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Jenn Odd

@jentranslations.bsky.social

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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.
j-entranslations.com/game-localiz...

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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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 18h

Plan B is a success!!!

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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 · 1d

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

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Me too! 😂

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HIDIVE @hidive.com · 2d

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 · 2d

Wisdom from pTerry

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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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!

@stonemaiergames.com

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

www.theguardian.com

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 17d

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!

annacairistiona.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/f...

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 · 3d

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 · 5d

"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 · 5d

"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 · 4d

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

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 6d

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 5d

Work to live, don't live to work.

Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 5d

Work will never love you back. Consistently make regular time for your physical and mental health and your relationships.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 8d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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jenny.rip 🪦🪱 @hacksawjenny.rip · 6d

I recently went to a neurologist and the first thing he said to me was "You don't use AI do you? Good. These studies just keep coming in about how they're destroying cognitive ability and brain function. Anyway, what are you here for today?"

Can we please stop defending this stuff?

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 6d

[X] the Ancient Japanese Art of [Y]: The Mobilization of #Japanese Metalinguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Literature

Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...

X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books

YouTube video by Scripting Japan

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SOUL FLOWER UNION @soulflowerunion.bsky.social · 8d

#大阪NOHATE街宣さんが作ったチラシです。広めよう。

『外国人優遇デマあれこれ』

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Derek @astralcitymini.com · 7d

Today on Astral City Mini, my hopes for a dream remake of Trails in the Sky are scattered to the winds. How and why did its new localization falter? I’ll tell you.

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – Unsophisticated Fight

Once-in-a-lifetime dream remake (dreamake!) Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter should have been my perfect video game. It wasn't. Here I hope to process that disappointment and let it go. I've gone on record ad nauseam that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky was the video game that inspired me to tread my career path. Or maybe it's more accurate to call it the final push over a threshold I'd been approaching all my life.

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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 7d

is this good

LLMs, he argues, already are at the scaling limits. “We don’t know exactly when LLMs might hit diminishing returns hard, because we don’t have a measure of the statistical complexity of language. To find out whether we have hit a wall we have to watch the LLM developers. If they release a model that cost 10x more, likely using 20x more compute than the previous one, and it’s not much better than what’s out there, then we’ve hit a wall,” he says.

And that’s what has happened: ChatGPT-3 cost $50 million, ChatGPT-4 cost $500 million and ChatGPT-5, costing $5 billion, was delayed and when released wasn’t noticeably better than the last version. It’s also easy for competitors to catch up.

“So, in summary; you can’t create an app with commercial value as it is either generic (games etc), which won’t sell, or it is regurgitated public domain (homework), or it is subject to copyright. It’s hard to advertise effectively, LLMs cost an exponentially larger amount to train each generation, with a rapidly diminishing gain in accuracy. There’s no moat on a model, so there’s little pricing power. And the people who use LLMs the most are using them to access compute that costs the developer more to provide than their monthly subscriptions,” he says.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 8d

It's so depressing. One reason I've started actively looking for AI free content to support. Like this channel for lofi.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=JYoz...

No AI lofi music playlist | 🌊 Seaside Vibes & Last Summer Rays | Chill, Work, Study with us

YouTube video by Yellow Cherry Jam

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