Japanese to English entertainment translator with 10+ years experience. Self-published author. Twitch streamer. Game dev. 10年間以上の日英翻訳家、自己出版の作家、ツイッチの配信者、ゲーム開発者。
Well, if you're a fan of Duolingo, I'd advise you stop using it now. They just laid off most of their human staff and will be relying mostly on AI now.
@tinyintokyo
I think that just proves how much of an automatic thing it is for them at this point. That when drunk, in another language, they just said it anyway. XD
One of the most famous games in existence.
And we don't know who translated it.
This is why we need to push for companies to actually credit us for our work. Preservation of gaming history is important.
SOS. Do any of you know anyone who needs a bilingual Eng/Japanese speaker, translator, interpreter, etc? Please let me know.
I'm unemployed. Ideally, I'd like to work freelance, but I need to prove I can make 200k yen a month through clients. Right now? I can't. 🧵
So, I figure I ought to post to let you guys know that I'm not dead.
I just moved to Osaka. I'm glad to finally get the hell out of Tokyo. Found a dream apartment.
I should have internet by Friday, and once I set up things, streams will be resuming shortly after.
Gotta say, it's a great feeling to turn in a translation test for a potential new client, have them give me the "it will take at least a week for us to respond, but probably more due to the amount of apps lately", only for them to be like "YOU PASSED! WELCOME!" three hours later.
When it rains, it pours. My major client agreed to two volumes of manga a month (which, if we keep it up, will let me renew my visa in August). And then a new client offers me a giant game project for a series I'd die to work on, but it's not for sure yet.
I'll take it.
I just found out from my grandma that my grandpa passed away a few hours ago.
I spent the first few hours after that call balling my eyes out. My grandpa was my hero. Now I just feel numb. =/
The same goes for your game trailers. I'm tired of seeing a game I worked on come out and being embarrassed to share the trailer and having to go "We didn't do that..."
Dear game devs,
Your store page marketing text should be translated by the translators who worked on your in-game text, when possible.
If the store page is already translated by another person/machine, pay your translators to review & update it.
I just checked, and since I started taking my stream seriously, I've beaten 66 games for the first time. And I still have a month left until it's been a year.
Including some of the hardest ones I've ever played: GnG and Super GnG, Battle Kid, Holy Diver, UN Squadron, Darkman..😄
It's official! I'm finally a self-published author! And since KDP takes 72 hours to do literally anything, take advantage of this opportunity to get the first edition of my book at a $1 discount!
I never expect to get much support for what I do. To me? I'm just doing something I'd be doing anyway. Something anyone can do.
Until tonight, I'd never cried in a stream before. But now I have. Twice. Mersi and Gman, between the two of them, threw over $650 in bits at me.
@RetroGaijin
I don't know why people would ever talk like that.
If anyone shows up in my stream at all (let alone becomes a regular in chat), I'm floored. Means that they like what I'm doing, and that's enough for me.
Anything beyond that should be 100% optional and not expected.
On the plus side, I got some really good news today. My dad's lung cancer is apparently Stage 1 and the doctors found it early. They expect that five days of radiation treatment should be enough to get rid of it.
That's such a big relief that I cried, twice. One down, one to go.
I'm going to try and keep doing for a while. I've always sucked at pushups.
Day 1: Wall Pushups - 50/30/25. I think I got the form on them wrong for the first set (body wasn't at an angle), because the next two were WAY harder when I redid my form.
It was hard to choose the right clip for tonight. So much ridiculous support tonight, I don't even have the right words to thank everyone. Though I gotta throw a big thanks to Fermata for the raid. Love you all, and thanks so much. It means a lot to know people enjoy what I do.<3
So, not only did we have an amazing stream yesterday (beat six bosses in a single stream, and
@crashlive_
surprised me with a ridiculous raid). But we also got over 850 followers.
And then today, FB reminds me of something. This day last year, I was celebrating 400 followers.
I have no parents. They're both dead. I have nowhere to call "home" back in my home country. It belongs to the bank now.
I've lived here for nine years. I have built a life here.
So please, if you know anyone? Anyone at all? Let them know you have a friend in need.
Remember that Jenova chiptune I just posted?
I think it's time for me to hang up my chiptuning shoes. THE DJ CUTMAN liked my thing enough to comment! 8D
So someone's already spoiled the Phantasy Star Online 2 credits, to show the English voice cast.
And a TIIIIIINY smiden of the localization cast is above it. And one of those is ME! 8D
V2 after some criticisms.
