Katrina Leonoudakis 🗼🚉🥰
@katrinal10n.bsky.social
Game Localization Producer & JPN-ENG Specialist!
Subs for Sentai, Manga for 7 Seas. Prev. SEGA, Funimation.
She/her. Opinions are mine! I ♥ translation theory.
https://katrina-l-translation.online/
ローカライズ専門家! ( ｀・∀・´)ﾉﾖﾛｼｸ
Subs for Sentai, Manga for 7 Seas. Prev. SEGA, Funimation.
She/her. Opinions are mine! I ♥ translation theory.
https://katrina-l-translation.online/
ローカライズ専門家! ( ｀・∀・´)ﾉﾖﾛｼｸ
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やっほー！ I'm Katrina: professional translator and localization producer! 💙
I specialize in everything audiovisual: movies, TV, anime, manga, and games. 📺🎮
I love translation theory and linguistic analysis -- check out the replies to this post for links to my professional talks and short essays! 👇🔗
I specialize in everything audiovisual: movies, TV, anime, manga, and games. 📺🎮
I love translation theory and linguistic analysis -- check out the replies to this post for links to my professional talks and short essays! 👇🔗
having feelings about capitalism today
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
having feelings about capitalism today
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
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Echoing the asinine Cyberpunk 2077 critiques expressing disappointment that the story didn't focus entirely on toppling the megacorps and Ending Capitalism, and that it also let you Work With Cops. As if the way the story handled both of these things isnt, you know, the entire fucking point.
Someone noted that our game failed to solve capitalism and it reminded me how disappointed I was when the Jodie Foster film Contact didn't explain what happens when we die.
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Echoing the asinine Cyberpunk 2077 critiques expressing disappointment that the story didn't focus entirely on toppling the megacorps and Ending Capitalism, and that it also let you Work With Cops. As if the way the story handled both of these things isnt, you know, the entire fucking point.
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I'm immensely sick of the figure heads of game dev companies being silent about the harassment of game devs. This is how this nonsense becomes "the norm" and it should have never been accepted as such in the first place.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I'm immensely sick of the figure heads of game dev companies being silent about the harassment of game devs. This is how this nonsense becomes "the norm" and it should have never been accepted as such in the first place.
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For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!
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I was recently interviewed by Eleanor Warnock regarding the exploitation of passion, the devastating impact of machine translation/AI on the localization industry, and how collective action can bring about positive change. www.eleanot.es/p/the-human-...
The human cost of gaming's AI push
How game translators are fighting back against the exploitation of passion
www.eleanot.es
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I was recently interviewed by Eleanor Warnock regarding the exploitation of passion, the devastating impact of machine translation/AI on the localization industry, and how collective action can bring about positive change. www.eleanot.es/p/the-human-...
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“It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects" was such a simple message that was so thoroughly and viciously rejected, but i think many of you still need to learn it
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects" was such a simple message that was so thoroughly and viciously rejected, but i think many of you still need to learn it
i swear to god every day i'm able to play peak with my friends it's ROOTS and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
i swear to god every day i'm able to play peak with my friends it's ROOTS and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
oh man i can write an entire thread about this
I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
oh man i can write an entire thread about this
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I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.
i love working in video games oh my god
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
i love working in video games oh my god
Project kickoff week!
So many amazing teams on this super cool game project. Excited to be leading the loc effort as the project Director. ⭐️
So many amazing teams on this super cool game project. Excited to be leading the loc effort as the project Director. ⭐️
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Project kickoff week!
So many amazing teams on this super cool game project. Excited to be leading the loc effort as the project Director. ⭐️
So many amazing teams on this super cool game project. Excited to be leading the loc effort as the project Director. ⭐️
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Sure would be nice if they'd also credit the English voice actors, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, and Russian localizers (English, Spanish, and Chinese were at least credited), as well as the localizers who work on any new text for this remaster, too... #TranslatorsintheCredits
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sure would be nice if they'd also credit the English voice actors, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, and Russian localizers (English, Spanish, and Chinese were at least credited), as well as the localizers who work on any new text for this remaster, too... #TranslatorsintheCredits
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"You have such restrictions on how you can do it, and if you want to express everything, you have to be really creative on how you do it,” said Paquet.
