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Sara Cascianelli | 🎮 Video Game Translator
@saracee.bsky.social
MA + PgD in Translation 🎓
EN>IT video game localiser since 2015 🦸‍♀️
Avid video game player since 1995 🕹

Arma 3, Arma Reforger, DayZ, Dying Light: The Beast, Baba Is You, Darkest Dungeon II, Rhythm Sprout, The Bookwalker, Slime 3K, et al.
So grateful. 🥹 Keep them coming!
"Oh! A special mention goes to the Italian translation, which I found very smooth and well-crafted.

"As a plus, the Italian translation is well above the usual standard of many other games."

Pretty words on our Italian localization of The Bookwalker by @do-my-best.bsky.social 🤍
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Drop your 10/10 game. No context needed.

Can you guess who chose which game? 😏
@mittovac.bsky.social
@saracee.bsky.social
@tamslator.bsky.social
@esperluverte.fr
July 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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The two ladies who localized Darkest Dungeon II into Italian are our fabulous @saracee.bsky.social‬ & @laurainno.bsky.social‬ 🤍

Cheers to them and many thanks to Progetto Gaming for the shoutout!
(Beautiful team portraits made by @ryuutsu.bsky.social‬ 💫 )
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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We're excited to reveal our new game: Never's End ⚔️

Never's End is a turn-based tactical RPG where you return from death into the midst of a global cataclysm. Wield the forces of nature to reshape the battlefield, and lead mankind back from the brink of extinction.
Never's End | Announce Trailer
YouTube video by Hypersect
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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"I didn’t understand why audiovisual translators & literary translators had their names on everything, but video game translators couldn’t say anything at all."

One of our most important articles to date: why #TranslatorsintheCredits matter by @tamslator.bsky.social
fromthevoid.net/blog/2025/4/...
April 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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We turned Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024) into a 1992 LucasArts-style adventure game!

🎬 Watch the full animation here: youtu.be/SqsaE7lEhQY

Thank you MachineGames, @bethesdastudios.com, @lucasfilm.bsky.social for making such an amazing game!
#indianajones #demake #pixelart
April 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Let's use this #WishlistWednesday to bring visibility to indies!
Here are 3 titles currently on our watch list...
Spooky edition 🧙‍♀️ 🤍

🦉 Crimson Hollow
🎃 @elderfieldofficial.bsky.social
🧹 @witchbrook.bsky.social

(Steam links below ⬇️)
April 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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I could quote the entire article, because she has described what it is like working in game translation.

"Here's the reference" -> A 4 hour long gameplay.

Is this friend a man or a woman? Does it matter for the story? -> "Please, keep it neutral"

Delivering a file with +100 unanswered questions.
March 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Calling to devs, publishers & editors: this is what happens when you allow your players to play in their native language.

Localizing your game into more than 2 or 3 languages will only increase your visibility and your players will genuinely appreciate the gesture. Show them that you care 💫
March 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
When players recognise the references we include in and there and enjoy them, even for a couple of seconds, it's an absolute victory for us! 🎯
Having this kind of reaction to your localization → every translator’s goal ♥

Explanation: the hero found by PlaywPrince is called Gigatoy in English - Giga Jouer in Italian.
Our translators kept 'giga' as it evokes something gigantic and mighty in Italian as well. But with a little twist... 🧵👇
March 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Giga Jouer, Discodance, Mignon and many other heroes are waiting! Thank you From The Void 👇 and @exaltedstudio.com for allowing me the opportunity to take care of the Italian translation and LQA, and to @laurainno.bsky.social for the top-notch revision. #TranslatorsInTheCredits #gameloc #Italian
BIG HELMET HEROES IS OUT 🥳 🥳 🥳

Get ready for a whole lot of FUN in this co-op beat'em up adventure from @exaltedstudio.com 💫

Grab your buddy and go save the princess in your native tongue: no less than 12 languages are available thanks to our knights from the Void 🤍
Ready your swords! ⚔️
Save 20% on Big Helmet Heroes on Steam
Throw yourself into an epic 3D beat’em up adventure with adorable knights, full of surprising worlds and situations. Grab your buddy and play in 2 player co-op to save the princess, but this is only…
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🇬🇧🔴🌪️✊ NEW STRIKE CALL AT DON'T NOD this Friday 22 November, against an absurd and violent redundancy plan.

Full text:
www.stjv.fr/en/2024/11/d...
November 21, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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It's that time again! Here's whether #TheGameAwards 2024 nominees (GOTY/Indie categories) include all #TranslatorsInTheCredits

Happy to report the situation has dramatically improved over the last few years, but these don't show the whole picture of #gameloc crediting state...
November 21, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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Much has been written in retro literature about the creation of the classic Monkey Island, for example “On Stranger Tides”. Although little or nothing about its inspiration in the 1951 film “Double Crossbones”. Here we see Dave/Guybrush, determined to become a pirate. Thread 👇
November 15, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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We made a starter kit for ethical game localization! Useful for translators wishing to connect with others and for game devs, or anyone interested in game loc really 🤍

Feel free to share and let us know if you'd like to be included! 💫
go.bsky.app/3wN9Ep5
November 19, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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Can I find me a Gamedesigner for a narrative puzzle game?

Small project, small team, fun and queer.

#gamedev #indiegame
May 4, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Names are meaningful.

In order to maintain their sense in our target languages, we search for *the* translation that'll keep all their flare & effectiveness. And... It's almost never a literal one.

Let's illustrate with the brilliantly named pets from Super Auto Pets 🇮🇹🧵👇
February 27, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Another little transcreation rant about @darkestdungeon.bsky.social, because our translators are creative geniuses.

Here’s how our Italian & Russian teams elevated some achievements in their language… By switching cultural references 🧵👇
January 31, 2024 at 3:23 PM