I put the Amazon template in the background to illustrate some points. Anything in pink will be cut off (so, for instance, when printed, those lanterns at the top will be connected from front to back).
I can't cover up the yellow space.
Anything else?
I have severe imposter syndrome about just about everything I do.
But it always makes me smile when someone who knows nothing about my love and talent for music hears me sing for the first time and has a reaction like "THAT'S YOU!?"
Makes my fucking millennium.
Working on a Survivors clone in Godot. This is what I've got:
-PC that moves. Gun that auto-shoots. SFX for gun. HP bar with animation.
-Infinitely spawning enemies.
-Trees to test collision.
-Fixed the damage alg from a tutorial so mobs with negative HP die.
Not bad for 2 days
33 deaths so far in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. All we've got left is Tyson. With two close calls yesterday, he's going down tonight.
Why not catch a ring-side seat?
#Twitch
#TwitchAffiliate
#Retro
#NES
#PunchOut
I've had numerous people reach out to me so far with potential opportunities. I'm keeping a list.
Thus far it's 10 companies deep. Most of them haven't responded to my email applying for their position at all. One I just poked because he responded, but we never finished. 🧵
Yesterday was amazing. Beat three great games (CV4, Dracula X, and Zelda 2). Wound up going for 17 hours.
Thanks to
@ScootHerring
and
@grunt_guru
for the ridiculous raids, and to every single one of you who spent your time with me on my birthday. <3
I've decided the diet is off until I'm well.
So for the first time in over 100 days, I'm ordering me a damned pizza. But it's a medium pizza, not a large.
@AnEternalEnigma
@MK_Stunt
If someone's making you feel bad? Sure.
But as a streamer and a viewer myself? I've personally apologized for not being able to support, not chatting, or missing streams. Because I genuinely like the streamer and want to show my support. And genuinely feel bad that I couldn't.
I've gone to interviews for jobs recommended by unemployment only for them to bait and switch me at the end and screw me over. One time, I was offered a position, only for it to turn into freelance work with a very low rate (and they put the job listing up again the next day). 🧵
@DeathComeTrue
You just lost yourself a sale. I was planning on purchasing this DAY ONE and streaming it because it looked so awesome.
But now? Nope!
I'm also not entirely sure this is even legal. Because if this is "correct" Twitch as a whole would basically have to come down.
With
@ashsaidhi
's permission, I have a new goal. I want this to be a clip I can play with a push of a button. So when someone gives me shit, I can just have Ash tell them off. XD
While I wasn't as active as I would've liked to be (I was juggling another project at the time), I am definitely proud to say I was a part of the Doraemon Story of Seasons sequel. It was a great experience all around! :D
The localization team put a ton of effort into making dialogue feel as grounded as possible to help emphasize the game's nostalgic, comfy tone.
@danvx6
,
@devodeven
,
@Lazarus_DS
were such great, collaborative translators, and PM
@acelee
had our backs every step of the way. (2/3)
Something is keeping me in a really good mood. Probably a combination of meds, an amazing stress-free job, friends, and exercise.
Tonight's linner is much like yesterday's, but with sashimi-grade tuna ($7) replacing the steak. Poured some ponzu (citrus sauce) over it. Delish!
If you'd like to support a small business that actually cares more about educating others than lining their pockets, check out the first in my series of self-published coloring books for learning basic Japanese! It just went live on Amazon!
No birthday stream today. Just woke up from a two hour nap and I'm exhausted.
I'll do it tomorrow, which is technically my birthday in the US anyway...
I feel like I've been doing very well at life lately. Keeping myself on routines, like exercise, good work habits, just in general.
So I rewarded myself by going to my local butcher and ordering a nice thick $21 Japanese sirloin steak. >:D
Considering adding drumming to my workout schedule when I'm not doing pushups. No pushups today because I feel like garbage, but drumming was doable. I drummed for maybe 30 minutes?
Gonna see how far I can push it before the neighbors complain, and see how soundproof I can get.
Had an awesome stream tonight! Finally beat TMNT on the NES! I kinda wanna try speedrunning it...
Tortured myself with Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, but we're gonna have to go back it. Got to the end of the second loop.
Thanks to
@ScootHerring
and
@gilgatex
for the raids/hosts!
Had a great stream tonight. Beat Heckran, Zombor/Junk Dragger, Grand & Leon, Nizbel, and Soysaw/Slash. Gonna start with Magus' Castle next.
