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Joined August 2012
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Can't feel *too* bad for the people who get to work on the translation for a huge game like this, but they have my sympathy re: nostalgic people who think the stilted and confusing original lines here are "pure poetry" or whatever
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These lines are a reference to Link and Saria's shared childhood; the singular "a memory" is wrong. There's also no logical flow between the two lines. Whatever you think about the style of the new TL, it's at least moderately clear what is being referred to
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I was pretty impressed with the FW loc as a whole, but this choice was a glaring whiff. The vibe of "Lamine 一家" is basically "The Lamine Family :)" but they went with "House Lamine" which sounds like a GoT thing... and then didn't adjust any of the reactions to the name. Silly
90 hours into FW and I still really want to know why Dietrich reacted this way to "House Lamine"
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🧹Magical Girl Witch Trials Localization News⚖️ We apologize for keeping you in the dark for so long. Here is the latest update on the English, French, Spanish, and Korean versions of the PC version of Magical Girl Witch Trials: ■Release Information We currently plan to add the above languages by the end of 2026. However, due to this being Re,AER's first in-house localization effort, this is subject to change. This will be a direct update to the "Magical Girl Witch Trials" currently available on Steam with Japanese and Chinese language support, meaning if you already bought the game in Japanese, you will receive a free update with the extra languages added.  We're doing our best to create high-quality localizations for multiple audiences, and kindly ask for your patience and understanding, We will announce the details and the specific release date of the language update at another time. Magical Girl Witch Trials Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/3… ■Regarding the Switch Port The Japanese and Chinese-language Nintendo Switch version of "Magical Girl Witch Trials" was released July 9. While no other international versions have been announced, we will keep you updated on any and all news concerning international ports. ■Further Updates While the "Magical Girl Witch Trials" official X/Twitter account is currently mainly in Japanese, we plan to provide more international updates soon. We assure you, our translation team is hard at work executing the witch candidates in a variety of languages, and we can't wait to show you what we've been up to in the dungeon. ■Other Inquiries Any other inquiries regarding the game should be sent via email to [email protected] . Please know that we cannot reply to all emails, or answer all questions. We hope to provide more updates soon, so please stay tuned. Sincerely, Acacia
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Inganock of the Raging Flame from Liar-soft will be released in Q4 2026 in English! It will be the ReBORN edition of the game, in a full ultra 2k HD remaster!
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I translated Inganock for @KagamiGames. This is an all-new English TL for an HD release of the game. I'm a fan of Sakurai's Steampunk games in general, but I think many people would call this one the "classic" in the series. Grateful I got the chance to work on it!
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One more day until our super special announcement stream! I hope you're all looking forward to it 👀 youtube.com/watch?v=6LLWolOL…
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Is there anyone, and I do mean ANYONE, left in charge of Localization at Microsoft? In their latest ad, their (presumably) garbage AI translated "I just got broken up with, should I get bangs?" to "I just got broken up with, should I kill myself?" SERIOUSLY?
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An Ex-Crunchyroll Employee Reports Getting Fired For Requesting An ADA Accommodation To Tend To His Mother With Terminal Cancer
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THIS WEEK ON ANIWIRE...an interview with programmer @yukinogatari for the English release of Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows. Featuring: Fata Morgana talk! Porting two versions of the game at once! A special appearance by the translator! And more... tinyurl.com/3pwfeh93
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Liarsoft's long-awaited Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows ~What Beautiful Memories~ is finally available for pre-order! Releasing 12/7, pre-order and save 15%! Pre-order: mangagamer.com/r18/detail.ph… Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2…
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I have finally returned to eroge blogging with the topic you've all been waiting for: the history and legacy of a 30 year old PC-98 game called "SEX 2". I hope you enjoy this rabbit hole as much as I enjoyed reading and researching it!! skullfuckers.wordpress.com/2…
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Contractors on big projects far too often do not get what they need to do their job well in a timely way & then get blamed for delays or errors later Doesn't matter if they flag the issues immediately. They're outside the institution and therefore easy scapegoats
Marty Stratton, @idSoftware Studio Director, lied about @DOOM Eternal's OST events in a Reddit post that used disinformation to blame me entirely for its failure Later, he offered me a six-figure sum to never speak about it The truth is more important. link.medium.com/USjGbPeBOub
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picturing a bunch of people sitting in the Dragonball themed conference room in their temple to Cool Japan, discussing the wording of their PR justification for massively underpaying anyone who actually *works* on anime
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you're the reason the company exists and they spent more on the fake cherry blossoms than on you
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When you obtain the knowledge of the Poles and overcome your hunger
bit.ly/3apslOI Melty Blood Type Lumina Community Translation Patch complete! See the link. Given the state of the original translation, I decided to retranslate the game some months ago, and that project is finally complete. Enjoy!
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Hope mahoyo doesn't get this kinda treatment, man...
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went to see a movie for the first time in like a year and instantly got covid that wrecked me for like 5 days, lol
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the thing I honestly don't get is how people balance "masking inside" against getting ugly sick for like a week and decide the mask is more annoying
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