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! 👇🔗
I’ve seen a few people joking or suggesting that they should move out of a state or country because they don’t like what’s happening there.
Friendly reminder that moving countries is extremely expensive, let alone legally difficult.
Our move to Japan cost upwards of $10k. (1/?)
Friendly reminder that moving countries is extremely expensive, let alone legally difficult.
Our move to Japan cost upwards of $10k. (1/?)
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I’ve seen a few people joking or suggesting that they should move out of a state or country because they don’t like what’s happening there.
Friendly reminder that moving countries is extremely expensive, let alone legally difficult.
Our move to Japan cost upwards of $10k. (1/?)
Friendly reminder that moving countries is extremely expensive, let alone legally difficult.
Our move to Japan cost upwards of $10k. (1/?)
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KAGEKI SHOJO!! Vol. 15
The critically acclaimed #shojo manga about the drama of all-women musical theater—with an anime!
Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
sevenseasentertainment.com/books/kageki...
The critically acclaimed #shojo manga about the drama of all-women musical theater—with an anime!
Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
sevenseasentertainment.com/books/kageki...
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
KAGEKI SHOJO!! Vol. 15
The critically acclaimed #shojo manga about the drama of all-women musical theater—with an anime!
Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
sevenseasentertainment.com/books/kageki...
The critically acclaimed #shojo manga about the drama of all-women musical theater—with an anime!
Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
sevenseasentertainment.com/books/kageki...
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Gave this great reaction panel
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Gave this great reaction panel
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Read Kageki Shojo 15! Still good stuff. The oneshot that takes up half the volume is really interesting, it’s supposed to be the play that they’re going to perform later in the story. It’s good too!
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Read Kageki Shojo 15! Still good stuff. The oneshot that takes up half the volume is really interesting, it’s supposed to be the play that they’re going to perform later in the story. It’s good too!
it’s me again!🩷
come for the (uncensored!) smut, stay for the incredibly detailed word building and politico-economic plotting
(see: how magic and worship affect the trade economies and diplomacy of rival empires… also, yaoi.)
come for the (uncensored!) smut, stay for the incredibly detailed word building and politico-economic plotting
(see: how magic and worship affect the trade economies and diplomacy of rival empires… also, yaoi.)
THE TITAN’S BRIDE Vol. 8 (For Mature readers)
In this Mature-rated Boys’ Love/#BL fantasy isekai manga that inspired an anime, there’s nothing small about the love between a human and a titan prince!
Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/the-ti...
In this Mature-rated Boys’ Love/#BL fantasy isekai manga that inspired an anime, there’s nothing small about the love between a human and a titan prince!
Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/the-ti...
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 AM
it’s me again!🩷
come for the (uncensored!) smut, stay for the incredibly detailed word building and politico-economic plotting
(see: how magic and worship affect the trade economies and diplomacy of rival empires… also, yaoi.)
come for the (uncensored!) smut, stay for the incredibly detailed word building and politico-economic plotting
(see: how magic and worship affect the trade economies and diplomacy of rival empires… also, yaoi.)
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✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
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www.viz.com/vizmanga/cha...
Completely forgot to mention but Deadpool: Samurai is back with new simulpub chapters, and I'm on lettering duty!
It's been a while since I've done a weekly simulpub.
Completely forgot to mention but Deadpool: Samurai is back with new simulpub chapters, and I'm on lettering duty!
It's been a while since I've done a weekly simulpub.
VIZ | Read Deadpool: Samurai Manga - Explore VIZ Manga's Massive Library
From romance to horror, there's something for every fan | Deadpool: Samurai - Deadpool moves to Tokyo and makes a mess of everything!
www.viz.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:35 PM
www.viz.com/vizmanga/cha...
Completely forgot to mention but Deadpool: Samurai is back with new simulpub chapters, and I'm on lettering duty!
It's been a while since I've done a weekly simulpub.
Completely forgot to mention but Deadpool: Samurai is back with new simulpub chapters, and I'm on lettering duty!
It's been a while since I've done a weekly simulpub.
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This part. Celebrate every victory, large and small. Celebrate each other. Celebrate the love and solidarity that hold you together. Never stop doing this. It's fundamental.
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 AM
This part. Celebrate every victory, large and small. Celebrate each other. Celebrate the love and solidarity that hold you together. Never stop doing this. It's fundamental.
