Mato

I never even finished translating the series OR the two extra-long specials, so you guys are all in for a treat

Food Fight is back and on Hulu?!?

This was THE show from 2000 that made me who I am today

It caused a death in Japan after it aired and then it was locked away forever, never to be seen again until now

EarthBound Central Live! (news, Q&A, and more) - YouTube EarthBound and MOTHER series news, Q&A, and more!

I'm not sure, if it's still up then it'd be on the EB Central Live videos somewhere, which are here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

It's also possible that some videos might've been deleted when I made some dumb video deletion mistakes a few years back

Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound (Supplemental Video) YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin

I documented the voice clips for my EarthBound book about 10 years ago, you can see the supplemental video here! youtu.be/R71yeRiOO3E?...

Master Belch's Burp YouTube video by megagamer551

Somtimes when I burp it sounds JUST like Master Belch in EarthBound, which means that now *I* am the master, Belch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl-g...

Whoa, weird, I wonder if that might mean anything, probably not though

Whoa! Heck yeah! I finally get to play it

Also I still wanna do that translation article for Legends of Localization someday - is that cool with you?

Drac was expecting a Belmont, got a weird plumber instead

Choctaw language book completely generated by AI and is pure 100% slop nonsense, see my original post for examples

Another AI-generated garbage book, just like the previous one this book is pure nonsense slapped into a product for easy money

This one is weird immediately - the cover is nothing like Choctaw culture - and the content is seemingly half-AI and half-stolen content, all edited together by what must've been a blind monkey. The very first pages are such an editing mess that I was impressed by how bad it was

Many decades ago, there were actually some really good coloring books that shared Native culture in such cool ways, so I still look for similar coloring books today, but unfortunately they're AI-generated and not accurate. This book is interesting though, in that it's not hidden that AI was used, and in fact it feels like it was a genuine effort by a genuine person to do something good with AI, but the technology just isn't there yet and the general know-how for using AI tools isn't there yet either

Here are four Choctaw books I've encountered that are AI trash slop

It's a continuing problem I keep running into, I'll probably write an article about the situation for my Halito site someday

Sombatservation??! Google's Weird Translating at Work (Funky Fantasy IV) YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin

Tangentially related + VERY outdated, but this video I did from 10 years ago using Google Translate has something similar going on with making up things www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT4p...

Future People of 2026: This U Force thing sucks so bad we should throw it away, through time and space

Past People of 198X: Eww what is this trash from the future

Final Fantasy IV Translation Comparison #02 (SNES vs. 2 Fan Translations) YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin

At the start of my streams, I tend to do mini-lessons about different topics

Here's a look at some translation theory/concepts that non-translators might find insightful & interesting!

youtu.be/axouPj58dms?... #translation

That's so scary to think about

thanks for letting me know

feeling is mutual

I love how powerful that 至 can be sometimes, it's great

I'm down for this new overlord

very similar vibes

LOL according to this AI-slop book 😂

"chokka illi" = "bedroom" but that actually means "house of dying"

"illi chito" = "big bed" but that actually means "big death"

"akak" = "corn" but that actually means "chicken" if we're generous with spelling

"chicken" = "chukka" but actually means "house"

Mario looking like he went on a diet during this time

The Choctaw Dictionary - Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma This is the most comprehensive dictionary of Choctaw words ever published. The dictionary is the definitive guide to the Choctaw language.

(If you're curious to see for yourself, try typing some of these words into the Oklahoma tribe's online dictionary!) dictionary.choctawnation.com/word/

This is how bad it it is, and this is just the BASICS!

This is probably affecting ALL native tribes, here's me trying to study Koasati a while back for example bsky.app/profile/clyd...

This state of affairs of Native languages + culture brings me sadness, and I'm not really sure what to do about it other than just try to be MORE human somehow? I dunno

The last three books about the Choctaw language & culture that I've bought have *ALL* turned out to be just AI-generated junk🤬

It's genuinely infuriating to see this careless nonsense happening, as it dilutes the actual language and culture and makes it harder for me to learn about my own humanity

Interesting, thanks for letting me know

If a Mother 3 translation ever gets released officially, I'm sure that some fans will try to do a similar "transplant" mod in some way, although the idea doesn't interest me too much personally

Yeah, similar "races" occurred in the video game ROM translation scene too (the old Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest games especially come to mind), sometimes the competition was a benefit but usually it just fell apart into pointless drama and nastiness

$30 Earthbound?? Sign me up…😮‍💨

Oh yeah, this might've been from 16 years ago, oops

A relevant interview about me, the #MOTHER3 fan translation, and professional translation in general from 15 years ago:

● Interview: Fan Translation of Mother 3
legendsoflocalization.com/media/misc/a...

● 奇跡のファン翻訳『ＭＯＴＨＥＲ３』 。　その舞台裏に迫る！
legendsoflocalization.com/media/misc/a...

Thanks! I'll do that once I get the Baron shop unlocked

I'm excited to learn all these strats that everyone else has learned/refined over the decades

Final Fantasy IV Translation Comparison (SNES vs. 2 Fan Translations) - YouTube In this series we'll compare multiple translations of FFIV: the original SNES translation, the J2e fan translations (from ~1998 and 2001), and the Namingway ...

If you want to know what it's like to be an actual human translator translating a video game by human hand

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...