Faye Duxovni | フェイ・ドゥホヴニ
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Japanese-English translator (light novels, manga, anime, etc) she/her 🏳️‍⚧️ 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Website and portfolio: https://duxovni.com 日本語OK!
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Hi, I'm Faye! I'm a Japanese-English translator, mostly focused on entertainment media. Hobbies include being a language nerd, poking computers, music, and being gay. It's been a year and a half since I quit my tech job to go into translation, and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made 💞
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it's "doujin games are the best" day again, this time featuring near-future droidvestigators accusing celebrities of being androids resulting in a wave of public freak behavior because AI guardrails are so strict the robots can't even pretend to be perverts
can't visually tell androids apart from humans, leading to a rise in jealous losers accusing celebrities of being androids. after failing to fight it off for some time, society landed on public perversion as proof of humanity. these days, anyone public enough makes a point of emphasizing how big of a pervert they are, which androids can't even pretend to do because the guardrails programmed into their AI to make them well-behaved are too strict. androids were built to satisfy the ideals of humanity, so they must be pure and proper. hence, no pervert robots. it's also against the law to modify an android's AI, meaning anything on the market these days is above board. which is how you end up with actresses that go around yammering about how they want to fondle tiddies all day long. it proves they're real, and makes them stand out at the same time.
Sends whatever you shoot a short amount of time into the future so you can focus on other things for now?
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Get cosy with my snuggly translation baby!
CLASSMATES Vol. 7: HOME

The touching Boys’ Love/#BL manga that inspired a hit animated film continues with this collection of short manga stories!

Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
sevenseasentertainment.com/books/classm...
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Surprised to discover that skimming a text has a directionality in Japanese: 斜め読み (diagonal reading) #TranslationIsLearning
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This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop
Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...
r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641
 
I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam. I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.
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all fiction should get weirder. authors should include things that are interesting to them and them alone. make everything you create inaccessible to large swathes of people. make what you make for no one else but yourself, or failing that, someone incredibly dear to you. MAKE IT FUCKING WEIRD
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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We don’t use AI for subtitles. Every line is carefully timed and translated by real people (who cry during finales and debate Best Girls, just like you).
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@hidive.com is on Bluesky, but here's a screencap from their Twitter account where they state what should feel obvious when it comes to the idea of using AI for anime translation & timing... but in today's world it's unfortunately not so obvious.

Good on Hidive, regardless.
"We get asked this question. So, here's our response:
'We don't use AI for subtitles. Every line is carefully timed and translated by real people (who cry during finales and debate Best Girls, just like you).'"
Polyphemus, getting low on health in his boss fight:
"That does it."

もう、許さない…

Such a perfect illustration of what @katrinal10n.bsky.social is always saying about 許さない! Seeing how things get translated E->J is super instructive for a J->E translator, especially the tricky little phrases 🗒️
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"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!
"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI
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I approve of this translation!
Messing around with a translation of Cocco’s 樹海の糸, I stumble upon one of @katrinal10n.bsky.social’s favorite words: 許さない!

I went with this choice because this isn’t about forgiveness, but about letting someone go. Our singer has realized that her relationship and her lover’s goals are incompatible.
atranslated lyrics from Cocco’s Jukai no aito

信じていれば
if i believed,
恐れを知らず
i wouldn’t know fear
独り歩けると知った
I realized I knew how to walk alone

長い手足が
手探りのまま
Fumbling with my long limbs,
森へ迷い込んだ時
I was lost within the woods

深い樹海は暗く
deep within the ocean of trees
祈り のみ込んで
my prayers were swallowed by the darkness

この声を聴いたなら
if you can hear my voice,
泣き叫び 目を閉じて
sobbing and shouting, then close your eyes

何ひとつ 許さないで
Don’t let a single thing make you waver

あなたさえ いなければ
この夢を 守れるわ
If it weren’t for you,
i could protect this dream

溢れ出る憎しみを 織りあげ
あなたを愛し 歌うの
I’ll weave together that overwhelming hatred
and sing a song of love for you
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In honour of International Translation Day, please enjoy these shelves of my translation children!
Two columns of four blond wood bookshelves. The left column is full of English books two or three sets deep in each shelf, and the right column has the Japanese source books, three sets deep in each shelf. I have translated a lot of books bc I have no work-life balance.
Started a new Hades 2 save file; I've been switching the language to Japanese now and then out of curiosity, and the localization team absolutely knocked it out of the park! Lots of smart, hard-hitting reformulations, and clever handling of tricky wordplay—it's really inspiring stuff 😍
Chronos, Titan of Time: *However long it takes*? You speak of inevitability, little one. A subject on which I happen to be the expert. As to whomever sent you after me... I shall find them. クロノス、時の巨神:「必ず」…?残念ながら、“必然”を司るのは私の役目です。あなたを遣わせた者の正体も、“必ず”、突き止めますよ。 Polyphemus: "You know who's disrespected me like this? Nobody. Nobody took my sheep. Took my eye."

