Wordplay Transcreations in Japanese
Wordplay is all around us – it can create a humorous moment in a movie or TV show (i.e. Shrek […]
Tag: Translation
Making Scrabble Multilingual in C# with GitHub Collaboration
Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to play Scrabble in another language? Together with my teammates – Min […]
Apple TV+’s Clever Subtitle Color-Coding in “Pachinko”
Recently, I finally got around to watching the Apple TV+ series Pachinko. I thought it was incredibly well done all […]
Building and Localizing a Website for Avatar Studios
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American TV series that originally aired from 2005-2008. Known for its imaginative world, deep […]
Can You Spot the Oddities? Flat-Video Localization of a Japanese Quiz Show into English
Japanese quiz shows are uniquely creative in the kinds of fun questions that pop up, and as a huge fan, […]
Proxy Translation and Common Localization Blunders
What is a proxy when it comes to translation? It’s like putting a layer over your site, where site content […]
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” – Disney Doing Localization Well
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is amazing – not only as a song, but also as an example showing how […]
Translation Crowdsourcing: Best Practices & Case Study with Recommendations
Crowdsourcing refers to the harnessing of the collective wisdom, talents, and resources of the crowd to carry out a common […]
Localization Project Simulation with Avatar: The Last Airbender
The ability to fluently use CAT tools has only become more and more important for localization professionals over the past […]
Bringing J-dramas into English through Poster Localization
I am a huge fan of Japanese TV shows, and I actually first stumbled upon the word “localization” when looking […]