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Early career translators, get yourself a grant right here! #Translation
Words Without Borders Announces Fourth Annual Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders
This grant aims to support early-career translators seeking to bring international work into the English-language marketplace.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Early career translators, get yourself a grant right here! #Translation
every time you translate a sentence ending in “とは…” with “To think…”, God adds a new obscure rule for whether to use は or が.
January 26, 2026 at 2:41 AM
every time you translate a sentence ending in “とは…” with “To think…”, God adds a new obscure rule for whether to use は or が.
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couldn't agree more. it's great to be inspired by games you love, but you desperately need to engage with other kinds of things like books, movies, music, theater, going to a museum, looking at a cool tree...you know
The author of the novels that inspired Shin Megami Tensei and Persona says developers should take more inspiration from other media to invent new gameplay systems.
If they only take inspiration from games they'll just make the same games, he says.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/megami-...
If they only take inspiration from games they'll just make the same games, he says.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/megami-...
Megami Tensei author says devs must take inspiration from other media if they want to invent new gameplay systems | VGC
If creators draw inspiration from games, they’ll just make the same games…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
couldn't agree more. it's great to be inspired by games you love, but you desperately need to engage with other kinds of things like books, movies, music, theater, going to a museum, looking at a cool tree...you know
they keep massacring my boy 😭
when will 009 be good again? will this be the time?
(probably not, considering the last few attempts)
when will 009 be good again? will this be the time?
(probably not, considering the last few attempts)
Rock singer Kyoko will perform the theme song for the Cyborg 009: Nemesis anime, a cover of the "Taga Tame ni" song from the franchise's 1979 anime.
Cyborg 009: Nemesis Anime Reveals Teaser Video, Theme Song Artist, 2026 Debut
Rock singer Kyoko performs "Taga Tame ni" theme from 1979 anime as theme song; anime will "stream" this year
www.animenewsnetwork.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 AM
they keep massacring my boy 😭
when will 009 be good again? will this be the time?
(probably not, considering the last few attempts)
when will 009 be good again? will this be the time?
(probably not, considering the last few attempts)
why the hell are the “free seats” in the green cars lit RED and the “booked” seats lit GREEN
January 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM
why the hell are the “free seats” in the green cars lit RED and the “booked” seats lit GREEN
Left my backpack on a rapid train to Shinjuku.
Reported it to the platform stationmaster. They found out which train it was. Couldn’t get in touch with the station ahead, but told me to come back in 90 minutes when it came back through the train.
It was still right where I left it.
Reported it to the platform stationmaster. They found out which train it was. Couldn’t get in touch with the station ahead, but told me to come back in 90 minutes when it came back through the train.
It was still right where I left it.
January 24, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Left my backpack on a rapid train to Shinjuku.
Reported it to the platform stationmaster. They found out which train it was. Couldn’t get in touch with the station ahead, but told me to come back in 90 minutes when it came back through the train.
It was still right where I left it.
Reported it to the platform stationmaster. They found out which train it was. Couldn’t get in touch with the station ahead, but told me to come back in 90 minutes when it came back through the train.
It was still right where I left it.
the second wicked movie butchered the best act of the musical with poor pacing and too much TALKING
January 24, 2026 at 6:23 AM
the second wicked movie butchered the best act of the musical with poor pacing and too much TALKING
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Our MAIN event! Brought to you straight from the Terrace Theater!
The Animé Los Angeles 21 Masquerade!!!
Watch your favorite performances again and again, witness all the talent & magic that cosplay can bring!!!
https://youtu.be/mxOs0j2qbtw
The Animé Los Angeles 21 Masquerade!!!
Watch your favorite performances again and again, witness all the talent & magic that cosplay can bring!!!
https://youtu.be/mxOs0j2qbtw
January 24, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Our MAIN event! Brought to you straight from the Terrace Theater!
The Animé Los Angeles 21 Masquerade!!!
Watch your favorite performances again and again, witness all the talent & magic that cosplay can bring!!!
https://youtu.be/mxOs0j2qbtw
The Animé Los Angeles 21 Masquerade!!!
Watch your favorite performances again and again, witness all the talent & magic that cosplay can bring!!!
https://youtu.be/mxOs0j2qbtw
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All joking aside, this legitimately unacceptable @crunchyroll.com. Subtitles for on-screen text should be the default feature regardlesss of whatever language track you're watching, and this is important context that dub viewers are missing out on because you couldn't be bothered to add them
January 23, 2026 at 12:10 PM
All joking aside, this legitimately unacceptable @crunchyroll.com. Subtitles for on-screen text should be the default feature regardlesss of whatever language track you're watching, and this is important context that dub viewers are missing out on because you couldn't be bothered to add them
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It has been [ 0 ] days since confidential military intel was posted on the WarThund-- wait no, Crusader Kings forums???
