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Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

Got my copies of Love on the Horizon! My editor TJ @ferenteeny.bsky.social did an amazing job as always 🥰

September 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM

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Jenn Odd

@jentranslations.bsky.social

I've looked at a lot of resumes for aspiring translators and everytime I notice they have the relevant experience but they don't make it clear, meaning vendors are more likely to overlook them as potential freelancers.

Here's some resume advice if you're looking for freelance translation work.

August 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM

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splendidland🌱

@splendid.land

Formless Star is out now!

Travel to a mysterious ever-changing planet and gather data on the animals that live there.

There's 60 different creatures to find, all with unique behaviours and descriptions!

Get the game for free (or pay what you want) here!
splendidland.itch.io/formless-star

"formless star", clay models of characters with various propellers on their heads are stood in a row in front of a starry background.

Anemo, a red character with a big orange nose and a green anemometer on their head is stood in front of their spaceship.

Finding the animal "Lighthorse", which looks like a lighthouse with legs, and a head made out of transparent cones of light.
"Stands at the coastline to act as a beacon, however it has difficulty discerning a puddle from an ocean. said to be proud of its red stripes."

Inside the spaceship, the character Turbine, who is green and has buck teeth, is saying "They say if you love your job, you'll never work a day in your life. Seems I may be the only worker here."

May 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

Anyone going to Gamescom? 👀

May 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

Dreamscape @dreamscape-game.bsky.social のインディーゲーム展示会は超楽しかったです！
@miyakoshuppan.bsky.social の素晴らしいゲームを応援してくださいね！

May 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM

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M

@meganrose.bsky.social

Excited to be giving a public lecture at Kanagawa University, 21st of May about my research for my book on Harajuku (currently in the works)💫💫

“Hyperfeminine Harajuku:
Exploring Queer KAWAII Practices in a Tokyo Subcultural District”

It’s both online and in person- details on the flyer 🌈💕

$Abstract: In this talk I explore the creative practices of Harajuku’s subcultures. Harajuku is a town in Tokyo that is a safe space for women, men and gender diverse people as early as the 1970s. Over recent decades, numerous KAWAII fashion subcultures have emerged in this district, each with their own specific conventions, aesthetics, purposes and intents including lolita fashion, decora fashion, yume kawaii, fairy kei, menhera. KAWAII is a significant cultural site for marginalized people to find collective safety and creatively work through their experiences and find a place of belonging. In the increasingly fractured social landscape of Tokyo, an eclectic group of artists, photographers, musicians, and designers come together in a constellation of spectacular bodies to play with KAWAII fashion. Their efforts are supported by underground queer feminist movements of Tokyo that protest, disrupt, and agitate through art, talk, and zine collectives in a blaze of shimmering hot pink. The talk considers the differing ways KAWAII is queered by these groups as an expression of dis/affection, in/dependence and a/sexuality. Queering KAWAII refers to a process of estrangement and de- familiarisation of cuteness as a form of hyperfemininity. As part of global queer femme cultures, hyperfemininity contaminates gender binaries, and exaggerates and pushes the parameters of patriarchal femininity as a form of disruption, experimentation, and reflection. Centred on the affective stories, fashion objects and garments and texts that KAWAII fashion practitioners create, this talk explores the social motivations, politics and ideologies of this subcultural movement. The talk traverses themes of marginality, vulnerability, and women and gender diverse people’s defiance in facing structural sexism, sexual violence, queerphobia, and ableism. To Attend Online (Zoom): Access the Zoom Meeting via the following Meeting ID and Passcode. Preregistration is NOT required to attend via Zoom. Me…$

May 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM

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山内尚

@yamauchinao.bsky.social

🏳️‍⚧️📢 CALLING ALL PUBLISHERS! 📢🏳️‍⚧️
"Non-Binary Lookbook" has comics, art, and essays about fashion and gender by a non-binary person in Japan.
Want to see this book published outside of Japan? Then get in touch and boost this post!
✨Email me at yamauchinaomanga@gmail.com✨

宣伝用漫画(英語)

Hi there, everyone!

My name is Yamauchi Nao.
I was born in Japan in 1993, and I identify as non-binary and genderfluid.
I currently make manga and live with
my partner and our dog.

Right now, I'm looking for publishers interested in publishing this book in languages other than Japanese.

A book about fashion
by a non-binary person living in Japan

I love wearing a lot of vintage
secondhand clothing, but I also
wear other styles like lolita!
I’ve also written some essays about
my outfits and about being non-binary.

Includes 5 essays, 2 comics,
4 columns and 62 illustrations

If any of this sounds interesting to you,
please spread the word about my book
or contact me directly if you are interested
in publishing it overseas!

Email me at yamauchinaomanga@gmail.com

I wrote this book to spread awareness
about non-binary people and fight against
stereotypes and discrimination.

I hope you’ll consider reading it
and helping me get the word out!

内容のサンプル(英語訳つき)

● November 9th 2013
My partner and I met some people at university and ended up having a wedding ceremony thanks to them. The only blood relative who came was my older sister. This is the special outfit I chose to wear at the wedding reception, although I actually wear it all the time… The KENZO pants are a little motheaten at the back, so I need to get them patched up. I love this outfit’s beautiful silhouette, and the complex embroidery on the jacket spices it up a lot.

