Lautael
LightNews LightNews
lautael.bsky.social
Lautael
@lautael.bsky.social
59 followers 71 following 240 posts
Videogame translator (EN➡️FR).
Also: fanfiction writer and fandom enjoyer.

Not here often, but I'm trying.

Oh, and I love bears!
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Lautael
locdandloaded.net
So, if you're going to do business with localization agencies, please enforce crediting clauses in your contracts. Often, the freelancers working for these companies hold 0 bargaining power, and risk everything just by asking to be credited.
January 23, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Reposted by Lautael
fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social
Psst! Hey you!
The FSNNA Organizing Committee is recruiting new volunteers to bring fresh perspectives & ideas to the committee, and we'd love it if you applied!

Applications are open till Jan 31, 2026. Don't miss out!
FSNNA 2026 Committee Application
FSNNA held its first conference in October 2018 to gather fan studies scholars in one place to meet, share new research, and promote the study of fanworks and fan cultures. During the Covid-19 pandemi...
forms.gle
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
lautael.bsky.social
I drew Chris Redfield (Resident Evil 8) and Sheva Alomar (RE5) with pens. I wonder who Chris is calling...

Shoutout to @theposearchives.bsky.social for Sheva's pose, you guys rock 💜💙💜💙💜
Pen drawing of Chris Redfield lit by the full moon. He's white, bear-ish, and has warfare gear, though he looks a bit sickly. He's been through a lot, please forgive him. Pen drawing of Sheva Alomar. She's sat, presumably on a chair, and she has one leg extended, and the other a bit less extended. She's a black woman with a red tattoo on the left arm. She wears a purple top with blue symbols, white pants and brown boots. She's on a call, her head thrown back and her right arm holding a black phone. Above her legs is written: "Sheva Alomar" with a heart in purple and blue. The drawing is a bit messy.
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Reposted by Lautael
boto.bsky.social
bro
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
lautael.bsky.social
If you're wondering who to hire to translate your videogame in French, I'm available! 😃
December 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Lautael
purplechinchilla.bsky.social
Et des autres aussi
December 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reposted by Lautael
brunodias.bsky.social
"If only we didn't have to spend so long making textures/quests/levels" is simply not the problem, and anyone claiming that it is is one of 1. lying, 2. operating under very weird circumstances, 3. not actually cognizant of how game development generally goes
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Lautael
diveamydive.bsky.social
Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reposted by Lautael
brandtandstein.com
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reposted by Lautael
dcellgames.com
this doubles for you, dear reader, as a handy guide to understand what the reviews are REALLY saying
dcellgames.com roger ebert's favorite video game @dcellgames.com · Dec 4
aghghh @reviewers sorry i forgot to add this , slide to the review guide that went out
REVIEW SCORES YOU MAY GIVE UNBEATABLE 9.5/10 - This is, objectively, The Best Score 
7/10 - The Default Choice. This tells the reader of the review “I believe this game is actually video game.” Some of the best video games ever made are “seven out of tens,” such as the original Nier or Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast. 9/10 - This is, secretly, a better score than a 10/10. That guy knows what I’m talking about. 10/10 - That guy tells me that more 10s are given out than ever before, which may devalue the value of a 10. Perhaps consider an “11/10,” if possible. See also: 0/10 - Very unusual choice, as most scales go down to 1. That only emphasizes even further your True Hatred for UNBEATABLE and all that it stands for. Don’t just do things halfway! 8/10 - For when you want to give a 9/10 but you're a little bit shy.

6/10 - This tells the reader you are Disappointed in us, like a mother scolding a child for touching the stove. This is okay. UNBEATABLE is a game that will touch the stove and you can’t stop us UNSCORED - You believe that giving art a numbered score is “intrinsically opposed to how we should be considering art to begin with” and that it’s “missing the point of expression” and I think I agree with you? Also this means you don’t affect the metacritic score 1/10-5/10 - i mean i sure hope this doesn't happen. we'd have to have messed up pretty bad These are not the only choices available! There are so many scores. Live your life to the fullest. Put a percentage on there for no reason. Make it a fraction. Make it an equation. Give us an i/10. Give us a score of Pi/4. The world is your oyster.
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Reposted by Lautael
yukinogatari.moe
this motherfucker!!!
brown-haired anime dude with a cowboy hat, ugly facial hair, white dress shirt with sleeves rolled up and a ribbon tied into a bow where one might normally wear a bowtie, a super tacky jacket with a red-orange-green gradient of sequins, white pants, and resting his elbow on a poorly rendered CG pillow.
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
lautael.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reposted by Lautael
gibiz.bsky.social
Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs
Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
lautael.bsky.social
I gotta ask here as well.

Ned Flanders: smash or pass?
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Reposted by Lautael
kitsunegari13.bsky.social
Demain matin je serai dans la matinale de France Culture pour parler de la récupération de symboles de la pop culture dans les mouvement sociaux (drapeau de One Piece...). Bon vous pourrez écouter en replay vous avez le droit de dormir!
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Reposted by Lautael
guygavrielkay.bsky.social
My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.
‘Translators are not traitors’ poster
September 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reposted by Lautael
clement-martin.fr
Aujourd'hui, c'est la Saint-Jérôme, saint patron des traducteurices. Et ils sont un paquet à être en grève aujourd'hui pour protester contre la dégradation de nos conditions de travail, mais aussi contre l'usage de l'IA.

C'est l'occasion de partager ce billet : clement-martin.fr/fr/posts/et-...
Affiche rouge avec le slogan « translators are not traitors » et les mots « translators not AI » en surbrillance.
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Reposted by Lautael
bajamothblast.bsky.social
now that it's october im legally allowed to post this
October 2, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Reposted by Lautael
sonicmega.bsky.social
THOSE LAST TWO ARE ADLIBS I DID!!! HAHAHAHA YESSSSS
fabraz.bsky.social Fabraz - Demon Tides & Bubsy 4D @fabraz.bsky.social · Sep 26
Yes, there is an option to mute Bubsy... But he's got something to say about that too!
September 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
lautael.bsky.social
New drawing! It's a bear.

Tools: BIC ball pens, the Catwoman score and a leftist stream in the background.
A bear in a blue suit and red tie drawn on checkered paper, with a blue pen (used) laying next to it. The bear accidentally looks slightly menacing because learning never stops.
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Reposted by Lautael
speedynoelle.bsky.social
you've heard of bisexual lighting
Screencap from the anime To Love Ru Darkness 2nd. The subtitles read "So the light was trans after all."
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reposted by Lautael
nora.bz
📚 🗣️ Vous souhaitez inviter un·e auteur·ice pour une rencontre, dédicace ou table ronde ?

✅ Voici une checklist (non exhaustive), pour faire ça bien : www.canva.com/design/DAGz4...

🔁 Partagez, imprimez – et n'oubliez pas : auteur·ice, c'est notre métier, pas un hobby.
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by Lautael
emilyschnall.bsky.social
Recent pup portrait for @mvardeparty.bsky.social 🐶
Illustrated portrait of a happy corgi
July 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reposted by Lautael
benjaminbnt.fr
Pour vaincre Emmanuel Macron, vous devrez d'abord vaincre La Ligue des sept Premiers Ministres Macronistes Maléfiques
September 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
lautael.bsky.social
Awfully defended lazy use of genAI + repetitive and unsuntle write up = detestable write up in spite of the interesting subject matter.

Also, stating that good translations are ones you don't notice as if it was factual and not an opinion (which I disagree with) makes things worse.
September 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM