Tradugoiko
@tradugoiko.bsky.social
JA-ES video game translator living in Japan.
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A veces hay que decir basta. Desde ATRAE, nos plantamos ante la precarización de nuestro sector, agravada con el auge de la IA generativa. Echa un vistazo a los vídeos de la campaña, firma nuestro manifiesto por una traducción humana y, sobre todo, ¡haz que corra la voz! www.traduccionhumana.com ✊📣
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A veces hay que decir basta. Desde ATRAE, nos plantamos ante la precarización de nuestro sector, agravada con el auge de la IA generativa. Echa un vistazo a los vídeos de la campaña, firma nuestro manifiesto por una traducción humana y, sobre todo, ¡haz que corra la voz! www.traduccionhumana.com ✊📣
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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Via @automaton-media.com, composer Uematsu: “I’ve never used AI & probably never will. I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself. When you listen to music, the fun is also in discovering the background of the person who created it, right?"
More:
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Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he's “never used generative AI, and never will.” Hardship is what makes the creative process rewarding - AUTOMATON WEST
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu discusses the history and evolution of game music and shares opinion on generative AI.
automaton-media.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Via @automaton-media.com, composer Uematsu: “I’ve never used AI & probably never will. I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself. When you listen to music, the fun is also in discovering the background of the person who created it, right?"
More:
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Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
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Btw, Silksong's script stands at about 90.000 words total. A pro TL would need about 2 months to translate that much, and that's with an additional editor pass.
September 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Btw, Silksong's script stands at about 90.000 words total. A pro TL would need about 2 months to translate that much, and that's with an additional editor pass.
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*climbs up on soapbox*
*emotionally prepares to actually share a translation and localization opinion*
...stop translating 「え？」 as "eh?"!!!!!
*leaves every comment on read*
*emotionally prepares to actually share a translation and localization opinion*
...stop translating 「え？」 as "eh?"!!!!!
*leaves every comment on read*
August 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
*climbs up on soapbox*
*emotionally prepares to actually share a translation and localization opinion*
...stop translating 「え？」 as "eh?"!!!!!
*leaves every comment on read*
*emotionally prepares to actually share a translation and localization opinion*
...stop translating 「え？」 as "eh?"!!!!!
*leaves every comment on read*
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Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
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Here's a thing about translation. Particularly, people who complain about "accuracy." Nearly always, what they mean is, "I put this word into a J>E dictionary and that's NOT what it said!"
But have you looked at an English dictionary? No, really, have you? Does it look like a J>E dictionary?
But have you looked at an English dictionary? No, really, have you? Does it look like a J>E dictionary?
August 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Here's a thing about translation. Particularly, people who complain about "accuracy." Nearly always, what they mean is, "I put this word into a J>E dictionary and that's NOT what it said!"
But have you looked at an English dictionary? No, really, have you? Does it look like a J>E dictionary?
But have you looked at an English dictionary? No, really, have you? Does it look like a J>E dictionary?
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Also people keep asking me if I find AI translation helpful in my work and AI TRANSLATION IS NOWHERE NEAR COMMERCIAL QUALITY and NO I DON'T EDIT AI TRANSLATION BECAUSE IT'S MUCH FASTER FOR ME TO JUST DO THE ACTUAL TRANSLATION THAN EDIT CRAP because PAINTING CRAP WITH GOLD DOESN'T TURN CRAP INTO GOLD
Someone recently wrote a book using ChatGPT and emailed it to me, asking if it's any good, as if I would ever waste a second of my time reading it? Why are people so shameless? Why do people want to be seen as "writers" so much? Why can't they use AI to get a lucrative job in coding instead?
Just received a blanket pitch from a children's book author (sent, presumably, to many indie bookstores) pitching a clearly AI-illustrated book. In the interest of public service, this was my response. I'm fucking done with being nice to these people.
August 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Also people keep asking me if I find AI translation helpful in my work and AI TRANSLATION IS NOWHERE NEAR COMMERCIAL QUALITY and NO I DON'T EDIT AI TRANSLATION BECAUSE IT'S MUCH FASTER FOR ME TO JUST DO THE ACTUAL TRANSLATION THAN EDIT CRAP because PAINTING CRAP WITH GOLD DOESN'T TURN CRAP INTO GOLD
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If the games you've been working on for years have switched to MTPE or some other bullshit the higher-ups tell you, now's the time to speak up.
Not only are they killing jobs across our field, they're killing culture and in some fields it could potentially hurt people.
Not only are they killing jobs across our field, they're killing culture and in some fields it could potentially hurt people.
I'm preparing to publish the next installment of AI Killed My Job. This time, the focus will be on translators.
If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me
If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me
AI is being used to justify firing workers at major tech companies, leaving those that remain to pick up the pieces.
AI code is being shoveled into crucial Google products, replacing trainers at TikTok, and worse.
This, in tech workers' own words, is how AI is killing jobs in Silicon Valley.
