"What we need more than new solar-powered factories is the normalization of people turning away from destructive affluence, living simpler and happier lives, and sharing those lives with others. Not utopian lives, of course, but better lives. That will take different forms for different people, and some will be able to make larger changes than others."
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-04-24/business-in-the-age-of-overshoot/
"The fight for food sovereignty is essential because without control over our food systems, we are vulnerable to colonial and corporate control. ...Corporate colonialism...includes industrial complexes, like the agriculture industrial complex. So it is still colonialism but it is kind of morphed, and it doesn’t just impact Indigenous Peoples anymore. Everyone is being colonized by the corporations now."
For today's homework assignment, I have to write a #python script that would be plausibly useful in a #localization workflow. If that sounds very broad, that's because it is, and it's been hard coming up with decent ideas. So, I'm opening up the #SuggestionBox! Give me ideas, and I will make one of them.
Nothing is too niche here: if you're the only person who would ever need it, that still counts and I'd be happy to write you a script. (To the best of my ability.)
"Eco-localists argue that globalization is authoritarian by nature: increasingly, multinational corporations rule the world. Individuals and communities are powerless by comparison."
Or are we? Maybe the only winning move is not to play - to instead embrace relocalization and degrowth, not more and more surrender to predatory capitalism and profiteering off our food and other necessities of life.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-04-17/how-eco-localism-differs-from-tariff-terrorism/
Podcasts!
Strong Towns: https://podcast.strongtowns.org/e/3-reasons-this-is-a-great-time-for-walkable-streets/
The Bottom Up Revolution: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/4/10/will-mccollum-bottom-up
Enjoy!
We don't need humans in #translation and #localization anymore, huh?
Let's put some #MachineTranslation services to the test with a simple English idiom!
"I'm a lady in the streets but a freak in the sheets" and its variations mean that you're one kind of person in public, but another in private, often with other words inserted to humorous effect.
Let's see how #GoogleTranslate, #DeepL, #ChatGPT and #Deepseek handle this for English to #German.
Conclusion in the comments.
Hallo! :)
Ich bin #neuHier im Localisation Café.
Seit einiger Zeit arbeite ich als #Freiberufler:in in der #Übersetzung und #Localization, hauptsächlich für #Computerspiele. Mein Sprachpaar ist #Deutsch und #Englisch.
Außerhalb meiner freiberuflichen Tätigkeit bin ich gerade dabei, meinen Zweifachabschluss in #Linguistik und #Computerlinguistik fertigzustellen.
In Zukunft würde ich gerne festangestellt in der #Gamingindustrie arbeiten, aber das liegt wohl leider noch in der Ferne. :)
When I started the IC_Null channel the idea was to cover topics primarily about #cybersecurity, #hacking, #pentesting etc. from a #blind perspective. Blind as in #screenReader user, that is. But an overarching topic is showing off what jobs are (up to a point) doable for this demographic and where the obstacles are. Today's stream leans that way: we'll be looking at the premier #translation and #localization tool, Trados Studio. Supposedly they have upped their #accessibility as of late. I'll be the judge of that 
I'll see you all on #youtube and #twitch just under 1.5 hours from now. https://twitch.tvic_null https://youtube.com/@blindlyCoding #selfPromo #stream #trados
We're thrilled to #announce that we have #partnered with WeMavin Language Services Co., Ltd. for all our localization needs!
WeMavin are planning to offer their services to several western #indie #games #studios in the near future, so if you're looking for any #localization #services, get in touch with them!
#languages #english #french #spanish #german #italian #swedish #finnish #turkish #japanese #chinese #korean #polish #hindi #arabic #gamesupport
Localization is important to make Decentralization work and last.
Decentralization without Localization can be susceptible to Centralization.
Decentralization with Localization spreads out decision-making and power to groups (that could consistent of a single individual) with a personal stake in the outcome of the decision-making.
Which creates incentives that lead to greater resilience to Centralization.
Added Simplified Chinese and Portuguese(Brazil) languages to my Open Source game. But some strings are translated used Deepl.
If you are fluent on any of those languages and want to contribute, by reviewing the strings, this is the CSV file: https://github.com/Eibriel/RobotAnomaly/blob/main/localization/localization.csv
In 2023, I thought my indie dev career had taken a huge hit. Apple Sherlocked my app RemafoX. But instead of quitting, I built something better.
Now, TranslateKit 3 makes AI-powered #localization effortless. 
Here’s the full journey, including how it all started with a weekend hack:
https://www.fline.dev/sherlocked-to-success/
→ Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and #Google Cloud
https://restofworld.org/2025/aws-google-cloud-nigeria-alternatives/
“The payments to #AWS gradually skyrocketed as the naira depreciated around 70% against the #dollar between 2020 and 2024”
“Besides the option to pay in #naira, these companies allow #Nigerians to store their #data within the #country — an advantage most of their Western rivals lack. #Local servers give businesses the benefits of low #latency and data #localization […].”
I uh... may have forgotten to localize something. Otherwise dropping in the latest translations has gone surprisingly well, no major unsolvable problems.
Ugh. #Xfce has relied on #Transifex (as well as dozens of volunteers) for our localisation efforts for many years. I'm really not looking forward to see how this acquisition will "transform our digital-first global experiences"
compulsive localization of a random comic for children ("斗罗大陆"); mostly I just like the word "myriad" and want everyone to know it literally means ten thousand (the literal text is like "a soul beast of ten years, a soul beast of a hundred years...,")
TIL my halo is purple.
Spooky Dwellers 1 on Steam just got even better! The game now supports Czech language! 
Whether you're a new player or revisiting the spooky world, dive in and enjoy the game in English or Czech!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2645740/Spooky_Dwellers__Collectors_Edition
I'm going on vacation this Saturday, yay! I'll be visiting Ilha Grande (Rio de Janeiro), and it'll be the first time ever. I'll go back to work on Feb 24th. What are you up to this week?
Building a mental health app? How do you include marginalized people? Find out!
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