International Translation Day

Culture Flipper

Social Media Team

Translating entertainment is both an art and a science, requiring precise tools and knowledge. Discover what goes into every localized movie, series, and game that you enjoy. Happy International Translation Day to the incredible translators who make it all possible.
09.30.2024

Thai Team Members

Pitcha Sillapasuwan

Southeast Asia Regional Lead and Content Marketing Manager

Last Saturday, Culture Flipper’s Thai team members got together for a friendly lunch. Some of us only met each other in person for the first time, but the conversation flowed easily over delicious food. If you look closely at the table, you will see more than six dishes for six people. Thai people l …
11.30.2023

Transitions: The Neutral Zone

Sophia Lee

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

"Over 80% of reorganizations fail to deliver their full objectives." [1] [1] p. 55 That line scared the hell out of me to death in June 2021 when transition looked inevitable to me due to financial hardship. I started reading whatever I could. I had worked too hard to build this company to lose. …
11.03.2023

12 lessons learned from the initial pilot round of Rabbit Plane

Sophia Lee

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Here's a long overdue post listing the 12 lessons learned from the initial pilot round of Rabbit Plane, Culture Flipper 's guided community translation & localization program, with the support from JOARA and Simple Steps Community Connection , run from Nov. 2022 to Jan. 2023 as our ambitious …
11.03.2023

The Japanese Team Members

Mami Suzuki

Lead Japanese Project Manager

CEOのソフィアと日本チームのメンバー(左から鈴木麻未、井上大剛、ソフィア・リー、桂由貴) 鈴木 麻未(Lead Japanese Project Manager) 日本チームが大きくなり、より多くのクライアントにサービスを提供するようになったころ、韓国語→日本語から英語→日本語へと重点が移っていった時期に、日本チームのリーダーを引き継ぎました。日本チームの実績として、アメリカの暗号資産取引所Coinbaseのローカライゼーションマネージャーから、次のような感想をいただいています:「 カルチャーフリッパー は、日本語を含め、対応しているすべての言語において、依頼側が見直す必要のない、そのまま出版できるレベルの翻訳を提供してくれます」 音楽と言葉をこよなく愛する異色の経歴の持ち主で、3歳でピアノを始め、ヤマハジュニアピアノコンクールでは最優秀賞にも輝きました。ところが、15歳でソニー・ロリンズに心を奪われ、演奏楽器がピアノからサックスへと変わります。大学時代に所属していたビッグバンドはヤマノ・ビッグバンド ・ジャズ・コンテストで5位入賞を果たし、カリフォルニアに住んでいたときにはSoCal Jazz Academyでジャズを学びながら、週末にはレストランでライブ演奏を披露していました。日本に拠点を移した現在も、ときどきステージに出演しており、楽器の練習に余念がありません。 最初に言語に興味を持ったのは、8歳のころ。父親の仕事の関係でアメリカに渡り、英語をまったく知らないまま現地校に放り込まれた経験から、言葉の大切さを身をもって実感しま …
10.13.2023

The Japanese Team Members

Sophia Lee

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Mami Suzuki (Lead Japanese Project Manager) Mami took over the lead role of the Japanese team just when the Japanese team was maturing and serving more clients, with the emphasis shifting from Korean Japanese to English Japanese. A Japan-based localization program manager at Coinbase shared his …
10.08.2023

The Story of Culture Flipper’s Japanese Team

Sophia Lee

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Japanese Team with CEO Sophia Lee [Left to right: Mami Suzuki, Hirotaka Inoue, Sophia Lee, Yuki Katsura] The history of the Japanese team dates back to February 2017, just a month after the foundation of Culture Flipper. Back then, we didn’t officially offer Japanese localization services, but t …
10.07.2023

The Cheongju Craft Biennale reunites with the globalization experts at Culture Flipper for another meaningful collaboration

Liz Yoon

Editorial Coordinator - North America

2023 Cheongju Craft Biennale The Organizing Committee of the Cheongju Craft Biennale ("Biennale Committee" hereafter; Chairperson Lee Beomseok, Mayor of Cheongju) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the localization expert group Culture Flipper Korea ("Culture …
06.08.2023

What fixes localization quality issues?

Sophia Lee

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

As an underdog in the localization and multilingual marketing industry, the majority of our clients had never heard of us until they experienced quality issues with their existing vendors, which were primarily well-known localization agencies. Since its foundation, Culture Flipper’s work has mainly c …
05.20.2023