Lucie Teulières

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 🕣

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 ? »

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 🥊

#gamelocalization #gaming #localization #translation | Alpha Games Hey Indies! Wanting to get your game localized, but feeling the pressure of a tight budget? We've got you covered. At Alpha Games, we truly believe that the language of play unites gamers worldwide...

Alpha Games, one of the most notorious late-payer (and more often than not non-payer) of game localization, is currently running a loc grant for indies.

Fun fact: it's not even close to the amount they still owe to dozens of translators.

Cynicism at its finest.
www.linkedin.com/posts/alphac...

YouTube video by Game Devs of Color Expo The GDoCExpo Direct 2025 - Indie Games Showcase

Catching up on @gdocexpo.com's Indie Games Showcase and... Wow.

The level of inventiveness is through the roof 🤯 Make yourself a favor and go watch it!

We've wishlisted everything, want to play AND localize everything. Long live indie games 🤍💫
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdR1...

From the Void - Otherworldly Game Localization — The Fundamental Question of AI in Game Development: Why? - From the Void "You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should"

When someone aks what we think about the use of AI, the first question that comes to mind is always:

But why? Why would we, or anyone really, want to use it?

Here's @mittovac.bsky.social's piece about this very topic. Please share to anyone who needs to read this ⬇️
fromthevoid.net/blog/ai-in-g...

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

🥹

Pour les franchouillards : le portrait de Stéphane Radoux paru au début du mois est désormais en libre accès chez Canard PC !

Un article très chouette sur un traducteur également très chouette, merci bien @canardpc.com

Of course some queries are overkill and a client shouldn't have to explain basic (nor advanced) English to you, etc.

But we have to stop worrying that we'll spook clients who send zero context whatsoever. They should be worried they'll spook *us* 😌 We have the power of dull queries on our side!

This! And if your team has a query tyrant -usually great linguists who internalized an extreme "don't ever spook the client" policy- & they point out that the answers are likely XYZ, politely ignore them. We all know the likely answers, these are educational queries.

Plus, "likely" can be a trap.

Memes aside, this was a pretty brilliant plot point about the policing of language as a means of control and oppression. Loved it*

*derived substantial appreciation from the presented perspective

Trying to fit the character limit on mobile games be like

Try not to develop a massive crush on Shotty challenge

~ French trailer subs & in-game localization homecooked by yours truly, with a dash of @mittovac.bsky.social and a sprinkle of @michelpimpant.bsky.social 🤌~

The place to Rou-be

Care to help us localize one of our dream games?
If you have a minute to share @mittovac.bsky.social's post and/or put a comment in there to recommend us, we'd be forever grateful 🙏🤍

Everything we worked on → fromthevoid.net#portfolio

Happy birthday to us 🥳

✨ Cheers to our partners for creating awesome games & going for ethical, human localization to make them shine 🥂

✨ Cheers to the players who noticed our work 🤍

✨ And of course, cheers to our linguists for their outstanding professionalism & talent 💫

To many more!

Happy birthdayyy 💜

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 ⬇️)

There's a once-great localization agency currently struggling to assemble a loc team for a huge high-profile project offering rates to the tune of €0.056 translation, €0.026 review and €25 hourly for FRENCH.

If they contact you, DO NOT TAKE IT.
They CANNOT get away with it.

Wolfwalker Localization Studio Profile Freelance Game Translators: English to Simplified Chinese

Hi Tanya! You can't go wrong with Sirius and Luminous: siriuswolf-studio.carrd.co
They boast an incredible indie portfolio and are great professionals all around.

YouTube video by Sparkbird Sparkbird — Sparkbird [Official Audio]

Day 78 of having Sparkbird songs in my head pretty much constantly (there's probably a clever joke somewhere in there about earworms and sparkbirds actually)
Fair warning that it is very charming
youtu.be/FDMF7kGEzGI

My creepy window gnome commands you all to have a tremendous year of 2025 and he will be watching to make sure you comply

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Reminder: Astro Bot didn't credit their translators, who made their game available in 28 languages.

In the credits, they're given a "thank you". That's all.

Would you do that for your dev team? Your graphics team? Your marketing or sales team?

Shame on you, Sony. #TranslatorsInTheCredits

Loin de moi l'idée de picoter, c'est mon côté sudiste !
Par contre, si on veut faire moins pastiche (parce qu'on n'est pas à Marcheille—rouvrez les yeux, vous loupez plein de blagues), je trouve le nom franchement très difficile à traduire. J'aimais bien Prométhée Biensur dans les commentaires

Alors là Michel, on est sur le cas typique du prof qui t'appelle au tableau pendant que tu piquais une sieste en loucedé derrière ton classeur en bavant sur tes stabilos.

J'ai l'air de quoi, moi, si j'arrive deux mois après en disant "Félix Correct" ?

Lucie Teulières | Narrative video game localization

I'll be a bit quiet while I update my social links and get used to bluer skies, but if you'd like to know more about my work as a French narrative game localizer, check out www.lucieteulieres.com 🦉

It has fabulous owl art by the equally fabulous @anneballaranart.bsky.social

That's 14 hours of music on October 26 😆 The Warhammer was strong that day

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