Translators are often subject-matter experts and many market themselves as specializing in a limited number of specific areas. It turns out that one niche in particular, Japanese game translation, is a world unto itself — one with a reach beyond linguists and language service providers.
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Nov 7, 2021
Meet the Unexpected Heroes of the Japanese Gaming World: Translators
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Andrea Capuselli
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Spanish to English
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Being, amish, Ludite, and just planin mean, I find videro games a complete waste of time and pray for the Great Solar Flare that will soon free humanity from the grip of G4, G5, the surveillance state and teenagers who are in a make beleive world that has no meaning.
English to Indonesian
Video games taught me English, though.
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The title should be changed to "Meet the Unsung Heroes of the Japanese Gaming World: Translators".
Not just unexpected but translators are also (usually) underpaid and undervalued.
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