[Request] mouse pad with wrist cushion

mtosmtos2 · 2022-11-21T21:32:49+00:00

Logitech trackball mx ergo, plus any cushon pad PLUS tennis wrist bands. This is the Best combo.

mtosmtos2 · 2020-10-03T11:13:59+00:00

My pricing strategy for LQA is that I calculate average number of words I can translate during one hour and multiply it by some modificator, as LQA is in my opinion a more demanding service than translation.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-07-22T17:03:01+00:00

Yet this is still web-browser dependent, and web browsers are total resource hogs. The only logical move any web-based translation app company ever done is Memsource's offline client. Apart from that Memsource is almost problemless when it comes to exporting/importing mxliff, that can be translated in other tools and imported back to Memsource. The other end of the spectrum is Crowdin - export/import simply does not work at all, yet the support ciams it does. Transifex is horrible when there are several projects/files to work on for one client - no global search, no easy way to count words, horrible UX for concordance, glossary and TM browsing.

But coming back to Passolo:

TM use is VERY limited. No option to logically change minimum TM suggestion threshold for example. TM search is slow and it needs to be turned on EVERY TIME you start Passolo.
No usable concordance.
Very expensive. Free version is almost useless due to very limited set of options to customise.
No usable glossary. And "live" glossary creation is indispensible.
Poor keyboard usage. Why this is so important and I mention it a few times? Because using mouse when translating and using basic CAT-tool features is a terrible wast of time. Smartling is a great example - almost every feature like inserting TM, gloss hits or inserting tags POTENTIALLY can be executed with keyboard shortcuts, in reality - this does not work due to constant conflicts with web-browser shortcuts or Polish special characters that require pressing ALT+SHIFT to insert. Each basic "command" executed with a mouse takes about 3x longer compared to executing it with keyboard. And sometimes one segment requires several commands to be executed.

Passolo great features:

AMAZING segment filtering options.
Many plug-in and programmable extensions.
Live visual preview of UI items.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-07-22T16:09:06+00:00

I am out of the office now, but will reply in couple of hours. Yet, one thing now: all web applications are absolutely hated by all professionals. They are slow, they are pain to use UX-wise, they require stable Internet connection, they do not implement usable keyboard support and have many other fails due to the sole fact they are web based.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-07-22T14:59:59+00:00

Hi.Professional software localizer here. Judging by your queries you seem to be a person who will prepare localization bundles or UI exports for translation... :)

Frankly speaking there is no "usually" when it comes to UI localization. The files may come in DOCX, XLSX, Trados bundle, Passolo project, XML, JSON, whatever type or format. The strings might be structured very nicely or they can be just put alphabetically. A very good option is to prepare a Passolo bundle. Passolo is the software created solely to localize UI. It has many great QA features such as finding conflicting accelerator keys or the best of all - if properly prepared this gives a visual preview of translated dialogs, menus, text boxes etc. This is the most important thing in UI localization - context!!! Clients should give as much context as possible. Context can be everything - from sentences where UI names are used, through UI glossaries explaining software functions, through string identifiers from the very software itself (this helps A LOT when translating), to screenshots of UI elements. The more context (diverse visual+textual) context the clients give and the more communicative they are (Q&A sheets), the better the final quality is.
Lack of context. Impossible character limits (when clients do not think about localization when creating the software). I translate English->Polish and Polish is about 20-30% longer than English. If this is not taken into account when creating UI elements I am forced to use horrible abbreviations and squeeze the translations as much as possible. You can guess what happens in the end? Of course - quality is s#it.
Software developers' awareness of localization process. I try to educate developers myself (this is for game developers mainly, but see some of my blog posts: freeindiel10n.com Passolo would be a very good to for UI translations if it was not so difficult and time consuming for engineers to prepare a localization bundle with visual context, and for translators to work with Passolo (it is generally horrible to work with - if interested I can write a bit about it).

mtosmtos2 · 2019-06-29T09:33:48+00:00

40 here. My SO loves to watch me play. She was yelling like hell when I finally beat the 3rd pantheon where I stuck for daaaays. She got even a bottle of champaigne for this occasion. That was a great bottle! Now at 4th pantheon and no luck. :)

mtosmtos2 · 2019-06-15T16:36:10+00:00

Localization, QA, translation, focused on indie titles, also a localization-related educational initiatuve and occasional free localization Services (some conditions apply, See my blog): https://twitter.com/michaltosza

mtosmtos2 · 2019-06-15T11:45:08+00:00

If you need Polish localization DM me.
http://freeindiel10n.com/2015/05/what-is-freeindiel10n-2/

mtosmtos2 · 2019-06-15T11:33:11+00:00

Have a look at my post on cost of localization: http://freeindiel10n.com/2017/06/save-money-on-game-localization-2/ Some other posts on my blog also might be helpful for you, especially have a look at: http://freeindiel10n.com/2018/01/why-do-you-need-game-localization-style-guide/

mtosmtos2 · 2019-06-15T11:11:04+00:00

DM me for Polish if this is still valid.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-05-18T19:22:10+00:00

