Jocelyne Allen

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I write. I ramble. I translate. And interpret.
筆者／翻訳・通訳家／取り留めの無い人
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Men can only be beautiful if they do it in a manly style, like at the gorilla spa. Chest-poundingly hot, the masculine way.

Some of my excellent translation babies are up for the first-ever American Manga Awards! Truly an honour! #AmNominated

American Manga Awards Nominations - Anime NYCanimenyc.com Announcing…The Nominees for the 2024 American Manga Awards For the 2024 American Manga Awards, we received over 200 entries from 29 manga publishers, big, small, and everything in between. Our judge...

There's a segment on the news about the metro, and I'm honestly surprised there aren't more shows about the Tokyo trains. Even if you're not a train otaku, the whole system is so complex and fascinating. We need a feature-length documentary. #AmWatching

My girl Mini is all set for summer! Or maybe the rainy season? Hard to tell if the umbrella is protection against sunburn or wet circuits.

March and April are pretty slim pickings for holidays, so I was wondering about Mini's next look. But my little robot friend is apparently psyched for baseball season or wants to be a part of the general conversation about Ohtani getting married. Cute either way!

The road I live on is so narrow that a group of four people had to carefully coach a fire truck past my apartment building just now. My apartment was suddenly filled with confident cries of はい、オッケー！ and オールライ〜！

To be even a fifth as happy as these dogs!

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New CWR post: Want to Run TCAF? comicsworthreading.com/2024/07/14/w...

Want to Run TCAF?comicsworthreading.com The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), held yearly, is looking to hire an Executive Director.

Absolutely wild use of spot colour in My Name is Shingo. #AmTranslating

Brenda! My youth!! Existential crisis incoming!!!

Another famous woman of the ‘90s who deserved a reexamination of how hard people came for her. She was good at what she did. variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ and ‘Charmed’ Star, Dies at 53variety.com Shannen Doherty, who played Brenda on 'Beverly Hills 90210' and starred in 'Charmed,' has died.

Listening to Lovebites for the frenetic metal drumming and absolutely wild shredding to keep me typing faster, ever faster. #AmTranslating

Got a new 10,000 yen note today! So fancy! So weirdly retro! It’s also this strange demarcation of my life in this country. Another new bill, another year of being Japanese adjacent.

Very cool the way the artist (小宮りさ麻吏奈) shows the speakers switching between Japanese and English with the horizontal balloons flowing into vertical balloons and vice versa. #AmReading

New Atsushi Kaneko art show at the Vanilla Gallery is great in so many ways! Lots of art and artifacts jammed into such a small space!

Look at these perfect pairs of polite paws! cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social

Look at what good manners we have! Maybe we should have a reward?

Guess who bought some books?? *It was me. Obviously. I bought some books.

Asada Nemui's doing a live draw over on Pixiv right now if you were wanting to watch some BL get made!

asada nemuiさんが「BLペン入れ」でライブ中！ - pixiv Sketcht.co 朝活

Okay, おつかれなま is actually a great slogan for a beer.

Poster in the metro informed me that there is a CLAMP exhibit at the National Art Centre, so I guess I know what I'm doing on my next day off.

CLAMP展www.clamp-ex.jp 幅広いジャンルにおいて多様な作品を世に送り出してきた女性4人の創作集団CLAMPによる活動の軌跡をたどる原画展を開催いたします。CLAMPがこれまでの作品を通して年齢・性別・国を超えて読者たちを魅了し、届けてきたメッセージをいま、改めて紐解く大規模展覧会です。

My Canadian brain fights with American spelling conventions, leading me to type things like "meteres" and "theatere".

Binge watching What Did You Eat Yesterday, and delighted all over again at the Tominagas’ reaction to Shiro being gay. #AmWatching

"When the source is nonsense word salad, our translations must also be word salad." -me, commenting on my student's assignment like a zen translation master #AmTeaching

Such a thrill to see the Japanese version of Mothers on the shelves here! My dreamy translation baby (out from @glacierbaybooks.com) was based on the doujinshi bc there was no collection of Kusahara Umi's work into a book. Until now! Apparently, our E-edition spurred the publication of the J-book!

I find the seconds countdown on TV shogi matches so soothing. I need to download it for insomnia nights. #AmWatching

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The importance of localisation (or the perils of lack of). #translation

Definitely don't love that it's hot enough for the weather guy to be pleading with us to not die. (Also: take his advice. Don't let this absurd heat kill you.)

お願いです、本気で暑さ対策をしてください。 7/7は命に関わる危険な暑さとなり、関東や静岡で最高気温40℃予報の地域も。特に東京・茨城・千葉・埼玉・神奈川・群馬・静岡・愛知・三重・奈良・和歌山・島根・愛知・高知・大分・長崎・熊本・宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄で熱中症の危険度が極めて高まります。厳重に警戒を！！

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Tricky translation issue: Japanese often obscures gender even when you are 99% sure the character speaking is assuming a gender, so if you translate it straight, in English the character will sound woke and progressive on gender, which is not really implied in the Japanese BUT

Brain vs Moon!

Mochizuki no Karasu: Abe Chisatobrainvsbook.wordpress.com Imagine my delight when I popped into my favourite Tokyo bookstore to kill time before meeting a friend for dinner only to find a display of the latest novel in the Yatagarasu series! I had no idea it...

Update: I am in Tokyo, but I only watched one Rocky on the way here. (The original and classic, of course.) I promise to do better on my next flight.

Should I just mainline Rocky movies all the way to Tokyo?? #AmTravelling

Google Translate has clearly never worked in an office. #AmTranslating