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Aya Language Studio 🎮 Japanese Localization | Games & Apps @ayalangstudio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Japanese has line-breaking rules (禁則処理). A line can never start with 。 or 、 If your text box wraps mid-sentence and punctuation lands at the head of a line, JP players read it as a bug. Because it is one. #GameDev #GameLocalization

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Aya Language Studio 🎮 Japanese Localization | Games & Apps @ayalangstudio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Your pause menu says Exit → 出口出口 is a physical exit. A door. Your players are now looking for the door. You want 終了 (quit) or タイトルへ (to title). Small string, big difference. #GameLocalization

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Aya Language Studio 🎮 Japanese Localization | Games & Apps @ayalangstudio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Charge!" has three Japanese translations: 充電 — charge a battery 課金 — charge a credit card 突撃 — CHARGE! ⚔️ Pick wrong and your battle cry button says "please insert payment." Context is everything. #GameLocalization

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Aya Language Studio 🎮 Japanese Localization | Games & Apps @ayalangstudio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Quick test for your Japanese localization: Count how many times あなた ("you") appears. Natural Japanese barely uses the word. If it's everywhere, the text was translated word-by-word from English — and players can feel it. #GameLocalization

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Aya Language Studio 🎮 Japanese Localization | Games & Apps @ayalangstudio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Your players hit "Save" and your game says 節約 — "cut costs." Save (your progress) = セーブ Save (money) = 節約 Machine translation picks one. It doesn't know you're making a game.

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Aya Language Studio 🎮 Japanese Localization | Games & Apps @ayalangstudio.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

『[Bober Bros] Last Pill Bar』（@superboberbros.bsky.social ) がSteamでリリースされました 🎉 Aya Language Studioが本作の日本語ローカライズを担当しました 🇯🇵 舞台は、ウイルスが広がる街の片隅にあるバー。誰を救うかは、あなた次第。日本語で遊べます！ store.steampowered.com/app/4603670/... #インディーゲーム #Steam

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Aya Language Studio 🎮 Japanese Localization | Games & Apps @ayalangstudio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hi, I'm Aya 👋 Native Japanese linguist (Ph.D.) helping games & apps sound like they were born in Japanese. 🎮 Game localization & LQA 📱 App & store page localization 🔍 “Is my Japanese actually OK?” checks Indie developers and global teams welcome. 🌐 ayalanguagestudio.com

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Native Japanese specialist for English-to-Japanese translation, in-game LQA, and proofreading. Ph.D. holder with a 4.9★ rating and 369 completed projects.

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