95 Localizing Japanese Video Games (Mel Ok of Ace Honyaku)

95 Localizing Japanese Video Games (Mel Ok of Ace Honyaku)

On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, Japanese to English translator/localizer Mel Ok tells about localizing Japanese video games and how he got into the translation/localization industry.

About Mel Ok Mel Ok is a translator/localizer of Japanese video games and heads the translation/localization company Ace Honyaku. Topics Discussed

  • The Japanese population in Hawaii
  • Studying Japanese linguistics
  • About doing play testing for video games
  • Doing the Japanese QA for Halo 2
  • On getting to Japan and trying to get into the JET Program
  • On transitioning into the translation & localization industry
  • On starting a translation company in Japan
  • On how the translation & localization process for video games works
  • On dealing with ambiguities in texts
  • On dealing with new IP
  • On translating The World Is Your Weapon
  • On how long it can take to translate a game
  • The difficulty of finding good translators
  • On translation tests
  • Advice for aspiring translators/localizers
  • About Tottori
  • And much more!

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