Alicja Kaniecka
@alkapibara.bsky.social
Translator witch from Poland. Works in various combinations of 🇵🇱, 🇬🇧 and 🇯🇵. If you need somebody to discuss Japanese murder mystery novels for hours, you're in luck.
Proud member of @thewarlocs.bsky.social ✨
Proud member of @thewarlocs.bsky.social ✨
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Translators of Bluesky, this is a cry for help: I'm a J-E translator who's considering setting up as a freelancer. Where do I even begin? What should my rates be? Are there any good resources for people in my position? Any input at all would be helpful. Thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Translators of Bluesky, this is a cry for help: I'm a J-E translator who's considering setting up as a freelancer. Where do I even begin? What should my rates be? Are there any good resources for people in my position? Any input at all would be helpful. Thank you!
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![american indie developer deciding on a setting: in a cozy mountain town surrounded by wholesome yokai, ghibli inspired cooperative sustainable cherry blossoms and you can pet the dog
french indie developer deciding on a setting: in a world where the gestalt misery of colonisation's victims has manifested into a sort of misery elemental, three church-like religious organisations hav[nine more paragraphs that leave you feeling like you know less than you knew before you started reading]
polish indie developer deciding on a setting: warsaw👍🇵🇱 it is very bad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bd5w6iipngycpaldvydcslbd/bafkreifwfovv2nzqcjd2cygzz5a6xqmqrcjclghyc37haz5rwygbg2krsa@jpeg)
Also: people who clearly just don't like the book (the plot, the characters), but choose to write "maybe it's the translator's fault". The translator did not come up with the story! 😭
favorite goodreads phenomena, in no particular order
-this short story collection wasn’t a novel 2/5
-this horror story had a scary thing in it 2/5
-can we admit [classic] just isn’t very good 2/5
-book that only exists in one person’s collection [no rating]
-author rating their own book 5/5
-this short story collection wasn’t a novel 2/5
-this horror story had a scary thing in it 2/5
-can we admit [classic] just isn’t very good 2/5
-book that only exists in one person’s collection [no rating]
-author rating their own book 5/5
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Also: people who clearly just don't like the book (the plot, the characters), but choose to write "maybe it's the translator's fault". The translator did not come up with the story! 😭
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Question for #booksky that's been on my mind a lot recently: where do you get your book recs from? Bookstagram/Booktok accounts seem to focus mostly on fantasy and YA fiction, and neither of those is my thing.
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Question for #booksky that's been on my mind a lot recently: where do you get your book recs from? Bookstagram/Booktok accounts seem to focus mostly on fantasy and YA fiction, and neither of those is my thing.
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Forever a Stonehead, in a story full of Stones! 🗿
Honored to announce my debut for @thewarlocs.bsky.social to localize Stone Story RPG into Bahasa Indonesia.
A quirky RPG with full of stories and its unique ASCII-Art that I truly love.
Game Link: store.steampowered.com/app/603390/S...
Cheers! 🍻
Honored to announce my debut for @thewarlocs.bsky.social to localize Stone Story RPG into Bahasa Indonesia.
A quirky RPG with full of stories and its unique ASCII-Art that I truly love.
Game Link: store.steampowered.com/app/603390/S...
Cheers! 🍻
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Forever a Stonehead, in a story full of Stones! 🗿
Honored to announce my debut for @thewarlocs.bsky.social to localize Stone Story RPG into Bahasa Indonesia.
A quirky RPG with full of stories and its unique ASCII-Art that I truly love.
Game Link: store.steampowered.com/app/603390/S...
Cheers! 🍻
Honored to announce my debut for @thewarlocs.bsky.social to localize Stone Story RPG into Bahasa Indonesia.
A quirky RPG with full of stories and its unique ASCII-Art that I truly love.
Game Link: store.steampowered.com/app/603390/S...
Cheers! 🍻
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Happy #WishlistWednesday to all the #indiegames out there, the fans, the #gamedev teams.
Wishlisting helps games get seen by others and boost sales! Please consider wishlisting Death by Scrolling on Steam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GrQ...
Thanks! 💀
Wishlisting helps games get seen by others and boost sales! Please consider wishlisting Death by Scrolling on Steam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GrQ...
Thanks! 💀
Death by Scrolling Official Release Date Trailer | Launches October 28, 2025
YouTube video by MicroProse
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy #WishlistWednesday to all the #indiegames out there, the fans, the #gamedev teams.
Wishlisting helps games get seen by others and boost sales! Please consider wishlisting Death by Scrolling on Steam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GrQ...
Thanks! 💀
Wishlisting helps games get seen by others and boost sales! Please consider wishlisting Death by Scrolling on Steam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GrQ...
Thanks! 💀
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
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It's my fifth anniversary of becoming a full time freelance translator and not only am I still here, I'm thriving. AI will have to kill me to get through me, baby.
October 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's my fifth anniversary of becoming a full time freelance translator and not only am I still here, I'm thriving. AI will have to kill me to get through me, baby.
Being a translator is a perfect job for an introvert... except for when I suddenly need to recruit other translators or manage a team of several people.
a stuffed animal laying on a bed with a pink blanket
Alt: a stuffed animal laying on a bed with a pink blanket
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Being a translator is a perfect job for an introvert... except for when I suddenly need to recruit other translators or manage a team of several people.
