Apolline Dsc
@apolline.bsky.social
Translator (EN/ES/NL - FR)
🏳️🌈 | her/she | Belgian 🇧🇪
Translating indie games in French 🎮
Aspiring literary translator 📚
🏳️🌈 | her/she | Belgian 🇧🇪
Translating indie games in French 🎮
Aspiring literary translator 📚
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Apolline Dsc
@apolline.bsky.social
· Jan 21
🇬🇧 I've decided to start a thread with books on translation that I like and found inspiring during college 👇
🇫🇷 J'ai décidé de commencer un thread des livres sur la traduction que j'aime beaucoup et que j'ai trouvé inspirant pendant mes études 👇
🇫🇷 J'ai décidé de commencer un thread des livres sur la traduction que j'aime beaucoup et que j'ai trouvé inspirant pendant mes études 👇
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Shareholders.
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Shareholders.
Hey Bluesky!
I'll lose my job in ~1 month, and I'm not eligible for any unemployment benefits. The job market in Belgium really sucks rn, so I could definitely use some work as a freelance.
If you're looking for AI-free, high quality French localisation for your indie game, I'd love to help! 👋
I'll lose my job in ~1 month, and I'm not eligible for any unemployment benefits. The job market in Belgium really sucks rn, so I could definitely use some work as a freelance.
If you're looking for AI-free, high quality French localisation for your indie game, I'd love to help! 👋
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Hey Bluesky!
I'll lose my job in ~1 month, and I'm not eligible for any unemployment benefits. The job market in Belgium really sucks rn, so I could definitely use some work as a freelance.
If you're looking for AI-free, high quality French localisation for your indie game, I'd love to help! 👋
I'll lose my job in ~1 month, and I'm not eligible for any unemployment benefits. The job market in Belgium really sucks rn, so I could definitely use some work as a freelance.
If you're looking for AI-free, high quality French localisation for your indie game, I'd love to help! 👋
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one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
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Etre un mec "gentil" n'est ni nécessaire ni suffisant. 🌿
Passez aux actes.
Passez aux actes.
November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Etre un mec "gentil" n'est ni nécessaire ni suffisant. 🌿
Passez aux actes.
Passez aux actes.
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Let's all learn how to draw. Doesn't matter how good it looks as long as we're having fun making lines.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Let's all learn how to draw. Doesn't matter how good it looks as long as we're having fun making lines.
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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Today also marks the 21st Anniversary of my favourite console ever, the Nintendo DS! 💫
It's where I've found my love for JRPG, playing my first Final Fantasy, my first Dragon Quest, Golden Sun, Chrono Trigger...
On top of many very creative and original games using its gimmicks!
Top 10 later...
It's where I've found my love for JRPG, playing my first Final Fantasy, my first Dragon Quest, Golden Sun, Chrono Trigger...
On top of many very creative and original games using its gimmicks!
Top 10 later...
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today also marks the 21st Anniversary of my favourite console ever, the Nintendo DS! 💫
It's where I've found my love for JRPG, playing my first Final Fantasy, my first Dragon Quest, Golden Sun, Chrono Trigger...
On top of many very creative and original games using its gimmicks!
Top 10 later...
It's where I've found my love for JRPG, playing my first Final Fantasy, my first Dragon Quest, Golden Sun, Chrono Trigger...
On top of many very creative and original games using its gimmicks!
Top 10 later...
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Since there’s so many new people here now I would like you all to see Moo and Moe :3
May these goobers bless your timelines today 💜💜
May these goobers bless your timelines today 💜💜
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Since there’s so many new people here now I would like you all to see Moo and Moe :3
May these goobers bless your timelines today 💜💜
May these goobers bless your timelines today 💜💜
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Yes MemoQ, this is how languages work, now leave me alone
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yes MemoQ, this is how languages work, now leave me alone
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They stole nine of my books. Nine! But why not Doppelganger? Not good enough for these mass doppelganger machines?
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
They stole nine of my books. Nine! But why not Doppelganger? Not good enough for these mass doppelganger machines?
