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Jasmine Bernhardt – Light Novels and Games Translator – Interviews With Localizers

– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – Jasmine Bernhardt Can you tell us about yourself? Hiya! I’m Jasmine Bernhardt, an American Japanese to English translator living in the UK. I mostly translate light novels, video

Translation Chat Podcast 08 – Morgan Watchorn chats about Black Cat

Morgan Watchorn is a manga translator for Seven Seas Entertainment. Titles she’s worked on include Who Wants to Marry a Billionaire?, Desire Pandora, and Call to Adventure! Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board. She chose to talk about the English

Translation Chat Podcast 07 – Wesley Bishop chats about Final Fantasy XII

Wesley Bishop is a localization director at video game developer and publisher Capcom. Wes grew up in Indiana in the USA. After earning his degree, he went on to work at the Japan-American Society of Indiana, an NPO dedicated to

Translation Chat Podcast 06 – Rook (Nathaniel Thrasher) chats about Spy x Family

Nathaniel Hiroshi Thrasher, also known as Rook, is a light novel and manga translator who’s worked on titles such as Torture Princess, The Eminence in Shadow, Spy Classroom, and High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World. Rook

How to Make Entertainment Translation Entertaining!

What makes a good translation depends entirely on the type of text and medium. Technical translations should be fairly direct with wording, formatting, and style appropriate to the type of technical document. Marketing translations often involve complete transcreation, the wording

Translation Chat Podcast 05 – Andrew Echeverria chats about Silent Hill 2

Andrew Echeverria is a Japanese-to-English media translator with a focus in games. He’s been in the industry for half a decade, in which time he has had the opportunity to work on manga, tourism, tech, and games such as

Translation Chat Podcast 04 – Liz Bushouse chats about Final Fantasy VII Remake

Liz Bushouse is a Japanese to English video game translator and has worked on titles such as Phantasy Star Online 2, STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town, and Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. She has a masters degree in

Translation Chat Podcast 03 – Katrina Leonoudakis chats about Odd Taxi

Katrina Leonoudakis is a professional translator and localization specialist. In addition to working full-time at SEGA as a project coordinator, she subtitles anime for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks, as well as translates manga for Seven Seas. She has credits on

Yuji Moriya – Game and Movie Localization Professional – Interviews With Localizers

– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – Yuji Moriya Can you tell us about yourself? Hi, I’m Yuji, and I’ve been in the Loc industry for about four years. I love music, play guitar, and

Translation Chat Podcast 02 – Anne Lee chats about Taisho x Alice

Anne Lee is a freelance Japanese to English translator and editor, with credits including Hitorijime My Hero volumes 1-3 and video games such as Giraffe and Annika, and Tokyo Afterschool Summoners. She also writes and podcasts about Japanese pop

Translation Chat Podcast 01 – Daniel Morales chats about Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Daniel Morales is a writer, translator and former association professional based in Chicago. He writes the website HowtoJapanese.com and is a regular contributor to the Japan Times Bilingual page. Daniel chose to chat about Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End

FAQ for Aspiring Japanese to English Media Translators

Happy International Translation Day! Just like any career, a career in translation can be rewarding and exhausting. You have your highs and your lows. Your days when you feel like you’ve created the best piece ever, and the days when

Brittany Avery – Veteran Game Localization Editor – Interviews With Localizers

– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – Brittany Avery Meet Brittany Avery! First of all, thank you for letting me be a part of this! My name is Brittany, and my ten-year anniversary in the

Time Management Tips for Freelance Japanese Media Translators

There are so many articles out there on time management and productivity, even a great number for freelance translators! And although this article will highly likely overlap with those, it’s a combination of my studies and experience from when I

Andrew Echeverria – Video Game Translator – Interviews With Localizers

– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – Andrew Echeverria Can you tell us about yourself? I’d love to! I’m Andrew, a Japanese-to-English game translator and editor originally from Portland, Oregon in the US. I’ve been

Why Machine Translating Japanese Media is a BAD Idea

Machine translation has always been notorious for just being bad. It’s great if you’re playing around or lost in a country and need help, but when applied to professional translations the results are, more often than not, shockingly terrible. When

Caleb Cook – Manga Translator – Interviews With Localizers

– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – Caleb Cook Can you tell us about yourself? I’m Caleb, and I’ve been a freelance manga translator since 2014. This means that I sit at home from nine

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – Translation Review

時をかける少女 (Toki wo Kakeru Shojo) is an iconic story in Japan. It was adapted into an NHK drama, a few live-action movies, a drama CD, and most iconically, an anime movie. Most Westerners will know it from this anime movie

Gavin Greene – Game Localization Producer – Interviews With Localizers

– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – Gavin Greene Can you tell us about yourself? Hi! My name’s Gavin, and I’m a freelance Japanese to English translator and interpreter. I’ve been living and working

Literary Translation Link Roundup [Spring 2021]

The World of Literary Translation Why Should We Read More Translated Literature? A discussion on why translated literature is important and how we benefit from reading more of it. There’s a lot you can gain through translated literature! “Reading translated

Game Localization Link Roundup [Spring 2021]

Articles related to video games and localization from the past……from however long ago I did this last. Enjoy! Game Localization in General The manifold challenges of localising Disco Elysium This is such an incredibly interesting article! If you don’t