Undertale translator explains EN to JP localization

<p>Meet Keiko Fukuichi, a Japanese freelance translator, who sits down to talk to us about her experience translating games, particularly indie darlings Undertale and Hades. She talks to us about nuances of Japanese translation, the biggest challenges she&#39;s had, and her experiences studying abroad and learning English.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:50 How Keiko learned English</p><p>5:10 Studying at Florida high school</p><p>11:20 Deciding on translation as a career</p><p>13:40 Translation school</p><p>18:28 Interest in book translation</p><p>23:44 Experience as a gamer</p><p>25:35 First game translation project</p><p>27:21 Limitations translating games to Japanese</p><p>28:40 Taking on Undertale project</p><p>30:12 Translating Papyrus</p><p>33:40 Limitations of not using kanji</p><p>38:41 Keiko&#39;s translation philosophy</p><p>40:35 Translating puns, jokes, and memes</p><p>43:54 Working with Toby &quot;Radiation&quot; Fox</p><p>45:11 Translation workflow</p><p>48:37 Do you play your own work?</p><p>49:48 Translating Hades</p><p>52:33 Translating old English</p><p>55:41 Can you use difficult kanji?</p><p>1:00:14 Translating with voice acting</p><p>1:02:38 Changes in translation industry over 20 years</p><p>1:06:07 Dealing with slang</p><p>1:08:38 Looking back</p><p>1:09:42 Are you worried about AI?</p><p>1:12:55 Do you have time to play games?</p><p>1:16:01 Studying vocabulary for Return of the Obra Dinn</p><p>1:17:42 Is interest in foreign indie games growing?</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Follow Keiko:</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/keiko.fukuichi/</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/keiko.fukuichi</p><p>https://x.com/keiko_fukuichi</p><p>https://note.com/kfukuichi</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us:</p><p>https://unpacking.jp/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts</p><p>https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! </p><p><br></p><p>Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/</p>