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Come join the fediverse! We got - tech bro - fossbro - transfems, lots of transfems - one of them is trying to port fedi software to a game console you haven't heard about in 20 years - the shitposter - new creatures not yet recognized by the science committee - incomprehensible horrors of […]

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/substack-rival-ghost-is-now-connected-to-the-fediverse/

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

PSA if you liked to watch long Breadtube-style documentaries on YouTube but find ads increasingly obnoxious, most large channels are mirrored on the Internet Archive https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22M%C3%BCnecat%22

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

A great (French) video about AI in dubbing by MisterFox. It covers most of the important aspects of the matter. In my opinion, it could have used a bit more of a left-leaning discourse, but that's just me. https://youtu.be/HDYwMG8-M_g?si=9f_VLtunLWom_Bj-

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk gets a lot of hate. But that’s not enough. We can do better.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Japan sometimes takes familiar elements from the west, like English words or the very alphabet, and use them in unexpected ways. It's always fascinating to see how triggering that is for some people. Maybe it's lack of familiarity with being "othered"?

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Do I know any #English lawyers? Nothing bad, I am just curious how someone would get case documents out of the court system for a tribunal I did back in 2014 - Since I assume those documents are "public" now. #UK #Law #Solicitor #Barrister #Courts #Procedure #Legal #Vogon #Basement #Storage […]

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Each day I become more aware of the differences between literary translation and gameloc. On the one hand, deadlines. On the other hand, expectations of linguistic quality and style. I can and must take some time for making choices in literary that would be very hard to do in gameloc. That […]

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

In commercial work, power can be wielded in two ways: demanding good money and being a pain in the ass. If you aren't being paid a lot of money already, try not to be a pain in the ass. 😄

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Sorry Microsoft, we'll not move from Skype to Teams. The whole point of Skype is having a simply chat, not a freaking webforum with gifs. Chat is a solved problem, if don't get it we'll just use Signal instead...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

[AI, freelance exploitation, poor understanding of translation] Just came across this delightful linkedin job offer. It hits all the (wrong) bells and whistles: - AI translation of entire books - Saying "work as a freelance and earn up to 2500$ a month" - […] [Original post on localization.cafe]

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The inside of the Imperial Palace is the proof that real luxury is a huge empty space (but cleaner than your lunch table)

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

So no queries are getting answered for months on end? No problem.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Two years ago. Still accurate.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Gotta love how striving to avoid lazy calques in my Italian translations is more and more undermined by lazy Italians using more and more calques in their speech iconic = iconico process = processare classified = classificato <- a government secretary just today

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

shoutout to @OmegaTOfficial for being super portable. my nextcloud install is being a poo-head (my own fault i don't wonder) and having one whole project in one folder makes backing up my current projects so much nicer. 💙

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Has there ever been any case in the history of man where saying "I don't mean to sound negative" didn't make people negative? 😄

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

The quintessential Microsoft experience: not only they gave me an Outlook address I never asked for, but it's nagging to upsell me from the very first second.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Just a quick note to say that I'm organizing another Localization Yakitori night. Nice quiet place in Kichijoji (Tokyo), Tuesday the 25th at 20:00 Hope you can join us for some more casual chatting 😄

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Of all the all easy-listening acoustic guitar music played in an onsen, I surely didn't expect the INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ANTHEM but do strum on, comrade.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Via my son: #pinky #brain

submitted 41 days ago • 7 comments

He was the quickest on the streets, because he made a deal with the Devil Faust and Furious https://paquita.masto.host/@ChacheNeguer/113959153374088909

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

@miguel_ga, por se non o viches, creo que pode interesarche: https://dice.camp/@ColourfulName/113911880047535389

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Welcome @anpsoares !

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Some requested to join the server in the past few weeks. They're only a couple, but it's visible since usually we get none. I guess it's mostly down to XTwitter and Facebook questionable choices, but it's well appreciated. 😊 Still, I'm sticking to the founding rule we agreed to: only confirmed […]

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Holy shit The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. If you got Netflix, see it.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Let me celebrate this Mastodon-Bluesky integration by sharing some of the work I did in the past year :) My name is Miguel González, I translate EN>ES/GL and I do it from the soul. Our texts are but a reflection.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Gotta love how even the company with ALL the data and the best MT technology around can roll out automated translation and still look like bargage

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

The paradox of ending up ahead by jogging in place. After all the nonsense Microsoft is doing, Libre might well be the better option soon (despite the confusing UI) https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/113917076575317374

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

In all fairness, the biggest fault of "Joker: Folie a deux" is hearing people butcher the word "deux" again and again.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

In Roman times, Ceasar crossing the river Rubion was such a momentous event to enter in common parlance. After Rome fell, it was so irrelevant people actually lost track of WHERE the Rubicon is. It was "rediscovered" in 1933 and renamed back Rubicon from […] [Original post on localization.cafe]

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

-It's not butter, it's ghee -Right, thanks for clarifying

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you email spammer, that makes me feel truly special in my specialization. 😄

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes you feel a bit bitter and disillusioned about work, then you get to translate KNUCKLE SANDWICH as PIZZA IN FACCIA and BANGERS & MASH as INSALATA DI SCHIAFFI and the sun shines high again ☀

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been thinking about this anonymously produced RPG for practicing anti-authoritarian tactics since I ran into it last week. https://survivethetyrant.infy.uk/?i=1 It dovetails well with my general sense that acting extremely normal online and off is probably a strong move for most people […]

submitted 57 days ago • 3 comments

For those that follow me on Bluesky (I've seen the number increasing there lately), remember to follow @ap.brid.gy so that I can follow you too and so that we can interact.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Translators dealing with Google Translate "feedback" since forever https://hachyderm.io/@mxk/113865679844600568

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Looking for advice: Shortly after the election, a friend set up a FB group to for community organization and action. With Meta's recent changes, we're looking to move. Requirements: Members are left leaning, many identify as LGBTQ+, and we're in a rural, conservative area, so privacy is a […]

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Hi @euratlantique and @fxngo Thank you for joining. For any question you might have, we're here 😄

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

All my years of seniority allow me to raise my hand in a Teams meeting and intervene with "Hi, I'm Alex and I'm a huge pain in the arse. Have you considered..." #IT #Work #ITArchitect

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