a enorme safadeza que é te pagarem pra fazer uma revisão, aí você vai ver e a tradução é de máquina. nem pra pagar mtpe
September 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
a enorme safadeza que é te pagarem pra fazer uma revisão, aí você vai ver e a tradução é de máquina. nem pra pagar mtpe
When translators say they hate doing MTPE because it's faster to just do it from scratch and results in better material, we're not exaggerating. If I was a proofreader and a translator handed me this, I would immediately tell the PM to fire them. No translation is genuinely better than an MT in loc.
September 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
When translators say they hate doing MTPE because it's faster to just do it from scratch and results in better material, we're not exaggerating. If I was a proofreader and a translator handed me this, I would immediately tell the PM to fire them. No translation is genuinely better than an MT in loc.
OH, Look! Another game translated by magic!
This right here is quite dangerous in these times. Why? By erasing us translators from our jobs it makes it easier to replace us with GenAI.
We've always been invisible. That gave them a leverage in introducing MTPE and lowering our rates.
This right here is quite dangerous in these times. Why? By erasing us translators from our jobs it makes it easier to replace us with GenAI.
We've always been invisible. That gave them a leverage in introducing MTPE and lowering our rates.
Nioh 3, developed by Koei Tecmo and localized in 11 languages, does NOT feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits. A few members of Localization staff are included in the LQA credits, but none of the actual translators are credited. Source: GamersPrey
February 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
OH, Look! Another game translated by magic!
This right here is quite dangerous in these times. Why? By erasing us translators from our jobs it makes it easier to replace us with GenAI.
We've always been invisible. That gave them a leverage in introducing MTPE and lowering our rates.
This right here is quite dangerous in these times. Why? By erasing us translators from our jobs it makes it easier to replace us with GenAI.
We've always been invisible. That gave them a leverage in introducing MTPE and lowering our rates.
i cant imagine how bad an MTPE translation of a game like segagaga where every single line is buried in layers of deep otaku references is but im not about to self harm by playing it to check
February 27, 2026 at 11:56 PM
i cant imagine how bad an MTPE translation of a game like segagaga where every single line is buried in layers of deep otaku references is but im not about to self harm by playing it to check
I will not mince words: Segagaga is a deeply personal, human game about passionate developers making the best of a bad situation. This is not the first patch to employ MTPE as a shortcut, but it is particularly tone deaf to deploy in this climate for a game about the people who made Sega what it is.
February 28, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I will not mince words: Segagaga is a deeply personal, human game about passionate developers making the best of a bad situation. This is not the first patch to employ MTPE as a shortcut, but it is particularly tone deaf to deploy in this climate for a game about the people who made Sega what it is.
Now this is some extremely cool news that other countries should be looking into for immediate implementation as well. Machine translation post-editing (MTPE) is a mark of shame that publishers should rightfully have to display as a warning to any potential customers.
Denmark's Ministry of Justice has announced that post-editing machine translation (PEMT) does not qualify as "translation" under its legal framework.
#Translation #ProfessionalStandards #AITranslation
#Translation #ProfessionalStandards #AITranslation
Denmark Says Post-Editing Is Not Translation
Danish associations get legal backing to stop AI translation editors from getting credit as original translators.
slator.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Now this is some extremely cool news that other countries should be looking into for immediate implementation as well. Machine translation post-editing (MTPE) is a mark of shame that publishers should rightfully have to display as a warning to any potential customers.
> Receive a mail from Andovar
> 29k of a new game
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...
> It's MTPE.
> 29k of a new game
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> It's MTPE.
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
> Receive a mail from Andovar
> 29k of a new game
...
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> It's MTPE.
> 29k of a new game
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...
> It's MTPE.
Also, why call it MTPE when we can call it TRANSLATION'T.
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Also, why call it MTPE when we can call it TRANSLATION'T.
MTPE: Me Tienen Podrida Estos
September 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
MTPE: Me Tienen Podrida Estos
St Jerome doing MTPE
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
St Jerome doing MTPE
Tell me again how MTPE and GenAI is going to make my life easier and my job in game localization better.