AI code is being shoveled into crucial Google products, replacing trainers at TikTok, and worse.
This, in tech workers' own words, is how AI is killing jobs in Silicon Valley.
August 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
If the games you've been working on for years have switched to MTPE or some other bullshit the higher-ups tell you, now's the time to speak up.
Not only are they killing jobs across our field, they're killing culture and in some fields it could potentially hurt people.
Not only are they killing jobs across our field, they're killing culture and in some fields it could potentially hurt people.
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Escabechina de cierres y despidos en el sector del videojuego: los grandes compran a los pequeños y los dejan morir
Escabechina de cierres y despidos en el sector del videojuego: los grandes compran a los pequeños y los dejan morir
Trabajadores de estudios ya desaparecidos y otros en pleno proceso de ERE denuncian que las grandes compañías no tienen reparos en absorberles para luego no alimentar a la empresa con nuevos encargos
www.eldiario.es
August 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Escabechina de cierres y despidos en el sector del videojuego: los grandes compran a los pequeños y los dejan morir
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Please boycott Duolingo.
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
The backlash against Duolingo going 'AI-first' didn't even matter | TechCrunch
Duolingo faced significant backlash for announcing that it would become an "AI-first" company -- and yet, the app posted strong financials this quarter.
techcrunch.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Please boycott Duolingo.
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
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"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
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"Games aren't political" grifters in shambles.
June 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Games aren't political" grifters in shambles.
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English is way harsher on repetition than Japanese, so part of a light novel translator's job is tweaking the wording so it says the same shit, but without sounding redundant.
I thought I'd do a rundown of a few tricks that help with this.
I thought I'd do a rundown of a few tricks that help with this.
June 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
English is way harsher on repetition than Japanese, so part of a light novel translator's job is tweaking the wording so it says the same shit, but without sounding redundant.
I thought I'd do a rundown of a few tricks that help with this.
I thought I'd do a rundown of a few tricks that help with this.
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your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Feature Characters from the Books and Movies
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
bit.ly
May 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
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The european citizens' initiative to ban conversion therapies in the EU only has 250k signatures and needs to amass 1 million in the next 7 days... If you live in the EU, please sign it (you can't otherwise); if you don't, please share it around.
Si l'initiative citoyenne européenne visant à interdire les thérapies de conversion dans toute l'UE ne récolte pas 1 million de signatures d'ici 10 jours, elle échouera malheureusement...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The european citizens' initiative to ban conversion therapies in the EU only has 250k signatures and needs to amass 1 million in the next 7 days... If you live in the EU, please sign it (you can't otherwise); if you don't, please share it around.
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Cada vez que leo a alguien decir que es imposible desterrar a la IA de nuestra vida cotidiana miro a mi alrededor y constato que la gente a la que tengo por personas con criterio no la usan para absolutamente NADA.
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Cada vez que leo a alguien decir que es imposible desterrar a la IA de nuestra vida cotidiana miro a mi alrededor y constato que la gente a la que tengo por personas con criterio no la usan para absolutamente NADA.
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There are words with animal names in ENG: Dog-tired, crocodile tears, scaredy cat, etc., right?
They also exist in JP.
Like:
狼狽 ろうばい rou-bai (wolf + mythical wolf) = panic
猫舌 ねこじた neko-jita (cat + tongue) = Tongue sensitive to heat (temp)
犬死 いぬじに inu-jini (dog + death) = Meaningless death in war
They also exist in JP.
Like:
狼狽 ろうばい rou-bai (wolf + mythical wolf) = panic
猫舌 ねこじた neko-jita (cat + tongue) = Tongue sensitive to heat (temp)
犬死 いぬじに inu-jini (dog + death) = Meaningless death in war
April 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There are words with animal names in ENG: Dog-tired, crocodile tears, scaredy cat, etc., right?
They also exist in JP.
Like:
狼狽 ろうばい rou-bai (wolf + mythical wolf) = panic
猫舌 ねこじた neko-jita (cat + tongue) = Tongue sensitive to heat (temp)
犬死 いぬじに inu-jini (dog + death) = Meaningless death in war
They also exist in JP.
Like:
狼狽 ろうばい rou-bai (wolf + mythical wolf) = panic
猫舌 ねこじた neko-jita (cat + tongue) = Tongue sensitive to heat (temp)
犬死 いぬじに inu-jini (dog + death) = Meaningless death in war
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Es tan sencillo como esto.
April 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Es tan sencillo como esto.
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No puede ser que sigamos encontrándonos con traducciones del japonés que dejan el “san” y nota del traductor al canto.
March 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
No puede ser que sigamos encontrándonos con traducciones del japonés que dejan el “san” y nota del traductor al canto.
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Mi consejo de hoy es que en vez de morir en colinas (calco del inglés) no os bajéis de la burra (frase hecha chulísima española)
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March 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Mi consejo de hoy es que en vez de morir en colinas (calco del inglés) no os bajéis de la burra (frase hecha chulísima española)