A blurb from an article from awhile back about subtitle translation! A great read:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/bo...
A blurb from an article from awhile back about subtitle translation! A great read:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/bo...
'Translating subtitles is like translating poetry' - The Korea Times
Na Hong-jin’s “The Wailing”This is the last of a four-part series on the importance of translation in globalizing Korean culture....
www.koreatimes.co.kr
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"You have such restrictions on how you can do it, and if you want to express everything, you have to be really creative on how you do it,” said Paquet.
A blurb from an article from awhile back about subtitle translation! A great read:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/bo...
A blurb from an article from awhile back about subtitle translation! A great read:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/bo...
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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"Please use your actual expertise and creativity to train the very machine that'll replace you as soon as we possibly can while not paying you any royalties - no cheating 😊"
Transperfect (big Language Services Provider mainly known for how poorly they treat translators) wants:
- your experience
- your creativity
- your soul (probably)
to feed its machines. All for 505 USD for 2 weeks of work (IF they accept your work).
No AI allowed, how weird?
- your experience
- your creativity
- your soul (probably)
to feed its machines. All for 505 USD for 2 weeks of work (IF they accept your work).
No AI allowed, how weird?
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"Please use your actual expertise and creativity to train the very machine that'll replace you as soon as we possibly can while not paying you any royalties - no cheating 😊"
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Transperfect (big Language Services Provider mainly known for how poorly they treat translators) wants:
- your experience
- your creativity
- your soul (probably)
to feed its machines. All for 505 USD for 2 weeks of work (IF they accept your work).
No AI allowed, how weird?
- your experience
- your creativity
- your soul (probably)
to feed its machines. All for 505 USD for 2 weeks of work (IF they accept your work).
No AI allowed, how weird?
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Transperfect (big Language Services Provider mainly known for how poorly they treat translators) wants:
- your experience
- your creativity
- your soul (probably)
to feed its machines. All for 505 USD for 2 weeks of work (IF they accept your work).
No AI allowed, how weird?
- your experience
- your creativity
- your soul (probably)
to feed its machines. All for 505 USD for 2 weeks of work (IF they accept your work).
No AI allowed, how weird?
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there is the you that remains that remains and remains #1000xresist
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
there is the you that remains that remains and remains #1000xresist
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translation can often be a complex process. even a scene as simple as two characters talking about drinking some delicious tea can take surprisingly long to translate if it makes the translator go "well now I want some delicious tea." now you've gotta get up and go make it, and play with the cat, an
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
translation can often be a complex process. even a scene as simple as two characters talking about drinking some delicious tea can take surprisingly long to translate if it makes the translator go "well now I want some delicious tea." now you've gotta get up and go make it, and play with the cat, an
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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"To translate is not simply to transfer meaning but to attend to differences—of culture, time, thought, expression—that evade perfect alignment." www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
The Costs of Instant Translation
AI might soon rob us of the thrill and challenge of cross-cultural conversation.
www.theatlantic.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"To translate is not simply to transfer meaning but to attend to differences—of culture, time, thought, expression—that evade perfect alignment." www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
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If you like a competitive manga with a mostly female cast like Medalist or Girl Crush, I’ve been reading La Magnifique Grande Scène & really enjoying it. Kageki Shojo is high on my TBR too, I love manga that focus on sports & the arts.
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you like a competitive manga with a mostly female cast like Medalist or Girl Crush, I’ve been reading La Magnifique Grande Scène & really enjoying it. Kageki Shojo is high on my TBR too, I love manga that focus on sports & the arts.
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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