March 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Tell me again how MTPE and GenAI is going to make my life easier and my job in game localization better.
THAT is the problem with "better than nothing". MTPE fan TL is worse than nothing. It's actively detrimental to the games supposedly being translated and the community at large.
It makes players associate the game with slop.
It forestalls good-faith translations.
It wastes everyone's time.
It makes players associate the game with slop.
It forestalls good-faith translations.
It wastes everyone's time.
March 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
THAT is the problem with "better than nothing". MTPE fan TL is worse than nothing. It's actively detrimental to the games supposedly being translated and the community at large.
It makes players associate the game with slop.
It forestalls good-faith translations.
It wastes everyone's time.
It makes players associate the game with slop.
It forestalls good-faith translations.
It wastes everyone's time.
Client: "How many days do you need to translate 35k words as MTPE?"
Me: "Just as many days as translating it without MTPE."
Sorry, I don't do "quick fixes".
Me: "Just as many days as translating it without MTPE."
Sorry, I don't do "quick fixes".
August 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Client: "How many days do you need to translate 35k words as MTPE?"
Me: "Just as many days as translating it without MTPE."
Sorry, I don't do "quick fixes".
Me: "Just as many days as translating it without MTPE."
Sorry, I don't do "quick fixes".
MTPE: More Time-consuming; Paycuts for Everyone
March 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
MTPE: More Time-consuming; Paycuts for Everyone
—He cruzado océanos de tiempo para encontrarte.
—No hago MTPE.
—No hago MTPE.
—He cruzado océanos de tiempo para encontrarte.
—Que te pongas el condón.
—Que te pongas el condón.
—He cruzado océanos de tiempo para encontrarte.
—Documentación del vehículo y permiso de conducir
—Documentación del vehículo y permiso de conducir
August 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
—He cruzado océanos de tiempo para encontrarte.
—No hago MTPE.
—No hago MTPE.
Hay traductores que hacen MTPE, ofrecen MTPE y defienden la MTPE a la vez que publican cuadritos, infografías y cositas en contra de la MTPE, porque "la traducción humana es mejor". ¿En qué quedamos? No sé a ustedes, pero a mí me da a poca ética.
a woman is standing in front of a microphone holding a star .
ALT: a woman is standing in front of a microphone holding a star .
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Hay traductores que hacen MTPE, ofrecen MTPE y defienden la MTPE a la vez que publican cuadritos, infografías y cositas en contra de la MTPE, porque "la traducción humana es mejor". ¿En qué quedamos? No sé a ustedes, pero a mí me da a poca ética.
The point of a fan TL is to give others access to media they wouldn't otherwise be able to appreciate. If it won't reach people, your efforts are better spent elsewhere.
The existence of this MTPE slop translation is actively disincentivizing all potential serious translation efforts in the future.
The existence of this MTPE slop translation is actively disincentivizing all potential serious translation efforts in the future.
March 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The point of a fan TL is to give others access to media they wouldn't otherwise be able to appreciate. If it won't reach people, your efforts are better spent elsewhere.
The existence of this MTPE slop translation is actively disincentivizing all potential serious translation efforts in the future.
The existence of this MTPE slop translation is actively disincentivizing all potential serious translation efforts in the future.
MTPE (machine translation w/ post-edit) is just another tool of people who think this way. They don't know and have no way of knowing if their TL is accurate. They stubbornly insist generative algorithms produce reliable work that just needs a little spitshine, despite all evidence to the contrary.
March 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
MTPE (machine translation w/ post-edit) is just another tool of people who think this way. They don't know and have no way of knowing if their TL is accurate. They stubbornly insist generative algorithms produce reliable work that just needs a little spitshine, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Empresa que no paga pidiendo hacer MTPE y ponerle nota a la maquinita. Ya pueden esperar sentados.
May 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Empresa que no paga pidiendo hacer MTPE y ponerle nota a la maquinita. Ya pueden esperar sentados.
Appreciate that this touches on how awful MTPE (machine translation post-editing) is, and glad that there are still some companies who refuse to use it.
