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[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@KasirianThe3rd Localizations are, by definition, vandalism of the original text. Localizers are often real smug about it too...

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@DNick67 The very idea of localisation should be abolished, they are like a cancer that has been ignored for decades.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@ChibiReviews Unlike translators, a localizers job IS to vandalize the source material, so maybe it would be more correct to say that they have been hugely successful?

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@MadamSavvy Life beomes a little easier once you realize that a localizers job IS to vandalize the source material by definition.

So asking them to do translations is like asking the local butcher to heal your pig.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@OtakuEspiritu His whole point is moot from the get-go since lolis aren't depicting children at all, just petite women.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@Yosupdoujin @MinistryofOtaku Report LADS for pornographic content, I reckon?

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@wwarrior_1 AI isn't even that bad nowadays, it really has come a long way from simple machine translation.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@StillHazoDDD Sir, I believe that is called translation, which is different from localization.

Translation: To convert one language to another.
Localization: To adjust the translation for a target audience.

One is respectful of the original text, the other vandalizes it.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@eldoradoed_art @Finest_Rakuyo They went back to the same localizer group who ruined it to make the "fixes". What a tragedy.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@AyakaMods "we plan to review all in-game text alongside our localization partners"
Isn't he just going back to the localizers who vandalized his game?

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@ChristinaTasty "we plan to review all in-game text alongside our localization partners"
They are just going back to the localizers to make "corrections", aren't they?

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@moefumofu "we plan to review all in-game text alongside our localization partners"
He's going back to the people who vandalized his game to make "corrections". Unbelievable.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@Forbiddentwo2 @meteor_zetsu The original says 'Kasu (trash)', 'kys' is a terrible translation since it doesn't capture the original meaning.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@shikidev @Richard_Arbor_ Could just translate it to 'Kasu (trash)' and I think people will get it just fine.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@PepperAlligatr @hundred_hands @Mrl_Ling The fictional character will surely thank you for your heroism, o'brave keyboard warrior.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@botol_angin @p9cker_girl If it is such a small little thing, then why not keep it?

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@kzyriku I think TL notes would be a good idea for situations like these.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@Scratch_Point_Z Also, I think this misunderstanding is partly done on purpose to make discourse impossible.

People are talking about vastly different things when it comes to this topic and no one seems to understand what anyone is saying anymore.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@Scratch_Point_Z Localization is the process of adapting a work into a target audience. (E.g. Removing the Japanese)

Translation is the process of converting one text from another. (E.g. Japanese -> English equivalent).

Localizers aren't translators and their job is actually to vandalize.

[Håkan @Hkan98533885]

@SoulReveat I mean, isn't this what localizers do by design? Vandalizing the original work is kind of their goal, even when done "well". They are localizers, not translators, after all.