Cat with a lamp - no, hold the moth.
It is very likely that not every reader is familiar with the concept of “visual novel,” and if he is, he already writes in the comments an exclamation of the type: “Again, these viabushniki on the hub!”. But if you are just interested in reading the story of one under-translator with little programming skills and big ambitions, then I will tell you.
How it all started
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In conclusion, some server statistics at the moment:
• Total subtitles created: 1,555,653
• New subtitles per month: 21,470.3
• Number of games having at least one subtitle: 1759
• Number of users: 62,430
Acknowledgments:
gasparchik and anonymous author for text editing
Link to the github account of the "creator"