Thanks for all the support. You guys helped make the end of a horrible week a lot better. Thanks to FermataTV for the raid as well! <3
After 15 hours of sleep today? I think I'm going to be doing okay. Sorry for worrying you all. Those first three days were ROUGH but I think I'm in the recovery phase now.
I swear to God, I've never seen this much engagement on this platform. If I go to release this book and it comes out to crickets I'm going to leave and never come back or something.
Apparently, despite the fact that Amazon is locking me out of my account, my book must be selling. Because now it's in the TOP 100 in Teen & Young Adult Language Arts Books. Let's fucking GO!
<- If you'd like to buy a copy, or know someone who might.
Yesterday was insane. Beat CT in Japanese for the first time. But the support was so overwhelming, I literally left my apartment, took the elevator downstairs, and the alerts WERE STILL GOING when I got to my local convenience store.
You're all awesome, and I love you.
#5FavoriteGames
(Today)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
- Wave Race (N64)
- Skyrim (Everything)
- Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
- Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)
But it's never set in stone...
I'll add
@Lazarus_DS
,
@Gunstarheroes
&
@yougotmarin
to tis ever growing rabbit hole 🤣
I wasn't expecting my first real stream back in a week to be that special. But y'all made it special. Thanks for spending time with me.
And thanks to
@SlurpeeNinja1
for the ridiculous raid. It's not every day the god of MM9 graces you with his presence. <3
Well, I feel dead. I think I have the Rona.
I waited three days to see if the symptoms (fever, coughing, stuffed up nose, achy body, etc) would stop. They didn't. Called my local doctor, and they don't do PCR tests.
So tomorrow I have to go on a 40 minute trip to get one. Yay.
I DID IT.
All I had to do, for some reason, is manually connect the signal for "level up" to my player code. Possibly because GameUI is "camelCase" and "player" is not. Who knows.
But it works. Max HP value is set correctly, both bars are restored and work as intended.
Come watch as I flail around in Ys: Oath in Felghana on Hard Mode for the first time.
We're headed towards the second boss of the mountains, which means we're a day or two away from beating the game!
#Twitch
#TwitchAffiliate
#Retro
#Retrogaming
#Ys
Yo, I fucking love Japan even more.
When I lost my last job, I got scared because my insurance payments would go up.
They did. From like $150 to $300 a month.
I just got a notice from the Osaka government telling me that starting in June? It's going down to $71 a month.
I went to on Sunday that was for a work-from-home job being a liaison between foreign clients and Japanese restaurants. Making reservations, payments, checking for allergies, etc. Except I eventually found out it was 6+ months before WFH could start. 80mins of travel per day. 🧵
Had a nice relaxing stream tonight.
Beat Kirby's Dream Land 2 for the first time. And now I'm about 1/3 of the way through Super Star. Gonna pick up on that on Wednesday.
Thanks to
@Nirethia
for the raid, and
@16bitdadblog
for suggesting me as a raid target. <3
I know this is probably a "controversial" opinion, but I keep seeing people go "Don't mention that you're a streamer in my stream". And it bugs me.
I get it to some extent. Because some people are genuinely going to try and abuse your community for their self-gain.
But...
1/?
Kinda nervous to post this, but this is what I've been channeling all of my negative energy into. Getting better at audio engineering. I think it turned it pretty okay.
Big thanks to Fermata for helping out.
#Reaper
#DAW
#AudioEngineering
#Rock
One idea I've been toying with is jumping the middleman and contracting directly with Japanese content creators (Manga Creators or Indie Game Devs). But I have no idea how to search out what's popular in those worlds.
Anyone have any idea how to do that?
Oh, Japan. Go to order lunch on my phone. App says "There's been a change in your delivery time (60 mins -> 30 mins). Do you still want to make the order?"
Why yes. Yes, I would. XD
Had a great stream tonight.
Played through Metroid on the NES, and beat it for the first time. As a kid, I never got far enough to even beat a boss.
I drew my own maps! Complete with scribbles when I made mistakes!
Went to Ridley first on accident and found a blind spot too!
Can't say much about the details, but I just wrote the most carefully worded, 尊敬語 filled letter to a client who was dead set on naming their game something REALLY lame.
After that, they were like "Oh, shit. It's lame? Uh... let us think of some new ones."
Time to celebrate!
I want to apologize for not streaming today. One day, I'll get my energy situation under control.
If all goes well, I'll be picking up Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster after work tomorrow.
4 badges and 50 pokemon down. Why not come join me on my quest to be less mediocre? Playing through Crystal for the first time, and chat gets to name my Pokemon!
