I've finally got the hang of mahoyaku the actual game and awakened my first 300k little guy today 🥹 carry me, your highness

2000 - self study 2002/3 - start private tutoring 2004 - start jp classes 2007 - hs study abroad 2008 - take uni classes in hs 2010 - uni study abroad (canceled partway) 2011 - N2 2012 - N1 2013-2016 - "I don't think my Japanese is good enough..." JET ALT 2016 - TL masters 2018 - start freelancing

Bradley "where was my wife when I got arrested" Bain ? things to think about

My gacha luck has been pretty miserable this anniversary but then a Mithra 6th anni SSR finally came to me which is my first of both!! I think he was the last I didn't have an SSR of (I still don't have any 5th anni cards) anyway the last part of the anniversary story literally just came out so 👋

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I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.

🌕🌟 NieR Rein x Pokopia #art #fanart #NieR #pokemon

For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!

Canach, my spikey beloved salad 💚 #guildwars2 #digitalart #fanart

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

Gildwar Tree confirmed! Randomly stumbled into this Anet dev (looks like they're currently streaming for extra life)

Finally finally rolled credits on Janthir Wilds, and really happy to see #TranslatorsInTheCredits !! Onward to Visions of Eternity!

they should hire me to sub the mahoyaku musicals

blep

i used to think it was called game facts

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Hot take: Pigeons are majestic. Who agrees with me??

It's time for the SPOOKY October #Japanese slang review. Click the link below to learn about: 生主 うにお願いします ギョプる チョリーッス できるとできないの間に ガチ恋距離 つよつよ ぎりはっぴー なめぷ リリイベ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/j...

natto? can i have some?

I haven't played Neir so I don't know much about this character, but it fits the mood. This was taken when I worked at the Photosuite for Otakon. From the Game NieR:Automata comes Simone / Beauvoir. This cosplayer did some awesome work!

Happy 10-year anniversary to Heart of Thorns! My little way to celebrate is showing a rough 2d animation I've been doing of Trahearne & Malyck for practice :D I must emphasize this isn't polished! But hopefully it's a little amusing #GuildWars2 #GW2 #Trahearne #Malyck #sylvari #2Danimation #krita

I fucking knew it.

once again: my kingdom for abyss but i will also take rebirth

Another GW2 sketch from my WIP stack - pairs with the Malyck sketch from last month I intended to wait until I had a chance to further this before sharing, but I felt like showing it now b/c of HoT's anniversary this Thurs :D Feelin' nostalgic #GuildWars2 #GW2 #Trahearne #sylvari #art #sketch #wip

have faith in your own experiences and interpretations!!! let your personal experience of something have meaning, as opposed to trying to find the “correct” meaning

big stretch

three orchestra concerts in a row every month starting next month, there's so much music for all of them, my music folder is bursting, that's so much washi tape, oh god i have to practice when i just want to play zelda

cat and leaf boat #pixel #pixelart #animated

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Painting I did of a reindeer from the Cairngorms in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦌

so excited to cook up a storm this weekend 😁 there's a salad section in here though. i thought it was illegal to eat sylvari ?

Pumpkin-tailed cat movement study - Sketchbook 2024 [ #art #illustration #sketchbook #botanicats ]

Best sleuthing trio completed! 🕵🏻‍♂️ #fanart #Columbo #MurderSheWrote #Poirot

when the modifiers have modifiers and there are more modifiers within the modifying clause, of course (a j>e translator's worst nightmare)

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

I was a translator on FFT - The Ivalice Chronicles! Worked on the new/previously unreleased material. ‘Twas a sincere joy.

back to posting music snippets! today we have 小さなピース (little pieces) from the mahoyaku musicals. a funky tune that jumps between 5/4 and 3/4 with disjointed oompahs in the accompaniment lines means it is pretty difficult to plaまほステy, but really cool when it comes together 🧙 #まほやく #まほステ

new light novel record swiftly broken 💥

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Grow strong. Never lose hope. #NieRReplicant

Concept sketch for my version of the "Avatar of Mordremoth" I meant to eventually post this - this is one of the concept drawings I did during Ch1 of "The Harbinger's Path," to figure out how I wanted Mordremoth to appear in Trahearne's mind in the comic. #GuildWars2 #GW2 #art #sketch

tuxedo cat (alternate definition)

it's Nero's birthday so I brought him to orchestra his birthday marks the end of oshi summer too 🥹 it has been fun

"Bluesky is boring." Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually. When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.

this is money cat, repost to get money

I'M LIVE ON TWITCH TOMORROW!! Catch me at Anime Lockdown at 11:30 AM PST! www.twitch.tv/animelockdown I'll be talking about how we use translation theory to craft high-quality subtitles for your favorite anime. Come for the linguistics, stay for the memes. Here's a sneak peek (slide 37 of 74). 👀

N4 Kanji Book is released! It's free! Hey! You! Do you like #kanji? Are you studying #Japanese? Here's some free kanji practice for you! It's got kanji! It's got awkward sentences which force a single kanji into them over and over! Download it here: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/n...