UNIQLO HEATTECH underneath

An embroidered jacket from H&M’s 2013 collection

Secondhand KENZO pants from PASS THE BATON
in Omotesando that I’ve had for ages

Pumps that I bought from who knows where

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● April 22nd 2022
It’s been a while since I participated in the Tokyo Pride parade. In an interview before the parade this year, one of the organizers opposed the use of the phrase “give us our human rights.” I was so shocked and sad that I felt like I had to do something, so I quickly slapped together a sign and jumped on the train. This is what we were wearing. It was rough being called “ma’am” over and over again as I wandered the booths at Pride. I didn’t feel like I belonged there.

Nightgown I found at a vintage store called “curious” in Omotesando

Jane Marple blouse

Semi-custom skirt

Tights from Tabio

Repetto shoes

TSUMORI CHISATO shirtdress

Vintage coat I found at SLOW in Omotesando

Clothes from Dot and Stripes

ecco shoes

We need to talk about human rights

Give us our human rights

内容のサンプル
5essays, 2mangas, 4columns and 62 illustrations

March 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM

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Maia Kobabe

@redgoldsparks.bsky.social

Call for submissions: creative non-fiction, short memoir, and personal essays 2k-6k words from transgender writers as part of a non-fiction anthology celebrating trans-for-trans (t4t) relationships, to be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. www.leegarrett.net/transcendent... #trans #t4t

Transcendent Love — Michel Lee Garrett

Transcendent Love: True Stories of Trans-for-Trans Relationships is a forthcoming nonfiction anthology celebrating t4t relationships, edited by Michel Lee Garrett. Now accepting submissions!

www.leegarrett.net

March 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

Please support this book! It would be great to see it published overseas!

山内尚 @yamauchinao.bsky.social · Mar 14

🏳️‍⚧️📢 CALLING ALL PUBLISHERS! 📢🏳️‍⚧️
"Non-Binary Lookbook" has comics, art, and essays about fashion and gender by a non-binary person in Japan.
Want to see this book published outside of Japan? Then get in touch and boost this post!
✨Email me at yamauchinaomanga@gmail.com✨

March 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM

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Rito (Cat Dad Era)

@ursamega.com

Friends, followers, strangers, I've been out of work for most of the year now and I'm in dire need of your help. I'm a localization/copy/script editor with over 10 years of professional experience in and around the video game industry—if anyone has any leads, please send them my way

October 16, 2024 at 7:11 PM

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Jennifer Sherman

@jaasherman.bsky.social

Since people are becoming more active on here, these are some of my projects! Whether or not it's one of these, I encourage you to find a way to enjoy stories today. I find it really helps.

November 8, 2024 at 2:40 PM

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藤田優輝 / Yuki Fujita

@yukifujita.bsky.social

【拡散希望】
日英ゲーム翻訳ができるプロの方を探しております。ご興味のある方はリプライかDMにてご連絡ください。

ジャンル：ホラーコメディ
ボリューム：約10000文字（ワード数ではありません）
条件：日本語でやり取りができる方
報酬：クライアントとのご相談で決定

サクッと遊べて、難易度もそこまで高くないインディーゲームです。
※締切りは来週までとさせていただきます。

November 6, 2024 at 9:39 AM

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qiyra 🫄🏳️‍⚧️

@qiyra.net

Hey guys and gals.

diyhrt.wiki

The DIY HRT Directory

All the information you need to be informed on DIY Hormone Replacement Therapy

diyhrt.wiki

November 6, 2024 at 8:01 AM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

I was a translator on this! Hope everyone enjoys it!

November 4, 2024 at 5:57 AM

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Emily

@suika.bsky.social

[THREAD]

The "Tokyo High Court ruled Wednesday that Japan's Civil Code and other provisions that do not recognize same-sex marriage are unconstitutional as they violate equality before the law, which is guaranteed by the country's Constitution."

(1/?)

www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2...

Tokyo High Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Denial Unconstitutional

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo High Court ruled Wednesday that Japan's Civil Code and other provisions tha…

www.nippon.com

October 30, 2024 at 7:17 AM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

Just testing to see how many people are active on Bluesky compared to Twitter... Give this post a like?

October 29, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

Transgender Men's Studies by Shuji Akira 🔥

January 18, 2024 at 9:55 AM

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Cy Catwell

@pixelatedlenses.bsky.social

2023 has been one of the most difficult years in my life. Unfortunately, last night, it got a lot harder.

Now, I need a miracle: I need kindness and mutual aid so that I can care for myself and finally recover & rest.

Mutual Aid: Cy Needs a Miracle!, organized by Cypress Catwell

Hey there. Many of you know me as Cy Catwell, your friendly queer Black localizer, ed… Cypress Catwell needs your support for Mutual Aid: Cy Needs a Miracle!

gofund.me

December 6, 2023 at 11:47 AM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

I honestly shed a tear when BG3 won GOTY. Very well-deserved!

December 8, 2023 at 8:55 PM

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James Welker

@jameswelker.bsky.social

Reminder: Applications for the Short-Term Research Grant in the History of Japanese Sexualities, established in memory of Mark McLelland though the Association for Asian Studies, are due Oct. 3.

www.asianstudies.org/grants-award...

September 20, 2023 at 9:22 AM

Leocalization

@leotranslations.bsky.social

Just had a nightmare that I broke NDA... The horror

September 20, 2023 at 6:42 AM

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Taylor Drew

@mollymay5000.bsky.social

This looks like a great opportunity for anyone ready to make the next step in their translation journey. And while I can't vouch for the program personally since I've never taken part, I recognize the names of many of the talented translators listed as mentors.

Definitely worth checking out!