(dude posted a photo of his laptop playing CK3 on a nuclear submarine, but didn't scrub the location data, so now Reddit knows where the sub is deployed)
(dude posted a photo of his laptop playing CK3 on a nuclear submarine, but didn't scrub the location data, so now Reddit knows where the sub is deployed)
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It has been [ 0 ] days since confidential military intel was posted on the WarThund-- wait no, Crusader Kings forums???
(dude posted a photo of his laptop playing CK3 on a nuclear submarine, but didn't scrub the location data, so now Reddit knows where the sub is deployed)
(dude posted a photo of his laptop playing CK3 on a nuclear submarine, but didn't scrub the location data, so now Reddit knows where the sub is deployed)
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Cosmic Princess Kaguya is out! This was definitely my favorite project of 2025, and I'm so glad I can finally show it off 🎵💞
(I translated the English subtitles; "English (CC)" is captions for the dub, which I wasn't involved with, but I'm super curious to see how they handled the song lyrics!)
(I translated the English subtitles; "English (CC)" is captions for the dub, which I wasn't involved with, but I'm super curious to see how they handled the song lyrics!)
Watch Cosmic Princess Kaguya! | Netflix Official Site
Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.
www.netflix.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Cosmic Princess Kaguya is out! This was definitely my favorite project of 2025, and I'm so glad I can finally show it off 🎵💞
(I translated the English subtitles; "English (CC)" is captions for the dub, which I wasn't involved with, but I'm super curious to see how they handled the song lyrics!)
(I translated the English subtitles; "English (CC)" is captions for the dub, which I wasn't involved with, but I'm super curious to see how they handled the song lyrics!)
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Made a really long video about Japanese vulgarity for some stupid f***ing reason
youtu.be/GcjbwkBQeO8?...
youtu.be/GcjbwkBQeO8?...
Vulgarity in Japanese
YouTube video by Scripting Japan
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Made a really long video about Japanese vulgarity for some stupid f***ing reason
youtu.be/GcjbwkBQeO8?...
youtu.be/GcjbwkBQeO8?...
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Seems like it’s the CEOs who should lose their jobs to AI 🤷🏻♂️
The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI.
🤷
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.
How much time workers say the technology saves them on the job is vastly different from what executives report.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Seems like it’s the CEOs who should lose their jobs to AI 🤷🏻♂️
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cringe is not real and cringe has NEVER been real. it's only a term used to put people (or yourself) down for the crime of... liking things.
i think i want to kill the term cringe. cringe is out. it implies shame, but we gotta be shameless. i'm making 2026 the year of Being Authentic. loving wholly and unabashedly with your whole chest anything and everything that brings you joy or inspires you. fuck what your opps think
January 21, 2026 at 10:40 PM
cringe is not real and cringe has NEVER been real. it's only a term used to put people (or yourself) down for the crime of... liking things.
today, in particular, i am praying for the explosive implosion of the ai market
January 21, 2026 at 8:51 AM
today, in particular, i am praying for the explosive implosion of the ai market
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A reminder that GenAI exists solely so that CEOs don't have to pay creative and skilled people for labor. And it's up to us as consumers to generate as much backlash against this shit as humanly possible.
Netflix has confirmed plans ramp up AI use with subtitle localization and advertisement creation for its subscribers in 2026. https://bit.ly/3NwBgRo
January 21, 2026 at 6:24 AM
A reminder that GenAI exists solely so that CEOs don't have to pay creative and skilled people for labor. And it's up to us as consumers to generate as much backlash against this shit as humanly possible.
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"In content production and promotion, we’re using AI to improve subtitle localization"
"IMPROVE"??? Audiences, raise hell about this!!
#HumansNotMachines
"IMPROVE"??? Audiences, raise hell about this!!
#HumansNotMachines
Netflix Is Now Using AI for Subtitle Localization, Custom Ads, and More - IGN
Netflix has confirmed plans ramp up AI use with subtitle localization and advertisement creation for its subscribers in 2026.
www.ign.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:28 AM
"In content production and promotion, we’re using AI to improve subtitle localization"
"IMPROVE"??? Audiences, raise hell about this!!
#HumansNotMachines
"IMPROVE"??? Audiences, raise hell about this!!
#HumansNotMachines