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 👇
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.
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Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
Humanities Librarian - (African American Studies and English Literature)
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
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there are only two reasons to commute: either the place you live is shit (no jobs) or the place you work is shit (too expensive). "Things are not shit enough" is a very confusing position
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
there are only two reasons to commute: either the place you live is shit (no jobs) or the place you work is shit (too expensive). "Things are not shit enough" is a very confusing position
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Je vote pour, et on fait pareil pour les traduct·eur·rice·s et les aut·eur·rice·s. Et pour tou·te·s les autres qui sont en train de se faire piquer leur taf par l’IA.
Une news que j'ai pas vue beaucoup tourner ici et pourtant : un revenu inconditionnel aux artistes (environ 1400 euros/mois) a été installé durablement en Irlande, après une phase de test pour 2000 artistes tirés au sort après candidature. Le test a révélé que non seulement les artistes ont pu créer
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Je vote pour, et on fait pareil pour les traduct·eur·rice·s et les aut·eur·rice·s. Et pour tou·te·s les autres qui sont en train de se faire piquer leur taf par l’IA.
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If you are logged in to linkedin you should be able to click this link to go direct to the setting:
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you are logged in to linkedin you should be able to click this link to go direct to the setting:
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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We're sad to hear of the death of David Bellos, a wonderfully witty writer, professor, translator and judge of the 2016 International Booker Prize.
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We're sad to hear of the death of David Bellos, a wonderfully witty writer, professor, translator and judge of the 2016 International Booker Prize.
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"Being told a video game was made with only “0.3%” LLM use is like being handed a glass of water that “only has” a single drop of urine in it. [...] I won’t feel comfortable drinking it—let alone trust you on the actual piss-to-water ratio."
"The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose."
As scope increases and budgets shrink, The Alters is a cautionary tale of gaps plugged up by AI, and the backlash that follows.
@riorobayo.bsky.social examines #GenAI in games: www.qualbert.com/ai-use-in-th...
As scope increases and budgets shrink, The Alters is a cautionary tale of gaps plugged up by AI, and the backlash that follows.
@riorobayo.bsky.social examines #GenAI in games: www.qualbert.com/ai-use-in-th...
I’m Still Not Done Talking About AI Use in The Alters | Qualbert
The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose. We examine the ripple effects of AI use in games, beginning with The Alters.
www.qualbert.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"Being told a video game was made with only “0.3%” LLM use is like being handed a glass of water that “only has” a single drop of urine in it. [...] I won’t feel comfortable drinking it—let alone trust you on the actual piss-to-water ratio."
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Hey #gamedev please don't make me play your game for a #gameloc job. It takes way too long, and I will miss stuff.
If you need me to play, PAY ME and give me cheat codes. Else, screenshots, reference material, and answering my queries will suffice.
Also, please don't make me play your game.
If you need me to play, PAY ME and give me cheat codes. Else, screenshots, reference material, and answering my queries will suffice.
Also, please don't make me play your game.
July 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Today I am definitely a nine.
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today I am definitely a nine.
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Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
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btw: the point of the trump admin joining bluesky is to make you afraid, worried, and anxious
all this data was already public. nothing is actually different in that regard. keep having fun. don't be dumb. block & move on.
cis folks, raise your vigilance level for trans people as assholes show up.
all this data was already public. nothing is actually different in that regard. keep having fun. don't be dumb. block & move on.
cis folks, raise your vigilance level for trans people as assholes show up.
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
btw: the point of the trump admin joining bluesky is to make you afraid, worried, and anxious
all this data was already public. nothing is actually different in that regard. keep having fun. don't be dumb. block & move on.
cis folks, raise your vigilance level for trans people as assholes show up.
all this data was already public. nothing is actually different in that regard. keep having fun. don't be dumb. block & move on.
cis folks, raise your vigilance level for trans people as assholes show up.