Lucile Danilov
@locdandloaded.net
Freelance Translator 🇺🇸 - 🇫🇷 (KonoSuba, Rune Factory, WitchSpring, Mouthwashing), Game Localization Consultant and overall menace. Author of https://locdandloaded.net/
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Lucile Danilov
@locdandloaded.net
· Mar 30
Bluesky friends! I'm not very active 'round these parts, but since we never know when That Other Website might implode, thought I'd at least get a presentation thread going. Name's Lucile, and I've been working in the games industry for 18+ years. Here are some of my credited titles:
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Hello language nerds! (affectionate) We're looking for someone to localize the demo for @truthscrapper.bsky.social into PT-BR. Due to grant restrictions, you MUST be based in Ontario, Canada. If that's you, please reach out with your experience and rate per word via DM to me. Thank you!
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hello language nerds! (affectionate) We're looking for someone to localize the demo for @truthscrapper.bsky.social into PT-BR. Due to grant restrictions, you MUST be based in Ontario, Canada. If that's you, please reach out with your experience and rate per word via DM to me. Thank you!
Yes MemoQ, this is how languages work, now leave me alone
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yes MemoQ, this is how languages work, now leave me alone
For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!
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Rue Valley (Emotion Spark Studio | @owlcatgames.bsky.social) and its captivating time loop are finally out, and we're delighted to announce that we have translated this narrative adventure into French alongside @locdandloaded.net, who helped us with the prologue 🕣
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Rue Valley (Emotion Spark Studio | @owlcatgames.bsky.social) and its captivating time loop are finally out, and we're delighted to announce that we have translated this narrative adventure into French alongside @locdandloaded.net, who helped us with the prologue 🕣
The GabeCube is real
Welcome to fam, ya'll!
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The GabeCube is real
"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
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So, hmm... the great @locdandloaded.net just finished compiling ALL of Hades II's MULTILINGUAL songs.
This is an insanely precious resource for anyone interested in lyrics localization. Many thanks to her for this amazing effort 🤍
locdandloaded.net/hades-ii-mul...
This is an insanely precious resource for anyone interested in lyrics localization. Many thanks to her for this amazing effort 🤍
locdandloaded.net/hades-ii-mul...
Hades II Multilingual Songs
Here's a compilation of all the songs featured in Hades II, as well as their official translations into 14 languages. It's worth noting that all of the game's texts are available in plain text directl...
locdandloaded.net
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
So, hmm... the great @locdandloaded.net just finished compiling ALL of Hades II's MULTILINGUAL songs.
This is an insanely precious resource for anyone interested in lyrics localization. Many thanks to her for this amazing effort 🤍
locdandloaded.net/hades-ii-mul...
This is an insanely precious resource for anyone interested in lyrics localization. Many thanks to her for this amazing effort 🤍
locdandloaded.net/hades-ii-mul...
One more for the pile (original credit: bsky.app/profile/bolt... ; reposted the screenshot in higher res)
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
One more for the pile (original credit: bsky.app/profile/bolt... ; reposted the screenshot in higher res)
My Wordpress instance is starting to get so bloated that my media gallery is collapsing on itself and half of my plugins are one update away from breaking the entire website
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My Wordpress instance is starting to get so bloated that my media gallery is collapsing on itself and half of my plugins are one update away from breaking the entire website
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Merci à @killylog1.bsky.social de m'avoir longuement laissé la parole dans le nouveau @jvlemag.com pour décrire la dégradation des conditions de travail dans la traduction de jeu vidéo à cause des délires autour de l'IA. J'ai pu placer ma meilleure punchline 🥊
![Mais une manne pas encore à même de passer inaperçue, impliquant donc une étape supplémentaire, particulièrement cynique : « Les multinationales de la localisation ont trouvé la solution miracle, j’ai nommé la post-édition », explique Jérémie. « Au lieu de traduire, on nous demande de relire et corriger de la traduction automatique, en exigeant unefacturation deux à trois fois inférieure. Ça ne permet pas de vivre décemment, et qui plus est, c’est un pur cache-misère. Ici comme ailleurs, l’IA générative ne fonctionne que parce qu’il y a des petites mains sous-payées pour préserver les apparences. [...] C’est un travail abrutissant qui peut nécessiter des réécritures complètes. En gros, on retraduit souvent de zéro... au tarif de la correction. Au nom de quoi devrions-nous brader notre savoir-faire parce qu’un intermédiaire artificiel a une solution stupide à proposer ? »](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:umngo6aia4ktetas6h4hg5t6/bafkreidlmgnujjheqlffxx2ad6bz57ey6vxuyocjwfvqolmq2yjgxdlihe@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Merci à @killylog1.bsky.social de m'avoir longuement laissé la parole dans le nouveau @jvlemag.com pour décrire la dégradation des conditions de travail dans la traduction de jeu vidéo à cause des délires autour de l'IA. J'ai pu placer ma meilleure punchline 🥊
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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Halloween draws near, and you know what's truly scary? Being made as invisible as a ghost by a bunch of corporations, buried under literally everybody else in a credit roll. Such as here in The Quarry (2022), a title localized in 19 languages. And of course, no #TranslatorsInTheCredits... 👻
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Halloween draws near, and you know what's truly scary? Being made as invisible as a ghost by a bunch of corporations, buried under literally everybody else in a credit roll. Such as here in The Quarry (2022), a title localized in 19 languages. And of course, no #TranslatorsInTheCredits... 👻
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New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
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I had the opportunity to help @casting-whispers.bsky.social with the launch trailer!
