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Jenn Odd

@jentranslations.bsky.social
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Bookworm. Linguist. Localization Director. Japanese-English translator & interpretor. Former manga/anime translator. DFTBA ❤️💜💙 日本語OK! j-entranslations.com

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Vertical Slice @verticalslicenews.bsky.social · 15h
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Sarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 8h
Manga letterers Can you comment (or DM): any panels you've done that you're proud of any panels you find egregious (can be AI-lettering) any threads you might have done here about your lettering? (it's for a video, so only share what you're comfortable with me sharing--I will credit you) Thanks!
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Maddy "Boo!" Hare @mbhare.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
Translators deserve better. Anyone who wants to replace them with AI 1.) Doesn't understand the work. 2.) Willfully, visibly disrespects their audience. Poor end product, alienated consumer base, screwed workers. That's the grand future so-called "AI" serves us, again and again.
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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 10/10/2026
As translators we really don't nakedly hate Europa Editions *enough*. They shouldn't get a cookie for publishing translations. Fcuk this publisher.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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EvilToaster @eviltoaster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Localization of dialogue is an art. Building engines and tools is art. Concept art is, well, art. Even placeholding art is art. If design or architecture are art forms then so is any act of building tools or systems. It's all art. And every AI model is built off stolen art, from every art form.
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My favorite piece that Kotaku ever ran was just Shawn McGrath expounding at length about how beautiful Doom 3's source code is.
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inkle @inkle.co · 07/10/2026
New Kaleidoscope! Biographies: The Quick and Dirty Way @baroness.bsky.social (Old Skies, Stellaris) discusses using biographies to help players in LARPs. Can we use a similar technique to encourage videogame players to roleplay more intensively? www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...
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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#Namethetranslator, @tokyopop.bsky.social! Can anyone ID the translator on this one?
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Six: Paths of Horror
A must read for fans of Uketsu (Strange Pictures) and Sesuji (About a Place in the Kinki Region), an unnerving collection of six short stories that unsettle you in face of death. Placed 11th in the “K...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tuesdays are cursed. I was weirdly tired but not sleepy(?) all day, but I also had so much to do and was juggling so many things at once that I think I started hallucinating I was sitting at my old desk 😂
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Takami Nieda @tnieda.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I will serving as the mentor for Japanese strand. Please apply and encourage others in your network to apply!❤️
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Iguana Localize @iguanalocalize.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I wrote a Reddit post, and people are not hating it (yet). In case someone finds it useful: www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/c...
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From the IndieDev community on Reddit: 13 localization tips to help indies navigate it
Explore this post and more from the IndieDev community
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Little Bat Games @littlebatgames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Did you know? Vampire Therapist was made without AI and could never be made with AI. This doesn't make a game good. But we do explore what AI takes *from* us. Now that you're ideologically on board, toss coin to your weirdo indie game developer? 😌
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Rie Sonomura, NeoY2K Hacker Vtuber @riesonomura.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music
I wish all AI generated thumbnails a very "Don't recommend channel"
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Rachel Gutin @rachelgutin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is such a good book!
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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James O’Connor @jickle.net · 04/10/2026
I have not shared a piece of writing on here in a little while but I am making sure I stay sharp. I chatted to Nadia Thorne, CEO at Black Salt Games, about setting up “spin-off” studio Disc 2 Games and their approach to self-publishing. infinitelives.substack.com/p/dredges-na...
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Dredge's Nadia Thorne on her second studio, and what comes next after indie success
It’s windfall could have seen New Zealand’s Black Salt Games expand, but instead they are looking at self-publishing, spinning out new studios, and curiously, not focusing on horror.
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rolled credits on Big Walk. Wow... I think this might be my game of the year.
Two people sitting down in the game Big Walk. One has the text "I'm with stupid" over their head.
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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working. I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
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kinoko @kinokosaur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As a UI/UX Designer, Game UI Database is a unique and valuable resource that has helped me and many, many other game devs. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it's disgusting that all the hard work Edd puts into it is treated as fuel for the garbage machines.
