😅

My April #ReadingLog is here at last even though it's now the middle of May! Better late than never, I say! Lots of cool gender reads in this one, so I hope you check it out. Maybe there'll be something you want to read here too! #AmReading #booksky

Since goo辞書 is closing, I thought it'd be a good time to share one of my favourite ways to look stuff up again: Obunsha's dictionary app. Not all of their dictionaries are available on it, but the definitions are so clear and the functionality is great. Fingers crossed that they add more books!

Here are my two cents on GenAI in #gameloc. Because we can't let the BS peddlers destroy our industry from within, and silence is complicity. locdandloaded.net/2025/05/13/h...

I’m participating in the Authors for eSims for Gaza auction fundraiser. All funds raised go directly to Crips for eSims for Gaza’s mutual aid efforts helping Palestinians in Gaza stay connected with each other and the rest of the world. app.galabid.com/authors4esim...