Freelance Precariat

[Marc E.G. 🠒 Game Loc Madman @MittoVac]

Amigues is weaponizing the fact that 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 devs/pubs do have bad practices to hide the fact that it was them & other agencies in the vast majority of cases.

She's taking our fight and trying to pretend she's part of it, which is simply disgusting.

[Freelance Precariat @FreePrecariat]

Our collective struggle will not be misused for a PR opportunity! #translatorsinthecredits

[Marc E.G. 🠒 Game Loc Madman @MittoVac]

After Diablo IV & Baldur's Gate 3, @Altagram_Group became the center of the discussion around miscrediting of game translators.

CEO Marie Amigues has embraced the "any publicity" motto, turning the ordeal into a marketing campaign, even boldly 'siding' with freelancers.

[Lucile Danilov @JustAnotherTL]

Is the size of a LSP's booth inversely proportional to how well they pay/treat their contractors?

[Dmitry Kornyukhov 🍁🎮 Russian Game Localization @itranslategames]

A world without CEOs taking home dozens of millions of dollars each year for doing god knows what is horrible indeed.

[Freelance Precariat @FreePrecariat]

Not sure if it's smart to throw your clients under the bus. #translatorsinthecredits

[Freelance Precariat @FreePrecariat]

Funny how it's always the worst paying agencies that don't credit. You don't have to be afraid of losing talented freelance translators if you pay more than other agencies. #translatorsinthecredits

[Lucile Danilov @JustAnotherTL]

An open letter to #gameloc translators, agencies/LSPs and their clients on the matter of AI/MTPE.

[Tamara 🎮📺 Localization Expert @pallashoernchen]

Let's be clear: @Altagram_Group only promises to fix their credits because @larianstudios made them do it. Until today they refuse to credit their freelancers for their work on #DiabloIV. No statement here, nothing. If they are not forced to do it, they won't do it. Nice.

[Rolf Klischewski, M.A. @gamesl10n]

"it's come to our attention"

As IF the systematic omission of translators' names has never been an integral part of many agencies' business model. They don't want to share the freelance translators' names, because they're afraid of losing clients to them. Period.

[Freelance Precariat @FreePrecariat]

No need to fear poaching if freelancers leave you because you simply suck

[Freelance Precariat @FreePrecariat]

Starting to suspect that simply crediting freelancers would be less complex than dealing with the blowback of not doing so. #translatorsinthecredits

[Eurogamer @eurogamer]

Baldur's Gate 3 developer demands full list of uncredited translation staff "immediately", after localisation team left uncredited https://t.co/G02neyWaEX

[Freelance Precariat @FreePrecariat]

@eurogamer Altagram's kinda known for that, it seems. https://t.co/nREuo7QLEO

[Freelance Precariat @FreePrecariat]

Looks like Altagram was afraid that the crediting issue in #DiabloIV would be forgotten, so they upped the ante! #translatorsinthecredits

[Lucile Danilov @JustAnotherTL]

We all fight the same fight.

[Florian Niggemeier – Localization Expert (EN–DE) @florianxl8]

I just sent my membership application to @_verdi, something I should have done long ago.