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Kévin Bernier

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‣ Translator & Game Loc Specialist ‣ English to French ‣ 11+ years and counting ‣ Baldur's Gate III; Avowed; Sherlock Holmes; Against the Storm… ‣ kevinbernier.com

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On pourrait penser que les traducteurs de la VF auraient leur place ici aussi.

11.02.2026 08:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Something like 98% (I wish I was exaggerating) of my LinkedIn feed is AI-related.

Which circle of Hell is this? Someone save me.

26.01.2026 13:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A screenshot showing the word "kind-hearted"

A screenshot showing the word "kind-hearted"

I like to think so, yes. 😇

02.01.2026 12:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Will this be recorded/available as a VOD? The time difference unfortunately makes it difficult for me to catch this.

Would love to though!

10.12.2025 08:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It's just like the Everything Bagel from Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, and I am here for it.

25.11.2025 10:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Does anybody know if the HonYaks community is still active? I applied nearly two months ago and haven't heard anything, positive or otherwise.

24.11.2025 17:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's an amazing add to LocQuest's portfolio, huge congrats!

24.11.2025 12:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Octopath Traveler 0? The French loc of the first was brilliant, this is a crying shame.

07.11.2025 13:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

En numérique, c'est fini oui. Cela dit, le Grand robert est accessible via l'abonnement BNF (une vingtaine d'euros par an)

08.10.2025 10:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

IX being so low on your list is criminal! I cannot agree with you good sir! ダメ!

20.09.2025 06:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Fallen Fates A new top-down action-RPG, brought to life through beautiful hand-drawn pixel art, packed with epic, intense combat.

Just backed Fallen Fates by @hibernianws.bsky.social on Kickstarter! Looking really promising. Support your indies!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hib...

19.09.2025 09:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Beyond the other silly stuff, calling Hollow Knight's dialogue "straightforward" is comical. There's a lyrical and esoteric quality to much of the source content, and it would definitely pose an interesting challenge to render as a professional translator.

11.09.2025 15:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Someone's (rightfully) angry!

08.09.2025 14:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Je voulais répondre à l'autre posteur qui parlait de la VF pour le coup, ma faute.

07.09.2025 13:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ça n'a donc pas grand-chose à voir avec la qualité des autres traductions, l'anglais de Silksong est "correct" puisqu'il a été écrit par des Australiens, c'est juste que certains personnages s'expriment curieusement.

Je ne vois pas le rapport avec, mettons, les fautes d'accord dans la VF.

07.09.2025 13:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Je suis un peu confus ; il parle des difficultés de rendre l'idée qu'un personnage s'exprime bizarrement dans la version originale tout en communiquant clairement au joueur que c'est bien le personnage qui s'exprime comme ça, par conception de l'auteur, et non une mauvaise traduction.

07.09.2025 13:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Dans la commu de trad les retours sur la traduction FR sont aussi assez mauvais, qu'en penses-tu ?

Pas un élément de gameplay pur je sais, mais ton avis m'intéresse.

06.09.2025 06:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Baffles me too, but there's already AI-generated Twitch streamers who have thousands of viewers.

Or at least one I know of: Neuro-sama. Why anyone would want to watch what is basically ChatGPT steaming, I don't know, but it's a thing.

These trends make me appreciate human art all the more, tbh.

01.09.2025 10:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Your writings are invaluable to the translation community and beyond, and I definitely feel you're correct about the general atmosphere of large swaths of the Internet today; there's often something mean-spirited about it.

But I hope you take heart in knowing people read and appreciate your work.

31.08.2025 08:53 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Forgot to post it, but happy to say I finished Star Ocean: The Second Story R in Japanese a few weeks ago. Took a while, but it was a lot of fun and I do feel it helped improve my Japanese.

Next up, and already started, is Trails from Zero!

27.08.2025 15:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Got that too. "Come feed your NDA-protected texts into our engine! Totally free, no catch! We swears".

Right. Mkay.

Not even mentioning the whole "getting your translations approved by the soulless machines" aspect of it all.

02.07.2025 09:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Chonkobo", love it!

28.06.2025 16:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What I love is that the "offer" being for Spanish, even though I translate to French, is the least ridiculous part of the email.

Never change, ProZ.

25.06.2025 13:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Offer" received through ProZ, for Spanish audio desc/transcription work. I work from English to French, but this is surprisingly the least funny part of the email.

"Offer" received through ProZ, for Spanish audio desc/transcription work. I work from English to French, but this is surprisingly the least funny part of the email.

Behold, the most absurd e-mail I have ever received:

25.06.2025 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

Last Week Tonight's piece, which I recommend watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg...

23.06.2025 11:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Which can at times lead me to wonder whether I am deluding myself as to AI, and whether those who claim "AI is the future" really have it right when I keep thinking that I just don't see it, having seen how inadequate it is when it comes to translation, at least in the game localization field.

23.06.2025 11:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I sometimes also worry that, as a translator, I exist in somewhat of an online bubble regarding AI, as nearly everyone I choose to associate with strongly dislikes it also, or is straight up against it altogether.

23.06.2025 11:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Having just watched John Oliver's latest piece on Last Week Tonight, which covers AI and specifically AI slop, I feel my dislike of AI is only increasing; or at least of AI as it is being used today.

And that makes me feel very much at odds with the current online trends and hype cycles.

23.06.2025 11:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Très bon article, qui résume bien ma propre pensée sur le sujet. Je reçois aussi ma dose de "alors ChatGPT, hein ?" quand je dis que je suis traducteur, et personne ne me croit jamais quand je réponds que c'est nul dans le domaine où je bosse.

Plus j'avance, plus je pense que ça le sera toujours.

05.06.2025 20:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver Just 1 in 4 AI investments bring in the ROI they promise—but CEOs just can’t resist the technology.

There's also this, which I had missed when it dropped in May: fortune.com/2025/05/09/k...

02.06.2025 09:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0