youtu.be/8bu5QAmqrFI
Go check it out on Steam right now! (It's 10% off!)
youtu.be/8bu5QAmqrFI
Go check it out on Steam right now! (It's 10% off!)
Casting Whispers | Official Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Casting Whispers
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I had the opportunity to help @casting-whispers.bsky.social with the launch trailer!
youtu.be/8bu5QAmqrFI
Go check it out on Steam right now! (It's 10% off!)
youtu.be/8bu5QAmqrFI
Go check it out on Steam right now! (It's 10% off!)
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Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
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This was spotted at Gamescom Asia last week. 0,01$ per word to edit AI slop.
DMM's website says: "Average cost reduction: Appx. 75%
Translation time reduction:50%"
They forgot the most important stat: "Quality reduction: 100%"
DMM's website says: "Average cost reduction: Appx. 75%
Translation time reduction:50%"
They forgot the most important stat: "Quality reduction: 100%"
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This was spotted at Gamescom Asia last week. 0,01$ per word to edit AI slop.
DMM's website says: "Average cost reduction: Appx. 75%
Translation time reduction:50%"
They forgot the most important stat: "Quality reduction: 100%"
DMM's website says: "Average cost reduction: Appx. 75%
Translation time reduction:50%"
They forgot the most important stat: "Quality reduction: 100%"
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TDs have always been one of my fav genres (ask me how many hours I wasted on DOTA back in WC3...), so when the good people of @locquest.bsky.social offered me to translate Repel the Rifts into French, I just couldn't resist! Glhf, Commanders :)
🚨 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT + DEMO: REPEL THE RIFTS 🚨
A roguelite tower defense where you lead a commander through an alien world. Uncover new terrain each wave, draft powerful upgrades, and build defenses to hold back the chaos. 💥
🔗 Try the demo today: store.steampowered.com/app/3861580?...
A roguelite tower defense where you lead a commander through an alien world. Uncover new terrain each wave, draft powerful upgrades, and build defenses to hold back the chaos. 💥
🔗 Try the demo today: store.steampowered.com/app/3861580?...
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
TDs have always been one of my fav genres (ask me how many hours I wasted on DOTA back in WC3...), so when the good people of @locquest.bsky.social offered me to translate Repel the Rifts into French, I just couldn't resist! Glhf, Commanders :)
Honest, some of my best-performing posts are the ones using the crunchiest MS Paint illustrations. It's genuinely a better tool to attract attention that anything GenAI could shit out. Embrace your inner doodler.
October 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Honest, some of my best-performing posts are the ones using the crunchiest MS Paint illustrations. It's genuinely a better tool to attract attention that anything GenAI could shit out. Embrace your inner doodler.
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Started a new Hades 2 save file; I've been switching the language to Japanese now and then out of curiosity, and the localization team absolutely knocked it out of the park! Lots of smart, hard-hitting reformulations, and clever handling of tricky wordplay—it's really inspiring stuff 😍
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Started a new Hades 2 save file; I've been switching the language to Japanese now and then out of curiosity, and the localization team absolutely knocked it out of the park! Lots of smart, hard-hitting reformulations, and clever handling of tricky wordplay—it's really inspiring stuff 😍
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From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
Good stuff, see you in 7 years 👍
October 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Good stuff, see you in 7 years 👍
Localization budgets tend to be a very well-guarded secret, but thanks to SGG's transparency, we can at least make an educated guess for Hades II: The cost of localizing the game's 380.000 words into 14 languages was approximately $1.5m.
Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Hades II is now out of Early Access, earning a staggering 94 score on Metacritic. But beyond butter-smooth gameplay, incredible art and mesmerizing music, the game also stood out for its localization…...
Hades II is now out of Early Access, earning a staggering 94 score on Metacritic. But beyond butter-smooth gameplay, incredible art and mesmerizing music, the game also stood out for its localization ...
www.linkedin.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Localization budgets tend to be a very well-guarded secret, but thanks to SGG's transparency, we can at least make an educated guess for Hades II: The cost of localizing the game's 380.000 words into 14 languages was approximately $1.5m.
Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.