Also, reminder that contractors are far more likely to get shafted in the credits, either being reduced to a company name or nothing at all.
Also, reminder that contractors are far more likely to get shafted in the credits, either being reduced to a company name or nothing at all.
Thousands of full-time video game industry workers have been laid off in the last several years as game companies scramble to cut costs. But there are even more cuts happening quietly to contract workers, wh... https://kotaku.com/amidst-mass-layoffs-contract-workers-devastated-video-games-2000718416
Amidst Mass Layoffs, Contract Work Is Being Gutted Too
Major companies are eliminating more than just their full-time workforce, and developers are paying the price
kotaku.com
July 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Appreciate that this touches on how awful MTPE (machine translation post-editing) is, and glad that there are still some companies who refuse to use it.
Also, reminder that contractors are far more likely to get shafted in the credits, either being reduced to a company name or nothing at all.
Also, reminder that contractors are far more likely to get shafted in the credits, either being reduced to a company name or nothing at all.
Uno en Linked*n está pidiendo gente que haga MTPE de traducciones humanitarias.
Humanitarismo y MTPE. MTPE y humanitarismo.
Me llevan los demonios.
Humanitarismo y MTPE. MTPE y humanitarismo.
Me llevan los demonios.
August 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Uno en Linked*n está pidiendo gente que haga MTPE de traducciones humanitarias.
Humanitarismo y MTPE. MTPE y humanitarismo.
Me llevan los demonios.
Humanitarismo y MTPE. MTPE y humanitarismo.
Me llevan los demonios.
翻訳業に携わる者です。
生成AIや機械に訳させた訳文は、人間の翻訳者が原文と一言一句突き合わせて校正・校閲をします。機械翻訳だとこの作業全体をMTPEと言います。訳文は箸にも棒にもかからないものが多いので、MTPEにすごく時間がかかるのですが、料金は一から訳す時の半分ほどしかもらえません。結果的にMTPEがいい加減になって、使い物にならない訳文ができあがります。
生成AIの翻訳にせよ機械翻訳にせよ、今のレベルでは人の足を引っ張るだけのじゃまな存在だと思います。
生成AIや機械に訳させた訳文は、人間の翻訳者が原文と一言一句突き合わせて校正・校閲をします。機械翻訳だとこの作業全体をMTPEと言います。訳文は箸にも棒にもかからないものが多いので、MTPEにすごく時間がかかるのですが、料金は一から訳す時の半分ほどしかもらえません。結果的にMTPEがいい加減になって、使い物にならない訳文ができあがります。
生成AIの翻訳にせよ機械翻訳にせよ、今のレベルでは人の足を引っ張るだけのじゃまな存在だと思います。
May 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
翻訳業に携わる者です。
生成AIや機械に訳させた訳文は、人間の翻訳者が原文と一言一句突き合わせて校正・校閲をします。機械翻訳だとこの作業全体をMTPEと言います。訳文は箸にも棒にもかからないものが多いので、MTPEにすごく時間がかかるのですが、料金は一から訳す時の半分ほどしかもらえません。結果的にMTPEがいい加減になって、使い物にならない訳文ができあがります。
生成AIの翻訳にせよ機械翻訳にせよ、今のレベルでは人の足を引っ張るだけのじゃまな存在だと思います。
生成AIや機械に訳させた訳文は、人間の翻訳者が原文と一言一句突き合わせて校正・校閲をします。機械翻訳だとこの作業全体をMTPEと言います。訳文は箸にも棒にもかからないものが多いので、MTPEにすごく時間がかかるのですが、料金は一から訳す時の半分ほどしかもらえません。結果的にMTPEがいい加減になって、使い物にならない訳文ができあがります。
生成AIの翻訳にせよ機械翻訳にせよ、今のレベルでは人の足を引っ張るだけのじゃまな存在だと思います。
What I don't want to be doing in 2025 is MTPE...
November 25, 2024 at 1:56 PM
What I don't want to be doing in 2025 is MTPE...