Will I regret this later? :|a
#twitchstreamer
#twitchretro
#RetroGaming
#pokemon
SOS. Do any of you know anyone who needs a bilingual Eng/Japanese speaker, translator, interpreter, etc? Please let me know.
I'm unemployed. Ideally, I'd like to work freelance, but I need to prove I can make 200k yen a month through clients. Right now? I can't. 🧵
Man, I kinda want to play FFVIII in Japanese now.
The translation wasn't HORRIBLE. But I feel like there's enough wrong with it that it warrants a retranslation. Especially given how many "Whatever..." lines were actually fleshed out...
I can't wait to tell people what I've been working on. But it's gotta wait.
I keep hearing such positive things from the devs I'm working with, and it's always great to get positive feedback from some of your favorite creators! I literally just did a little dance in my apartment
I can't believe it. We fucking did it, guys!
My book is officially a
#bestseller
. Rank 49 in Teen and Young Adult Language Arts Books.
I... I don't know what to say, except thanks. I couldn't have done this without all of your support.
<--- Get it here.
I've never been a fan of much of myself. But the one thing I have had is my voice. But whenever I'd record it, it would sound horrible to me. AT 2030, Blue Yeti, it all sounded like garbage.
I bought an SM57, and it changed it all. I'm crying right now.
Today's stream was ridiculous. Six hours of Castlevania Adventure.
Thanks to Mersi for the crazy amount of bit trolling throughout most of it, as well as everyone else supporting me throughout it.
We did NOT beat it, so we'll be starting tomorrow's stream with a revenge match.
And sure enough, I felt okay yesterday and I'm tired today...
I'm probably going to go see my doctor soon for a blood test. I'm tired of this crap... :/
And even after that, it was only something like 2 days from home, 3 days from the office.
I'm so tired of this, constantly worrying about where I'm going to get money. Worrying about getting kicked out of the country I love, despite being more than qualified for work here.🧵
Look what just came in the mail. I got the cheapest one, and it even came with the damned box. I love Japan.
Thanks to
@FortefyreGaming
for the trivia game prize that provided funds for my Megadrive!
It's been about a year since I started taking my stream seriously. And I know it's been a bit rough lately, but I am still going strong and looking forward to whatever comes next.
I love you all, and thanks for all the support.
I've looked at over 2,000 job listings and applied for about 100 of them in the last few months. No one's biting. If I don't get a job soon? Things are going to get rough. In June, I'll run out of unemployment. In November? My visa runs out. 🧵
So, my birthday is tomorrow.
To celebrate, I'm doing a 12+ hour stream.
Gonna try to beat games I've never finished:
- Zelda 2
- The Guardian Legend
- Castlevania IV
- Castlevania Dracula X
And more! Come celebrate 33 rotations around the sun!
#Retro
SOS time. I've separated from my employer due to company-related reasons. I'm going to try to go back to freelance. If you know of anyone who needs a Japanese to English translator, or of any WFH or mixed (from home and office) positions in the Osaka area, please let me know.
SOS. Do any of you know anyone who needs a bilingual Eng/Japanese speaker, translator, interpreter, etc? Please let me know.
I'm unemployed. Ideally, I'd like to work freelance, but I need to prove I can make 200k yen a month through clients. Right now? I can't. 🧵
Everyone's super negative lately, so I'm going to share some of my favorite clips I've made over the last few months. Y'all should follow these streamers if you're not already.
Starting with...
@FortefyreGaming
I suppose it might be worth mentioning that even if you don't know anyone in the industry, you could directly help by purchasing my first book, a coloring book/workbook for children/beginners to learn basic Japanese!
<- Regional Amazon links to book.
Hey Pat what language do I need to learn to comprehend the logic behind removing whole bits of dialogue and replacing it with "..."?
Asking for a friend.
You know what's messed up? This post has seen 11k views in a little over a week.
You know how many people have reached out to me?
Five. Shows how bad the economy and the industry are, and how bad the supply/demand is for translators. Fingers crossed, but I kinda wanna cry.
SOS. Do any of you know anyone who needs a bilingual Eng/Japanese speaker, translator, interpreter, etc? Please let me know.
I'm unemployed. Ideally, I'd like to work freelance, but I need to prove I can make 200k yen a month through clients. Right now? I can't. 🧵
Fuck, man. One of these days I'll start to feel normal again.
I set my PS4 up finally, with the intent of doing something stupid and fun. But I just... can't.
Maybe tomorrow. :/