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Daiz @daiz.moe · 03/10/2026
Remember when Crunchyroll tried to make their subtitles significantly worse a year ago? They backtracked on it at the time, but I suspected they were just delaying their plans to shift from Aegisub to OOONA, and sadly, it seems I was right: Crunchyroll is actively pushing OOONA subs to users now.
Screenshot of Crunchyroll English subtitle metadata for #I'm Looking For a Zombie episode 1, showing "Exported from Ooona Tools" and "Internal Delivery"Screenshot of Crunchyroll English subtitle metadata for Vertex Force episode 1, showing "Exported from Ooona Tools" and "Internal Delivery"
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Cyrus Nemati @ahoymehearties.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some Hades cast members, stage actors, and Matt Mercer get together with some incredible artists, historians, and therapists and make a game about showing boomers and their ancestors what reality is through therapy. You can play it! It's real! And it's ON BIG STEAM SALE NOW
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Save 35% on Vampire Therapist on Steam
Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampi...
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Tristan Felix B. @tristiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Workshop opportunity (w Sam Malissa) for aspiring Japanese-English translators who can be in-person in Tokyo on Nov. 11. Deadline to apply is Oct. 9. Participation is free for those admitted 😍 www.waseda.jp/culture/wihl...
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日本語ー英語 翻訳ワークショップ 参加者募集/Call for Applications: Japanese-English literary translation workshop【2026年11月11日開催・10月9日締切】※締め切り延長しました
Call for Applications: Japanese-English literary translation workshop (Deadline: Oct. 9, 2026) ※The application deadline has been extended. ...
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
genAI discourse drives me nuts “putting aside that the tech needs to steal from every artist with an explicit goal of competing with and devaluing them, I think using it speeds up my programming!” back up, chucklefuck, what was that first bit again?
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I forgot yesterday was my 6th anniversary at my current company! 🥳
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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey, newbie J-E translators! Do you want to enter a contest and win fame and fortune (a prize and the respect of your new peers)?? Now you can!
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Twenty-third Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese<>English Translators (Oct.1-Nov.7) Source Text and Guidelines | Japan Association of Translators
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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To end International Translation Day on a translating note, here is an old, but excellent essay by the legend Cathy Hirano on the difficulties of translation in general and J-E translation in specific.
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Eight Ways to Say You: The Challenges of Translation
Last year I had the honor of attending the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony in Massachusetts, not as an award recipient but as an accompanist — as the translator for Kazumi Yumoto’s The Friends,...
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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Any author (or translator) who thinks it's okay to use slop to generate writing needs to be avoided like the plague, but this is an exceptionally bad take.
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Liz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#InternationalTranslationDay Thread on video game localization articles / re-discovered interviews from the past year. Starting with this fantastic piece by Anna Cairistiona (with more on her blog):
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Final Fantasy Tactics Translation Comparison (OG vs WotL) – Chapter 1: Gariland to Dorter Slums
The following is the second part in my series comparing the original and WotL translations of Final Fantasy Tactics. In this section, I cover the beginning of chapter 1 through to the post-battle c…
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Jordan Taylor @jt-translates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you for the lovely review of The Keeper of the Camphor Tree @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social! It's always nice to hear that someone who's read both the Japanese and the English enjoyed the translation as well. japaneselit.net/2026/09/26/t...
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The Keeper of the Camphor Tree
Keigo Higashino’s 2020 novel The Keeper of the Camphor Tree is a supernatural mystery about a young man finding his path in life as he attempts to uncover the secrets of a giant tree with magical p…
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Game devs, this is why it's important to give your translation teams references and allow for time in the schedule for questions from the translators. Help localization help you! igda.org/news-archive...
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High Quality Localization? Help Loc Help You! – IGDA
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I haven't really been in the mood to play anything lately, although I have a long list of games I want to check out like South of Midnight and Mina the Hollower.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 24/09/2026
Need something to play this weekend? Here's a selection of indie games we've been into lately: 🧵
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Next week sees the release of a new film called 『ファーストボイス』(First Voice). It's based on a case which was called Japan's first sexual harassment trial. It helped introduce the term セクシャル・ハラスメント to the broader public. www.bengo4.com/c_5/c_1623/c...
