Translation Chat Podcast Archives

Translation Chat 20 – Janet Hsu chats about Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)

Janet Hsu is a localization director that has worked in the video game industry for almost two decades. Janet chats about the English localization of the Nintendo DS Game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors by director Kotaro Uchikoshi

Translation Chat 19 – Wesley O’Donnell chats about Paper Mario and the Origami King

Wesley O’Donnell is a freelance Japanese to English translator living in Japan. He’s worked on a variety of manga and light novels with penchant towards fantasy and comedy. Wesley chats about the amazing characterization and comedy in the English

Translation Chat 18 – Taylor Drew chats about Tokyo Ueno Station

Taylor Drew is a translator, writer, and manga proofreader based in Tokyo. She writes book reviews for her personal blog A Basket of Words and also does interview translations for Febri. Passionate for all things written and everything to

Translation Chat 17 – Erica Friedman chats about Whisper Me a Love Song

Erica Friedman is the Founder of Yuricon and has run the world’s oldest and most comprehensive blog on Yuri, Okazu, since 2002. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda’s epic historical

Translation Chat 16 – Stephen Meyerink chats about Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Stephen Meyerink is a freelance Japanese to English translator, writer, and author who has worked on video games, books, albums, manga, and more. He is a massive fan of video game music (in terms of both a historical practice

Translation Chat 15 – Alexander O. Smith chats about All You Need Is Kill

Alexander O. Smith—who goes by Alex—is a translator, writer, and photographer living in Kamakura, Japan. As a translator, he’s worked on games like Final Fantasy 12, novels in the fantasy, sci-fi, and mystery genres, and manga. He’s written for

Translation Chat 14 – Keith Spencer chats about The Emissary

Keith Spencer is a visual artist and translator based in Kyoto. His artwork has been exhibited in the US, Japan, and Canada, while his translations have appeared in artist books, galleries, and numerous art-related online publications. Keith chose to

Translation Chat 13 – Mercedez Clewis chats about Super Cub

Mercedez (Meru) Clewis (they/their) is a Japanese to English translation and localization editor working primarily with light novels and visual novels, such as Idea Factory’s Cupid Parasite. They’re also a pop culture critic, anime and manga reviewer, and a

Translation Chat 12 – Kaylyn Wylie chats about Monster Hunter World

Kaylyn S. Wylie (she/they) is a Japanese to English media localization specialist working primarily with video games. You can see her work most recently in Ender Lilies and Artesnaut. If you’d like to catch what she’s up to, you

Translation Chat 11 – Christina Rose chats about Final Fantasy XIV

Christina Rose is a video game and manga translator who enjoys demystifying the J-E media translation industry and its practices for people new to the field or looking to break in. Final Fantasy XIV is a sci-fi/fantasy MMORPG that has

Translation Chat Podcast 10 – Daniel McCalla chats about The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Daniel McCalla is a Japanese to English video game translator and (occasional) editor. During his four years as a freelancer, he worked on titles such as Phantasy Star Online 2, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, Dragon Quest XI S,

Translation Chat Podcast 09 – Gavin Greene chats about Harmony by Project Itoh

Gavin Greene is a freelance localization director, translator, and interpreter specializing in video games. In his ten years in the industry, he’s translated more games than he can count (he’s better at writing than math), many of them for

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

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

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