So much for 'translator's invisibility.'😄5 out of 34 reviews gave clear thumbups to my work on a game. It’s been a while since I had full rein on a narrative-heavy game's Chinese script, and it feels great to know I did something right (again).

I feel it could change a lot for better for devs, linguists, users and everyone, in terms of technicality, budgeting, time and process planning, if localization is seen as a part of development, when it can be considered much earlier during development

A little sneak peek of my upcoming game, Dance of Theseus, a "glamorous monster dress-up life sim". Trailer and Steam store page available now :)
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Just read a player comment on one game I handled, saying that "the Chinese localization reads more natural than writings in even some 'so called' Chinese-made games", and it got quite a few likes. It's a bit of "downward comparison", though I was still happy to see it.

Translation is all about conveying meaning from one language to another. But what do we do when we’re struggling with how to render that meaning in our target language?

Let’s talk about deverbalization, functionalism, and examples from SUBREDDITNAME and the Beings from Strange Planet!