Game localization, freelancing, client work and occasional chaos.
Hello, friend! Despite what the title of this post suggests you won’t find sensationalized journalism in here. We have that in spades in video game industry and there’s no point of adding more. Instead, I invite you to have a few laughs by taking a deep dive into the bottomless ocean of pain of your […]
Read the article →Game localization, freelancing, client work and the occasional mildly opinionated detour.
How do you break into video game localization? So, Nicolas Caink asked me a million dollar question: “How one can break into video game localization? https://twitter.com/Nicolas_Caink/status/977497925575208960 I first took it to Twitter and started this Twitter thread: 1/🎮 So, @Nicolas_Caink asked me a million dollar question: "How one can break into game #localization? I figured […]
How I fell in love with video games and localization You know what’s funny? For a guy who spends the bulk of his time localizing video games into Russian I never actually told you why I choose video games in the first place. So when I did a massive interview for Trados at the end […]
It might sound silly, but instead of setting a whole bunch of goals for the year I prefer choosing a theme. Last year was a year of productivity. It was a year where I finally realized that I need to manage my time more effectively so I could focus on the things that matter the […]
Ok, it’s time for some New Year’s resolutions! I do hope that next year I’ll have more time that I’ll be able to dedicate to this blog and my favorite field of expertise: video game localization. It just dawned on me that I haven’t actually covered that in any of my articles for this blog […]
Do you love the sound of my melodic voice? Listen to this post instead. Simply click on the image above 😉 An introduction that makes all the difference… First impressions are important. Sadly, this is where many of us fail miserably. And it’s not because our job is boring or unimportant. Translation is BOTH exciting AND […]
What does my family have to do with my translation business? So I’ve missed a few days. You may have noticed I didn’t publish anything for the past few weeks (even though I explicitly promised myself to write 1 new story every week). So why did I break my promise? Well, I have a good reason: […]
Do you love the sound of my melodic voice? Listen this to this post instead. Simply click on the image above 😉 Meet Chandler… I met this guy Chandler at an international video game conference for developers in Toronto. He works in marketing at a publishing company. The company works mostly with indie developers and offers […]
Do you love the sound of my melodic voice? Listen this post instead. Simply click on the image above 😉 Poor clients… We’ve all read those stories about clients who don’t understand our work, clients who haggle and try to squeeze every last penny out of us, and clients who are unreasonable and who […]
Do you love the sound of my melodic voice? Listen this post instead. Simply click on the image above 😉 Why writing is so scary… Because people will read it. No, seriously, every single piece of content that we put out there will sooner or later find its reader. And frankly that’s not the […]
