Harry Inaba | I localize games into Japanese

@artisimpact Super looking forward to it!

Artis Impact is releasing in just ONE WEEK and we are so excited to begin the adventure with you. Make sure to pack snacks, and wishlist it as well, while you can! It'll help us know how many cakes to bring with us! store.steampowered.com/app/1864000/Ar… #IndieGame #Gaming

@ArtofAdval So true! Love the motion you made!

Why I try to animate everything by hand! ✍️ Though it takes a bit longer, I truly believe the results are better. :) Sometimes it's best to work harder instead of "smarter". #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indiedev #indiehorror #survivalhorror #pulsebreaker

@SuddenKebab Love it!

A steam demo is out now for my low-poly '90s-esque JRPG tribute. Feedback appreciated! Link in bio. #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #rpg #MotivationMonday #MarketingMonday

@RustedMoss Super cool!

See some of our lighting in action! #indiegame #indiedev

@ophaeron It's 25 years ago and I really don't remember if that's true or not. My ex-colleague told me I was the one who came up with the name Silent Hill but I don't know if it's true or not as well... I guess I have bad memory...

@178 Inaba-san, could you confirm if the name "harry" mason was a tribute to you? it was originally going to be humbert mason, but was the change and choice to "harry" your decision? 😄

Funny how things connect—working on the English version of Shenmue as casting director ended up helping me cast the right actors for Silent Hill 2 in Tokyo. I might start doing foreign voice recording again in Tokyo maybe not for AAA games but for indie games.

@ophaeron I appreciate the sentiment! I'm not involved in the SH1 remake at this time, but I share your hope that the remake team reaches out to Michael G to have him return as Harry Mason.

@178 honestly? I dream of the possibility where you and michael g can work together on the voice acting of a future remake of the first silent hill I believe there wouldn't be as many technical limitations as before and michael could deliver a more refined harry mason

I think I picked curry-bun and Yu Suzuki picked Anpan (red-bean vread).

While I’m not under NDA, I have no plans to tweet about what goes on behind the curtain of game development while I'm in the industry. That said, I’ll never forget the warmth I felt when Yu Suzuki offered me some bread he’d brought to a meeting. It was such a sweet moment.

I was incredibly lucky to work as a casting coordinator for the English version of Shenmue 1. As a huge fan of Yu Suzuki, being in the same room with and chatting with him during the casting process was absolutely unreal.

@seirei526 とても素晴らしいレゴ・ガンダムを拝見して感動しました！次回作楽しみにしております！

@178 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢

And game localization is not all about game translation.

I actually did more than broker/middleman when I was inside the LSP :) Most of the project I dealt in the past needed more than something which can be handled by bunch of translators.

@kaisap112 Wow EU sounds like heaven to freelancers compared to Japan! Thank you so much for all the feedback!

@178 that are spread across all member states, though there isn't one big EU-wide union. Lots of state-specific stuff to consider, like income differences by country. It's pretty heavy jargon to a student like myself but the systems do exist and are taught about in schools/university.

@kaisap112 That’s nice. I think EU is abased of Japan providing livable minimum wage (as far as I know). But does EU still protect minimum price and the rights of the freelance translators?

@178 I'd love an international union with the resources to hold all corporations accountable. But having the EU around has kept McDonald's etc. from paying American-style non-liveable wages here, we have that at least.

@aduceclean Thank you for your feedback. I guess I am thinking something more like SAG/AFTRA. I believe the voice actors who is with SAG/AFTRA are freelancers.

@178 I work as a Healthcare Interpreter at LAC+USC Medical Center and we’re union. As freelance, I wasn’t part of a union though 🤔

@kaisap112 I see. One problem with domestic union is, it has no or limited power against global corporations. Even if one country sets minimum wage, it won't have limited power to the clients outside the country.

@178 It is! There's been a lot of fighting over wages recently, namely in TV subtitling and sign language interpreters (low wages and outsourcing legally mandated work). The union has drawn up minimum wage amounts for X amount of work, rules for how much work is too much etc.

@cheddarized33 And I also don't enjoy verifying AI translator's work to be honest (done that couple times already).

@178 Using unions to stifle technology isn't cool. We have to figure out how to live without needing to work Nobody (in the translation world at least) this generation has to worry about this. Even AI gets better they'll need humans to verify it.

@cheddarized33 Thank you for your comment. Yes, living without needing to work sounds cool. I personally think our generation of translators (I am 48 now) will see declining amount of work if we let big companies and vendors use AI translators.

@kaisap112 Thank you for your comment. Visiting Finland is on my bucket list. So the union is like a real union to protect translators right and wage?

@178 Finland has a union for translators and interpreters, but there's so few members (this is a small country) that it doesn't get much done yet. The effort very much exists, though.