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Bill Clinton should take one for the team and say it's real, especially if it isn't
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Bill Clinton should take one for the team and say it's real, especially if it isn't
Still blow my mind that Black Mirror gave us examples of the worst things that could happen with unregulated tech under capitalism, and humans went like "we should make it happen for real"
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Still blow my mind that Black Mirror gave us examples of the worst things that could happen with unregulated tech under capitalism, and humans went like "we should make it happen for real"
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
That sweet feeling when the character-limit for the translation is very tight and hard to work with… But your client is Belgian, so you can translate “phone” as “GSM” instead of “téléphone” 😌
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
That sweet feeling when the character-limit for the translation is very tight and hard to work with… But your client is Belgian, so you can translate “phone” as “GSM” instead of “téléphone” 😌
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
Pros of being self employed: I can play Fields of Mistria all day instead of work and no one can stop me
Cons of being self employed: I've played Fields of Mistria all day and no one stopped me
Cons of being self employed: I've played Fields of Mistria all day and no one stopped me
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Pros of being self employed: I can play Fields of Mistria all day instead of work and no one can stop me
Cons of being self employed: I've played Fields of Mistria all day and no one stopped me
Cons of being self employed: I've played Fields of Mistria all day and no one stopped me
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
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Dargaud, Dupuis, Casterman... Les gros éditeurs de BD lâchent le festival d’Angoulême, à deux doigts d’un effondrement généralisé
Info Libé de @mariuschapuis.bsky.social à lire ici ⬇️
Info Libé de @mariuschapuis.bsky.social à lire ici ⬇️
BD : les gros éditeurs lâchent le festival d’Angoulême, à deux doigts d’un effondrement généralisé
Dargaud, Dupuis, le Lombard, Kana, Urban comics, Casterman, Gallimard BD ont annoncé leur boycott de l’événement lors d’une réunion d’urgence organisée lundi par les pouvoirs publics, qui ont jusqu’à lundi prochain pour bouger les choses.
www.liberation.fr
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Dargaud, Dupuis, Casterman... Les gros éditeurs de BD lâchent le festival d’Angoulême, à deux doigts d’un effondrement généralisé
Info Libé de @mariuschapuis.bsky.social à lire ici ⬇️
Info Libé de @mariuschapuis.bsky.social à lire ici ⬇️
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La magie de l'IA...
Quand une seule Bretagne ne suffit pas, pourquoi ne pas en rajouter une?! (Et ce n'est pas le seul problème...)
Quand une seule Bretagne ne suffit pas, pourquoi ne pas en rajouter une?! (Et ce n'est pas le seul problème...)
Incroyable hommage de l’ancienne ministre des Anciens combattants. On appréciera la double Bretagne, le casque allemand et la submersion (ou l’annexion ??) du sud de la France.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
La magie de l'IA...
Quand une seule Bretagne ne suffit pas, pourquoi ne pas en rajouter une?! (Et ce n'est pas le seul problème...)
Quand une seule Bretagne ne suffit pas, pourquoi ne pas en rajouter une?! (Et ce n'est pas le seul problème...)
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any translation publishers out there willing to share how many pitches they receive a year on average?
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
any translation publishers out there willing to share how many pitches they receive a year on average?
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The Fractured Blooms demo is now live on Steam - a fresh out of the oven cozy life-sim in a horror time-loop.
This game is deeply personal and we’re excited for you to finally taste what we’ve been cooking.
Our story is now in your hands.🌺
Play the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/4029780/...
This game is deeply personal and we’re excited for you to finally taste what we’ve been cooking.
Our story is now in your hands.🌺
Play the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/4029780/...
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Fractured Blooms demo is now live on Steam - a fresh out of the oven cozy life-sim in a horror time-loop.
This game is deeply personal and we’re excited for you to finally taste what we’ve been cooking.
Our story is now in your hands.🌺
Play the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/4029780/...
This game is deeply personal and we’re excited for you to finally taste what we’ve been cooking.
Our story is now in your hands.🌺
Play the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/4029780/...
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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.