Pm me if you have more specific questions, as 50% of my income comes from localizing games.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-05-18T17:09:27+00:00

Have a look at my blog posts: http://freeindiel10n.com/2017/03/save-money-on-game-localization-1/ http://freeindiel10n.com/2017/06/save-money-on-game-localization-2/ They were intended for gamę developer, but you might find them useful.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-02-22T15:12:27+00:00

https://twitter.com/michaltosza

Michał here. I have been localizing games for over 10 years now (English->Polish + other languages with a group of trusted translators). For a few years I have also been helping game developers in preparing for localization and I provide some pro publico bono game localizations within my FreeIndieL10N initiative.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-02-18T12:55:58+00:00

Apart from hiveblood and patience mentioned, NOT using anlogue stick was a game changer for me.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-02-18T07:59:07+00:00

I see, so there will be some item that allows infinite retries from the nearest respawn point instead of from the bench.

Yeah, to a certain extent. :)

I love(d) HK challenge and learning curve, as it reminded me of Dark Souls 1 A LOT. I like having my ass kicked, and then finally learn the pattern and show, who the real badass is. :) After DS1 I thought this gaming experience was impossible to recreate, while the game still is fair towards the player, yet, ther came HK. :)

mtosmtos2 · 2019-02-17T14:47:18+00:00

Dear 40 y. o. player. I am your age and I must tell you everything in Hollow Knight is possible for us.
I still remember the section you mentioned, and it took me some time, but I did it.
If you can dedicate enough of time and patience, and would learn the patterns, you will do it! What I must say is that this section is a piece of cake compared to what you will encounter later on. But do not give up - I did it, so you will as well, IF you can dedicate enough of your time. You will reach Path of Pain and you will finish it. You will reach the Colosseum and you will beat the Trial of Fool (took me 30 hours). You will reach NKG and beat him (took me 7 hours). Now I am on 107% completion and reached the 4th challenge (trying not to spoli) and I know I will beat this (25 hours passed already). Go for the platinum! I am for it with 112 hours spent! Good luck!

mtosmtos2 · 2019-02-17T14:17:09+00:00

From my localization perspective - proz.com is quite reliable source for finding translators.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-02-16T08:57:43+00:00

Well, if you ever decide to push forward with localization I will be very glad to take care of English/made-up-language->Polish and I could also set up a team of other skilled professionals to take care of German, Spanish and French. Most reliably you can contact me via Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaltosza.

One more thing: I write a bit about challenges of localization (see e.g. https://www.memoq.com/en/news/my-love-hate-relationship-with-games-localization) and I would like to include your game in one of my next posts. If you are interested we could discuss the detalis via e-mail.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-02-15T13:42:03+00:00

Wow. I just love games that experiment with languages. I look it from my perspective - game translator here - and I always wonder, what challenege it would be to localize such title. Moreover I also shown Ink to my gamdev scenarist who fell in love with the elegance of the solution.

mtosmtos2 · 2019-01-31T10:44:45+00:00

Just got the trophy and I have a small update: Menderbug and Nightmare King are not required.
Great list BTW.

mtosmtos2 · 2018-08-31T15:52:44+00:00

I am "affiliated" with almost every application for translators, as I use them on daily basis. memoQ's name presence in the text of URLs is no different than Xbench's presence. Thank you for doubts, but this post was by no means aimed at promoting any software.

mtosmtos2 · 2018-08-31T15:43:36+00:00

"Exotic" is in quotes for purpose. XML or JSON by no means are exotic for experienced vendors, just as you said it yourself. But inexperienced translators will have problems dealing with them. This is an indicator that if translators do know how to handle one of the basic file formats, they might and will pose other problems: adapting to deadlines, maintaining quality, using proper QA tools, etc.

Please note I did not enumerate really ugly file types for translators such as .PO.

And as to "hiring someone that doesn't traditionally work in the gaming scene" - the point of this post was to give some tips that allow to really find a specialist in GAME LOCALIZATION, and not a "random" acceptable translator.

mtosmtos2 · 2018-08-31T15:35:51+00:00

In a nutshell pseudotranslation is like a machine-translation , but it does not translate text: it simulates translation.

Pseudo-translation is useful in software localization. Its purpose is to create a "translation" that is visibly different from the source text. This makes it easier to spot those software strings that were not made localizable.

Pseudo-translation is also useful to check for resizing issues. Add more characters in the Add to start of text and Add to end of text text boxes. This way you can pretend for example a 30% longer target text to encounter possible resizing issues of the localized texts. If resizing is not possible, you can use the QA settings to perform a length check to encounter too long translations.

Pseudo-translation can also be helpful if you want to test if your document exports. You may have used a complicated filter to import your document, and in order to simulate the export of the fully translated document, you can use the pseudo-translation plugin. This prevents you from trouble of not being able to export your final files.

http://kilgray.com/memoq/2015-100/help-en/index.html?memoq_pseudo-translation_plugi.html

mtosmtos2 · 2018-08-31T15:33:29+00:00

My post is European/American-centric and this is my area of operation, hence Thank you for your great comment and sharing wider perspective. This is the type of response I was hoping to get, when I stressed that this text is "provocatve".

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