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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm:

@aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy
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Italian game translator in Tokyo: Fortnite, Cuphead, Just Cause, PES, Papers Please... And now administrator at Localization Café. Wish us luck 😄 🌉 bridged from ⁂ localization.cafe/@aran, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Behold: the Aliexpress Iron Maiden Advent calendar ❤ ja.aliexpress.com/item/100501019319…
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
Guess who got a Pocket Pikachu off Yahoo Auctions and has two legs? (For now 😄)
3000 JPY shipped. I hoped less, but they are surprisingly popular. I guess I can sell it back at the end too 😄
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
I'm not usually fussed by Engrish, but I had to mention this to a friend.
A dental website using a piece of technical jargon called "PMS" in their tagline, where it might clash with the usual concept associated with it https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pms
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Yeah, I could foresee that. But still 😆
GOG statistics about (old forgotten strategy) game Deadlock, showing how I totalized 8 hours playing it since buying it YESTERDAY
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026
I get a perverse pleasure to share how some people's certainties are actually cultural artifacts, completely disregarded in other parts of the world. Like the fact that many countries of Europe only count 5 continents: Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and […] [Original post on localization.cafe]
A continent is any of several large terrestrial geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent could be a single large landmass, a landmass and nearby islands either on or beyond its continental shelf, or a part of a larger landmass, as in the case of Asia and Europe within Eurasia. Due to these varying definitions, the number of continents varies, up to seven or as few as four. Most English-speaking countries recognize seven continents. In order from largest to smallest in area, these seven are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia (or sometimes Oceania or Australasia). Different variations with fewer continents merge some of these regions; examples of this are merging Asia and Europe into Eurasia,[1] North America and South America into the Americas (or simply America), and Africa, Asia, and Europe into Afro-Eurasia.
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
Hot tip: if you're looking for "it just works" electronics, Sony stuff from circa 2010 on Yahoo Auction is *great*. First of all because it's high quality while being dirt cheap (since nobody wants an also-ran). And because it's surprisingly open. Want to […] [Original post on localization.cafe]
Sweet Prince Sony reader waking up from its slumber and asking "is it 2012 still"?
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
Geee thanks, we wouldn't want to miss terms for system that went out of sale a decade ago.
Said mandatory glossary reminding us that system translates as PS4™ system, PlayStation®Vita system and PS TV system. In 2016.
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
Nicely worded OVH, that's really clear
A prompt about cancelling a subscription. Since Cancel is also synonymous of Dismiss in this context, it makes both options looks like they would do the same.
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
Fun fact: I worked on the original launch of Chrome!
This Chrome. It was pretty bad.
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
Because the FIRST thing people thought about early GBA games was "wow, this looks so good" 😄
An ad saying you would think gargolyle's quest is real. If you're on shrooms, I guess?
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026
What an odd mistake: "Cancel the race" instead of "Race cancellation", "Race cancelled" and so on? It could be a machine translation error over a single line (especially if it's ambiguous in Thay language) but how nobody noticed? Maybe it sound normal when backtranslated into Thay?
Race cancellation notice from a trailrunning race: "CANCEL THE RACE

Due to current weather conditions, this year's rainy season has arrived earlier than usual. Heavy rain has been falling throughout the day in the area, and there is a high risk of landslides. Some sections of the route are quite dangerous, and service routes involving the security team are difficult to access. For the utmost safety of all participants,"
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
No really, Italy has the third largest gold reserves in the world. Almost a third of what the US has with just a sixth of the population.
Gold Reserves! In a table!
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
Interesting: Japan indeed has the highest public debt in the world at 270% of its GDP but the government overall holds a gigantic financial portfolio of stock equal to 192% of its GDP, way more than Western countries. So if you look at net debt (debt minus […] [Original post on localization.cafe]
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
We arrived fourth in a relay race. 😁 It was a small race and a so-so performance. But in the pantheon of amateur running it blasts up through "I did my best", "At least I finished", "I did better than expected" up until the verge of "I won". And I had fun […] [Original post on localization.cafe]
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026
*chef's kiss*
A caption from a Japanese website stating "Information" without the -r, since it was mentally retranslated back from インフォメーション
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026
[politics] 2026 in a nutshell
A thumbnail for a video called "Trump Blockades Hormuz: What?"
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
But I do see why more and more software will try to give you a chatbot reply instead of a full dashboard. Much easier to implement, way lower bar to entry and -most importantly- a wide step towards enshittification. "Thank you for using the software you […] [Original post on localization.cafe]
A comparison between User Interface VS AI Agent Command Interface, with a complex dashboard full of data and graphs VS a block of text
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
Yeah, that sounds fair. If half of your points are unsubstantiated extrapolations, maybe your point isn't as strong as you think.
It's gotten to the point where, when I see yet another Thought Leadership article about software development, I search the page for the word "will". If I see unqualified predictions of the future (AI will change this and Agents will do that and developers will need to do thus), I think I can safely ignore the article. Who has the hubris to make such strong and unwavering statements about a future nobody can see?
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2025
The inside of the Imperial Palace is the proof that real luxury is a huge empty space (but cleaner than your lunch table)
View from the enormous esplanade next to the banquet hall Fujimi tower on the ramparts
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2025
I actually found this space increasingly engaging through 2 additions: Mastodon starter packs, adding a interesting accounts to my followed fedidevs.com/starter-packs And adding other instances "home pages" to Phanpy. (Odd that a website UI […] [Original post on localization.cafe]
Just go to Options/Shortcut-columns, add shortcut, Public-local, Local only and then the name of an instance (say mastodon.gamedev.place)
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025
So what's the catch? > So what's the cat > Quindi è il gatto ("So, it's the cat")
A glaring auto-dub mistake in the first three seconds of the video
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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2025
"We're bonded by fun, friends and deep existential dread"
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