• Lunar: Silver Star Story’s Tootsie Pop Reference in Japanese

  The English localization is known for inserting pop-culture jokes everywhere.

• Memes & References in Video Game Translations

  A dedicated, community-driven wiki would probably be a smarter idea than this article.

• Movies in Japanese #02: Ghostbusters

  Ghostbusters is full of American cultural references, New York references, and more. How were these translated into Japanese?

• New Book: Legends of Localization, Book 2 – EarthBound

  Let's see how this giant purple book about trash burgers came to be.

• The Censored Egg Tart of Ar Nosurge

  In the right hands, mosaic censoring is just a modern way of saying "ewww".

• The Problem with L, R, and Other Letters in Japanese Translation

  There's logic behind all those funny Japanese typos, and it goes beyond L and R.

• The Shocking “Grilled Mormons” Sign in Takeshi’s Challenge

  Comedy rarely translates well, as this oddly translated sign demonstrates.

• Tricky Translations #2: The Four Heavenly Kings

  This simple Japanese phrase often stands out in translation, but why?

• Twinkle Star Sprites’ “Sweet Tacos” in Japanese

  She originally mentions "natto fried rice" in the Japanese script.

• When Is It Okay and Not Okay to Localize Something?

  As a translator, you can take the source to the reader, or the reader to the source.