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Jenn Odd

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Bookworm. Linguist. Japanese-English Translator. Video game Localization Director. Former manga/anime translator. DFTBA 💖💜💙 日本語OK! https://j-entranslations.com #AmReading: 東京バンドワゴン, Record of a Spaceborn Few, Charles Darwin's Diaries

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · Jun 23

Indie devs and curious nerds!

I've written a few articles for IGDA on localization for games, including scheduling, how to ensure good quality localization, and a guide on LQA.
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Game Localization for Devs

Are you a game developer interested in learning more about how localization works? Check out these articles on game localization for devs.

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Fusionx @rofldrg.bsky.social · 9h

Release games in other languages. Release games set in other parts of the world.

But for the love of god, understand that not everyone knows those other languages and provide a way to understand things like signage or foreign language vocals if you're releasing in other countries.

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 23h

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 11d

Completely unrelated to my 2am doomposting but does anyone know an English to Japanese translator, ideally with experience in screenplays?

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 1d

All Systems Red by Martha Wells was one of the novellas that got me back into the habit of reading.

Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone is struggling to get back into reading (or get into reading to begin with), I cannot recommend novellas enough. They're short, but long enough to get a good story of of. And they quickly give you a sense of achievement.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a video in 2019 that pointed out if I only read one book a year until I died, I would only read maybe 50 books. And I thought, heeeeck no. So I started reading more with the aim of reading at least 24 books a year.

Since then, I've read 290 books.

Books are amazing and wonderful.

Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 2d

Reading for pleasure has fallen by 40 percent since 2000. This is not progress. You should read because it's good for your brain, your soul. You should read because our freedoms will not long endure in a post-literate world. Most of all, you should read because it's fun.

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 2d

Camping is great fun when you don't have a loud group of people playing music even louder until 1am.

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t stress enough how utterly embarrassing it is to see experienced artists suddenly use AI

I can never have a shred of respect for someone who used to be a peer & who decided to embrace something that’s the opposite of any craft & any human endeavour

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 3d

Plan B is a success!!!

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 4d

Typhoon potentially skirting one spot on the main island of Japan and of course it's the place we planned to go camping. Probably won't be typhoon winds but will mean rain. Plan B - a random campsite in the opposite direction!!!

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 4d

This deserves wall space. Can I please have this as a poster?

Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 4d

Me too! 😂

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HIDIVE @hidive.com · 5d

We don’t use AI for subtitles. Every line is carefully timed and translated by real people (who cry during finales and debate Best Girls, just like you).

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SirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 5d

Wisdom from pTerry

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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 5d

when people say genAI is the future I am struck by how short sighted and fatalistic this is as a concept

it’s recycling our past for the future, it’s drinking our filtered waste while not thinking about how many times you can do that, it’s hoping tomorrow’s answers have already been said

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 5d

Caught up on the livecast from this week. Someone mentioned that other companies are starting to put 'no ai was used' kind of notes on their games and in rulebooks. I think y'all might be interested to know that there is a movement there and people look for that!

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the human made icons in the pack. free to use of course.

an example shown on a book. (specifically TUMULUS by Exeunt Press)

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 5d

Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins

Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 5d

This is also true for translation. (Because translating is writing.)

Related unsolicited translating advice: be open to constructive criticism from people who have more experience than you.

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 5d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 259:
Failure is nothing to be ashamed of. It means you tried something. No-one succeeds without failures: it’s a necessary part of the process.

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 5d

Sadly I can't talk about what I'm currently working on, but I do have a blog where I post stuff about Japanese-English media translation and interviews. (At least I used to. Need to get back to that...)
j-entranslations.com/blog/

Blog - J-En Translations

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 5d

I'm a localization director for a game company, which is basically a fancy name for a project manager, translator, interpreter, and writer.

Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · 5d

Thursdays are for Translators!

If you're a translator why not tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#TranslatorThursday #BookSky 💙📚

alt text please

an icon showing a circular translation from one language to another

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Anna Cairistiona @annacairistiona.bsky.social · 20d

September's blog is an in-depth comparison between Final Fantasy Tactics' OG translation and the WotL retranslation. To avoid spoilers, I've only covered the prologue.

Can't wait to see what changes The Ivalice Chronicles brings to the table, too!

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Final Fantasy Tactics Translation Comparison (OG vs WotL)

The original 1997 English release of Final Fantasy Tactics is infamous for its numerous typos, translation errors, and overall clunky dialogue. Even so, many fans of the OG release strongly prefer …

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Emma @ehanashi.bsky.social · 6d

In case anyone will be in Tokyo during October/November/December…

Planning for the Kanto Manga Loc (and more!) meetups are underway! If you would like more information, feel free to DM. 🙇

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 8d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 8d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 7d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 9d

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