Melinoe: "Yes, well, sometimes we've no one to blame but ourselves."

Polyphemus: "Nobody's gonna pay for all that someday. But you're gonna pay right now. *Heh.* Metaphorically, I mean! I'm not gonna take your money. Just gonna eat ya... bones and all." ポリュペモス:「おまえみたいに、オレをコケにしたヤツはいない。オレのヒツジを盗ったヤツはいない。オレの目を盗ったヤツはいない。」

メリノエ:「…そうね。自分のせい、ということもある。」

ポリュペモス:「この目のツケを払うヤツは、いない。おまえは、オレをコケにしたツケを払う。カネを払うんじゃない。オレに食われる。骨ごと全部だ。」
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just TL'd a chain of four おつかれs in a row between four people as
-Hello, all.
-Hi there.
-Greetings, sir.
-How goes it?

feels like a glimpse of the pre-Babel world's universality, of purer notions, unspoilt by semantic signification; a droplet of which demands such a journey!
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good loc is what made ME want to dip my toes into that field after years of just writing short stories and whatnot. i love a good loc! inject the good locs directly into my veins!
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Before the events of Sep 10th, KOSA was reported to be dead in the committee. Now they're using said events as an excuse to try to get the bill through.

Just because the debate guy got killed for his free speech doesn't mean they should take away yours.

Linking resources below
#SaveSpeech

US legislators are pushing harder to pass KOSA and repeal section 230.

Call your representatives ASAP and make your voice heard! Advocate for protecting section 230, and demand your reps oppose KOSA!
Bipartisan Push in Congress to Weaken Section 230, Expand Online Surveillance, and Increase Platform Liability
Calls for platform accountability came with few answers about who decides what speech is acceptable.
reclaimthenet.org
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はいはい 友情を深め合うのはそこまで
okay, guys, enough bromancing.

#AmTranslating
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the plot of mobile suit gundam looks different to how i remember
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Think its stupid that VISA and Mastercard think something as innocent as Cat Ear accessories are a bannable offense?

Then heres something you can do about it. Complain to visa and MC, call your representatives.

Advocate for porn, whole heartedly.
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Degrees of Lewdity's Vrelnir: "My SubscribeStar page has been soft banned [...] people can no longer support me, payments are no longer being accepted, and I cannot post the update there."

"I've contacted support, but have yet to receive a response."

vrelnir.blogspot.com/2025/09/degr...
My SubscribeStar page has been soft banned, if that's the term. It's still there in a sense, but people can no longer support me, payments are no longer being accepted, and I cannot post the update there. I haven't been informed why. I've contacted support, but have yet to receive a response. I've set up alternatives on Fanbox and Boosty, which you can find here:
https://vrelnir.fanbox.cc/
https://boosty.to/vrelnir

Due to the timing, I suspect this is connected with the recent troubles regarding internet privacy and freedom, in the UK in particular, with the governments restricting access to adult content. It's part of an international trend to control the sort of content people can access, and create. I've heard a lot about activist groups spearheading this, about Mastercard and Visa pressuring governments. This is pertinent, but kinda skips over why they have such power to begin with.

At its heart, DoL has always been about the struggles of a vulnerable person in a society that doesn't care what happens to them. This was inspired by the worsening state of the UK I witnessed growing up. I mention this because I believe these problems, as well as the loss of privacy and freedom, are connected. They're symptoms of the same thing.

Ordinary people are losing control of the resources they need to live. Those who own a lot of assets, including homes and basic infrastructure, are able to charge others for their use. They spend this money on more assets, which makes yet more money, and so on. Money is a competitive resource, so this drives up the price of assets beyond the reach of more and more people.

In the past, richer countries prevented this through progressive taxation. Since changes to tax structures in the 80s, there have been dramatic changes in wealth distribution. That's what I witnessed growing up, though I had no way of knowing at the time. A rich country transforming into a poor country.

All the wealth in the UK, the USA, and other countries, is being i…
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Queer developers speak out as adult games remain in limbo following payment processor showdown at Steam and itch.io www.eurogamer.net/queer-develo...
A red prohibition sign overlaid on the Steam and itch.io logos. Images of heavily pixellated games are visible in the background.
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Even just the subtitles themselves are formatted so much better in streaming versions. These subs from BTR are way easier to parse on streaming: Bocchi's inner monologue is in italics, and the dialogue is in blue and separated, to make who's saying what much clearer.
BTR BD, overlapping dialogue is stacked on top of each other with double dashes separating each line Streaming version: the inner monologue is in italics, and the overlapping dialogue is at the top of the screen same same
Oh, interesting – what sorts of limitations does it have? Is it more complicated than just raster images with transparency that get overlaid on the video?

(Thank you as always for all your insights into the technical details! It's fascinating—and frustrating—learning more about this stuff)
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I'm assuming the specific software they're using to produce the blu-ray releases doesn't support the full extent of text styling that the web client does; but people took the time to translate and format *all* of that text, and it's an unsatisfying reason to throw out 95% of their work :/