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Game Translator Nicolith on Localizing Mouthwashing and No, I'm Not a Human
The interview puts a name and a working method behind the Japanese text of several indie titles that reached Japanese players through CRITICAL REFLEX and other publishers, at a point when nicolith says game translation is his only job.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
GameBusiness.jp ran an interview with nicolith, a Japanese translator who works from English into Japanese and has handled Mouthwashing, No, I'm not a Human, Arctic Eggs, UNBEATABLE and Hell Maiden, among others. Nicolith says he went independent as a full-time game translator in April 2024. The interview covers his favorite games, including MOTHER 2, the Suda51 titles Silver Case and killer7, and the Paranormasight series, and how those texts inform his own work.
Nicolith traces his interest in text to MOTHER 2, which he played as a elementary schooler, and to the Suda51 titles Silver Case and killer7, which he still replays. He names the Paranormasight series as a recent jolt, saying he only understood how its characters are built after he started writing text himself, and that he studies its punctuation and character work in his own job.
He also describes a working caution: because Suda51 has a following among overseas indie developers, he expects that a translation request for a Suda51-inspired game will mean competing with Suda51, and he keeps in practice for it.
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