Ángel
@choicemtn.bsky.social
its pronounced AHN-hel• 🇲🇽 • Localization • previously translator at SEGA •
interaction≠endorsement opinions my own!
interaction≠endorsement opinions my own!
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first ex. reflects a semi-common loc shift, from "reducing someone to group/categorical identity" to "harping on the implied personal attribute" (immaturity)
see also:
"sasuga, for a baseball club member"
(what is the unspoken nuance of "baseball club member"?
-> "what a total jock/meathead")
see also:
"sasuga, for a baseball club member"
(what is the unspoken nuance of "baseball club member"?
-> "what a total jock/meathead")
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
first ex. reflects a semi-common loc shift, from "reducing someone to group/categorical identity" to "harping on the implied personal attribute" (immaturity)
see also:
"sasuga, for a baseball club member"
(what is the unspoken nuance of "baseball club member"?
-> "what a total jock/meathead")
see also:
"sasuga, for a baseball club member"
(what is the unspoken nuance of "baseball club member"?
-> "what a total jock/meathead")
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AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
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For clarity, when I say "we" in the following bit, I mean "the people who actually do the localization work: translators, adaptors, actors, directors, project managers, department heads".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
For clarity, when I say "we" in the following bit, I mean "the people who actually do the localization work: translators, adaptors, actors, directors, project managers, department heads".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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Also include audio description in this. I queued up The Man Who Invented Christmas last year, interested to hear how they approached the AD, and while the description writing was fine, the voice was AI and felt spooky. That's taking a job from a voice actor and insulting the blind audience.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Also include audio description in this. I queued up The Man Who Invented Christmas last year, interested to hear how they approached the AD, and while the description writing was fine, the voice was AI and felt spooky. That's taking a job from a voice actor and insulting the blind audience.
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FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
Just calculated how much I will have to pay in self-employment taxes since I've never been a contract employee before and
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
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Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.
NEW: State officials announced a "draw down" or most emergency crews supporting the Typhoon Halong relief effort in Western Alaska will be departing the region, as winter sets in.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/25/d...
alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/25/d...
Disaster relief crews begin to depart Western Alaska as winter sets in, officials say | Alaska Beacon
Some work on critical infrastructure projects will continue, but the state’s focus will transition to supporting storm-impacted communities and evacuated residents through the winter, officials said.
alaskabeacon.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.
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Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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Quotation marks in particular are quite just for emphasis in Japanese. When I see, for instance, a popup in English with a proper noun in quotes, what I see is a failure to consider writing conventions in both languages. I promise even the literalists won't tar and feather you for dropping them.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Quotation marks in particular are quite just for emphasis in Japanese. When I see, for instance, a popup in English with a proper noun in quotes, what I see is a failure to consider writing conventions in both languages. I promise even the literalists won't tar and feather you for dropping them.
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Just because Japanese has analogous punctuation marks to English doesn't mean they're exclusively used in like-for-like ways all the time. Part of good translation is interrogating how even punctuation is used on a case by case basis and translating based on functionality, not physical resemblance.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just because Japanese has analogous punctuation marks to English doesn't mean they're exclusively used in like-for-like ways all the time. Part of good translation is interrogating how even punctuation is used on a case by case basis and translating based on functionality, not physical resemblance.
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in the early 2000s Rebecca took the time to chat over IRC with a teenaged and gender-confused Me on the practicalities of transition - in a time where being out as trans online was something that could get you socially ostracized. I owe her a lot for that and only hope I can pay it forward.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
in the early 2000s Rebecca took the time to chat over IRC with a teenaged and gender-confused Me on the practicalities of transition - in a time where being out as trans online was something that could get you socially ostracized. I owe her a lot for that and only hope I can pay it forward.
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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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I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
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Not me reading that headline with my eyes glazed over. 😵💫 Lot of in-house loc jobs where you're lucky to break $50k, even at world famous pubs with top talent, all in a rental market where that ain't nearly enough.
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Not me reading that headline with my eyes glazed over. 😵💫 Lot of in-house loc jobs where you're lucky to break $50k, even at world famous pubs with top talent, all in a rental market where that ain't nearly enough.
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
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This is FUCKED UP
「Suicaのペンギン」2026年度末をもって“卒業”へ。Suica誕生25周年を機に、新たなイメージキャラクターへバトンタッチ。作者の坂崎千春氏も感謝のコメント
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2511112m
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2511112m
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This is FUCKED UP
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Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
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Higanbana (red spider lily) and a large white thing with long hairs on its arms.
SILENT HILL f
SILENT HILL f
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Higanbana (red spider lily) and a large white thing with long hairs on its arms.
SILENT HILL f
SILENT HILL f
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Seeing an awful lot of people sick with Covid right now.
Many saying “Covid is back”.
It never left. That’s why some of us are still advocating for mitigations.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability.
Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.
Many saying “Covid is back”.
It never left. That’s why some of us are still advocating for mitigations.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability.
Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.
August 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Seeing an awful lot of people sick with Covid right now.
Many saying “Covid is back”.
It never left. That’s why some of us are still advocating for mitigations.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability.
Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.
Many saying “Covid is back”.
It never left. That’s why some of us are still advocating for mitigations.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability.
Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.
i didn't get work with michele for very long, or very closely. but i do cherish the few times we did. while we're all more than our work i really do think the industry lost a great person and localizer.
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
i didn't get work with michele for very long, or very closely. but i do cherish the few times we did. while we're all more than our work i really do think the industry lost a great person and localizer.
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Original post: neverwhere.tumblr.com/post/7987771...
Sad and terrible news.
This post was written by @lazytechsupport
If you knew @neverwhere then please read, minding the content warnings in the tags.
If you feel that you can pass this post on to anyone you know who might...
neverwhere.tumblr.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Original post: neverwhere.tumblr.com/post/7987771...
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Fundraiser: gofund.me/ff8ebcd30
Donate to Assist Michele's Family with Final Expenses, organized by James Howe
Hello, I am James, Michele's husband of 16 years.
If you have reached this … James Howe needs your support for Assist Michele's Family with Final Expenses
gofund.me
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Fundraiser: gofund.me/ff8ebcd30
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RGG localizer Michele Howe (Neverwhere/Nevvie) has just passed. If you can, please share or donate to the fundraiser for a proper coronary report and final expenses.
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RGG localizer Michele Howe (Neverwhere/Nevvie) has just passed. If you can, please share or donate to the fundraiser for a proper coronary report and final expenses.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
And good news! Even though the course has started, we're very flexible when it comes to signing up - there is still time to do so!😁
If this course sounds fun, join one of our 説明会 taking place on these dates JST: 10/16 (today!), 10/18, & 10/21!
Sign up: www.jvtacademy.com/nyugaku-tran...
If this course sounds fun, join one of our 説明会 taking place on these dates JST: 10/16 (today!), 10/18, & 10/21!
Sign up: www.jvtacademy.com/nyugaku-tran...