I don’t translate games, but I do other J2E translations.
Part of your job is protecting your client from making a faux pas in their target language.
Putting something like “KKK Witches” in the game would have made XSEED and Aquire look bad, and probably hurt the sales of the games and future games as well.

So you…

Uhh, what? You thought Japanophiles would laugh at references to the KKK?? I’m sorry but whats cutesy Engrish about a reference to a group that exists expressly to oppress racial groups? What did you expect people to be like, “haha those poor ignorant racist Japanese folks, how cute”??

I guess the idea is, I believe it would be funny to the game’s target audience, those being Japanophiles. Because it really is very “Japan.”

You kind of have a shit sense of humor. Not only are you changing the original meaning and intention for a stupid joke, but you’re making a big deal about it as if you’re the righteous one, fuck off.

So now you’re selling out Japanophiles for being basic bitches who laugh at unintentional juxtapositions to hate groups?

Molehills are not noted for their structural integrity.

You picked a hill to die on and everyone is wondering why you flopped down on a molehill.

So not only did the wordplay not localize, the developer themselves backed entirely away from the gag when the first part of the conversation was tabled.

....you do not demonstrate commitment to principles. You demonstrate commitment to your own self importance and being an asshole, and worse: being loud about it. I…

This isn’t censorship, this is one guy trying to defend a bad joke that has no basis in the original text. It even says outright that the original name is a pun on light switches. What in the hell do light switches have to do with a radicalized Christian terrorist group?

Yes. I got a coffee machine for my classroom and literally every class had a student who asked why I didn’t get a Keurig. My response was that the coffee maker cost me $9, takes like 30 seconds of work to make a full pot of coffee, and each cup costs about a quarter (much less with a reusable cup) at most. Still…

After winning the Australian Open at the end of January, Williams hasn’t played a single match, pulling out of Indian Wells and the Miami Open

“Play was halted during a tennis match today when a nine-months pregnant Serena Williams went into labor. Leading 6-0, 4-0 at the time, Serena went to her chair and requested a trainer’s time out, intending to finish the match after the birth. Her camp has already protested the umpire’s decision to allow her opponent…

How does a county have a mayor? He’s mayor of multiple cities? SOMEONE FIND OUT WTF IS GOING ON IN TENNESSEE.

What’s meant as a test of general knowledge for Japanese audiences seems to have become a test of “do you have your smartphone on you” for westerners.

The Broad Street Buddies

If there’s anybody known as kind and compassionate, it’s Philadelphia.

No gift there, he just fucking powered a wrist shot in off the post. Kudos to him for that shot instead of trying a jillion stick-handles into the crease.

Let’s not get too excited until we find out tomorrow if a fan calls in a penalty

Your work at Deadspin has been nothing but admirable. Kudos D - you’re doing it

That’s not entirely forthcoming. Gerrymandering is an old practice, and it has always been localized.