I booked a flight to Japan, my first one since... 2015! (😱) Can't wait (and I still have to wait until March), I'm going to buy SO MANY BOOKS 🥰
September 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I booked a flight to Japan, my first one since... 2015! (😱) Can't wait (and I still have to wait until March), I'm going to buy SO MANY BOOKS 🥰
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This is who shows up in the replies when a post reaches the discover tab
September 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is who shows up in the replies when a post reaches the discover tab
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the swamp of despair (from 2018)
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
the swamp of despair (from 2018)
An update: I now have *two* broken keyboards. I just paste the letter "w" when I need it. Now I know how the medieval monks working in scriptoriums felt.
Looks like my "w" key broke, I think I'm just going to vrite like a vampire until I find my backup keyboard... I am sure my clients vill not mind.
count von count from sesame street is sitting on a table with a can of tissues in front of him .
ALT: count von count from sesame street is sitting on a table with a can of tissues in front of him .
media.tenor.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
An update: I now have *two* broken keyboards. I just paste the letter "w" when I need it. Now I know how the medieval monks working in scriptoriums felt.
Everybody is rightfully pointing out that the CEO salaries are by far the highest, but another important point here is that CEOs clearly resent having to pay people for their work and wish they didn't have to do that. That's why they find AI appealing.
"By far the biggest expense when making games is salaries."
August 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Everybody is rightfully pointing out that the CEO salaries are by far the highest, but another important point here is that CEOs clearly resent having to pay people for their work and wish they didn't have to do that. That's why they find AI appealing.
If you've been wondering what purgatory looks like, but are too lazy to sin, Ron Gilbert has the solution for you! AND I can tell you now that you will be able to play Death By Scrolling in Polish - have fun! 💀☠️
As you just saw at #Gamescom, Ron Gilbert's next game has been officially announced! #indiegames #gaming
@microprose.bsky.social @grumpygamer.com
www.grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrol...
@microprose.bsky.social @grumpygamer.com
www.grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrol...
Death By Scrolling Announcement
Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry
www.grumpygamer.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
If you've been wondering what purgatory looks like, but are too lazy to sin, Ron Gilbert has the solution for you! AND I can tell you now that you will be able to play Death By Scrolling in Polish - have fun! 💀☠️
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I'm preparing to publish the next installment of AI Killed My Job. This time, the focus will be on translators.
If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me
If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me
AI is being used to justify firing workers at major tech companies, leaving those that remain to pick up the pieces.
AI code is being shoveled into crucial Google products, replacing trainers at TikTok, and worse.
This, in tech workers' own words, is how AI is killing jobs in Silicon Valley.
AI code is being shoveled into crucial Google products, replacing trainers at TikTok, and worse.
This, in tech workers' own words, is how AI is killing jobs in Silicon Valley.
AI Killed My Job: Tech workers
Tech workers at TikTok, Google, and across the industry share stories about how AI is changing, ruining, or replacing their jobs.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'm preparing to publish the next installment of AI Killed My Job. This time, the focus will be on translators.
If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me
If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me
First time I'm feeling some kind of kinship with AI.
Alternative comment: I think they might have infused it with a soul of a PhD student.
Alternative comment: I think they might have infused it with a soul of a PhD student.
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
First time I'm feeling some kind of kinship with AI.
Alternative comment: I think they might have infused it with a soul of a PhD student.
Alternative comment: I think they might have infused it with a soul of a PhD student.
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A thing that every translator knows: Sometimes the original is wrong.
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A thing that every translator knows: Sometimes the original is wrong.
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In case you are also sick of seeing those horrible auto-translated titles and descriptions in YouTube (an even channel names, ffs!), here is an extension that makes it go away. github.com/YouG-o/YouTu...
GitHub - YouG-o/YouTube_No_Translation: Web browser add-on that prevents YouTube's automatic translations! It keeps titles, descriptions, and audio in their original language.
Web browser add-on that prevents YouTube's automatic translations! It keeps titles, descriptions, and audio in their original language. - YouG-o/YouTube_No_Translation
github.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In case you are also sick of seeing those horrible auto-translated titles and descriptions in YouTube (an even channel names, ffs!), here is an extension that makes it go away. github.com/YouG-o/YouTu...
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From crusader kings 3
July 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
From crusader kings 3
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#WyrdWednesday Love these amazing 18th century whale/sea monster church pulpits
L-R: Saints Peter & Paul Church, Duszniki, Poland; St. Hedwig Church, Dobroszów, Poland; St. James the Greater Church in Kratonohy, Czechia
L-R: Saints Peter & Paul Church, Duszniki, Poland; St. Hedwig Church, Dobroszów, Poland; St. James the Greater Church in Kratonohy, Czechia
July 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#WyrdWednesday Love these amazing 18th century whale/sea monster church pulpits
L-R: Saints Peter & Paul Church, Duszniki, Poland; St. Hedwig Church, Dobroszów, Poland; St. James the Greater Church in Kratonohy, Czechia
L-R: Saints Peter & Paul Church, Duszniki, Poland; St. Hedwig Church, Dobroszów, Poland; St. James the Greater Church in Kratonohy, Czechia