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「9割以上負けると思った」日本初のセクハラ裁判、弁護団のレジェンドが語った舞台裏 - 弁護士ドットコムニュース
「セクシャル・ハラスメント」が新語・流行語大賞(新語部門・金賞)に選ばれたのは1989年のこと。「セクハラ」という言葉はすっかり定着しているが、40年ほど前まで、そうした概念を指す言葉は日本にはなかった...
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I am always gonna suggest a domain of your own as the best choice for hosting a webcomic, but if that simply isn't a possibility for you, check out this thread. You have options.
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Petr Čermoch @czechgamelocguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Which localization hero will you choose? 🎮 Here's a short guide on the tree basic "builds": ⚔️ The lumbering large LSP (language service provider). 🔮 The well-balanced small team/boutique agency. 🏹 The wild-card solo freelancer. #gameloc #gamedev #litranslators
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Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎼Just in time for the anniversary of Hades II's launch, feast your eyes and ears on this full-length video of our Ballads of the Underworld live orchestral concert! Featuring songs from Hades II and all our past titles. We hope you enjoy it!🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGS...
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Hades in Concert - 'Ballads of the Underworld' (Concert Video)
YouTube video by Supergiant Games
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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is there any harm in using AI to work on — or entirely create — projects for the Sega Saturn and elsewhere in the retro gaming scene? Yes, PandaMonium says in this opinion column, equating such work to digital asbestos: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/09/24/c... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming
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Column: All A.I. Projects Are Digital Asbestos
The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of all SHIRO! Media Group contributors. The cost of modern day video game consoles and personal computers have skyrocketed…
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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 24/09/2026
Did y'all forget already that the Outlier game uses genAI?? (Screenshot from their own FAQ). A month ago they deactivated account because they got so much pushback, then had a crashout and used another acct to troll people about it. Just a head's up for anyone who wants to easily avoid AI products.
Screenshot from Outlier game site's FAQ page. Text says: Does Outlier use AI? Yes, the way we use every other tool here: writing and debugging code, digging through the data, checking word lists against dictionaries, drafting things we then rewrite. It decides nothing. The game, the rules, the scoring, which features ship and which get thrown out, which words get added and which get refused, all of that is ours. Every line of copy on this site was written or rewritten by a person, including this one.
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Go into cafe in Korea... Me: 카페라떼 한게 주세요. Barista: Will that be eat in or take away? Me: ...Eat in please. It's so hard to practice when everyone is so good at English 😭 Doesn't help I'm clearly still a beginner.
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Duck AI Slop!! @duckaislop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
11 bit Studios / Frostpunk 1886 (And The Alters) "Frostpunk 1866 will make use of the technology, Apparently, it won’t be for anything “final”. Used for "speeding up the process". -y www.rockpapershotgun.com/climate-chan... store.steampowered.com/news/app/323...
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"Climate change isn’t about AI itself, it's about progress" - 11 Bit talk Frostpunk: 1886 and questions of scale
Frostpunk: 1886 game director Maciej Sułecki explores the thinking behind the Unreal remake of one of gaming's greatest and most depressing city-builders.
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Marina Ryan @marinahascoffee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"People create because they have to, because there’s something inside of them bursting to get out." A great read.
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On holiday in Korean, so of course I got a few books I can't get in Japan. (Now to actually study them.)
Three Korean books, "Topik Master", "Build and Extend Your Korean Sentences", and novel "Shinsang Munkujom"
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really irks me when people share their 300, 600, 1000 day Duolingo streaks but still don't know how to use Japanese. Here's an explanation for why apps like Duolingo don't work for learning to any fluency. jtalkonline.com/why-apps-lik...
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Why Apps Like Duolingo Don’t Work for Japanese - Japanese Talk
I’ve been learning Japanese for twenty years, but it hasn’t been consistent. I’ve stopped and started, bounced around multiple different study methods, and overall had a very slapdash approach to the ...
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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 20/09/2026
Starbucks is trash everywhere. Support neighborhoods coffee shops, cafes, and coffee roasters.
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