Lucile Danilov

@locdandloaded.net

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Freelance Translator 🇺🇸 - 🇫🇷 (KonoSuba, Rune Factory, WitchSpring, Mouthwashing), Game Localization Consultant and overall menace. Author of https://locdandloaded.net/

An email that reads: "Hi Lucile,

Hope you're well. Your site being the go-to resource for game localization freelancers means your audience is already dealing with this: clients asking them to post-edit AI output without any way to know which parts are wrong.

That's the problem. AI translation looks right even when it isn't — especially in games where context shifts constantly. We built [REDACTED]: multiple models review each other blind and flag disagreements. Those conflict points are where the localization errors hide.

Try it out: [REDACTED]"

A variant of "Pushing Both Buttons" meme. Left side reads: "Toby Fox: Translation is so hard, better leave it to the fans", right side reads: "Warhorse: Translation is so easy, better leave it to AI"

A picture of a LinkedIn post that says: Fellow gameloc specialists, how much reference material do you usually get from the end client when starting a new project? LinkedIn doesn't allow long descriptions in polls, so read them below before casting your vote :)

1 - None: Nothing. Nada. Zilch. (Excluding standard stuff like the title... If you're lucky)
2 - Minimal: A 2-paragraph outline and a few reference screenshots, perhaps a trailer
3 - Partial: A script with dialogues in order, character reference sheets, game design documents outlining all mechanics and core concepts of the game
4 - Full: All of the above and a playable build with cheat codes

I understand this can vary widely from one project/client to another, hence why I'm looking for an average. Stay tuned for the results in a couple of weeks and feel free to share this post to gather as many opinions as possible!

Disclaimer: Your answers are disclosed to the poll's author (me). When publishing the results, I'll make sure they're all anonymized.

A figurine of the official "This is fine" dog, complete with a 32-page miniature book.