https://personal.quack.world/posts/Writing on language, localization, and the systems behind them.en-GBhttps://personal.quack.world/localization/kenshi-technical-systems/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:55:55 +0200https://personal.quack.world/localization/kenshi-technical-systems/How morphswaps and caseswaps preserve Kenshi's reactive dialogue in Polish.localizationgameshttps://personal.quack.world/localization/kenshi-technical-localization/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:55:55 +0200https://personal.quack.world/localization/kenshi-technical-localization/Why Kenshi's reactive dialogue poses a grammatical challenge for Polish localization.localizationgameshttps://personal.quack.world/localization/showcase/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:55:55 +0200https://personal.quack.world/localization/showcase//n Translation samples from the first Kenshi, completed in a single day for a translation test. They are not representative of the stylistic, character-voice, or translation choices made for the sequel. Download the XML package here. Making fictional terminology sound believable RationaleCatcrawlers is deliberately written as a game whose rules the player is not meant to understand. The terms are intentionally nonsensical. I've mirrored the approach, creating equally nonsensical terms, spoken with the confidence, cadence and rhyme typical of a Polish street hustler.localizationtranslation-crafthttps://personal.quack.world/localization/history/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:16:01 +0200https://personal.quack.world/localization/history/Wherein I condense twenty years of English–Polish localization, from technical translation and game writing to language ownership, QA, and localization engineering into a handful of paragraphs.localizationexperience