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Zenn's Auto-Translation Backfire, and the Translation-Rights Problem It Exposed

Zenn's January 2026 launch of default-on AI article translation triggered an immediate backlash over translation rights, a fast reversal to opt-in, and a copycat feature from note days later — a case study in what happens when a platform decides on your behalf that your writing should exist in another language.

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Three Small Reminders That Japanese Localization Is Never 'Done'

A look at three recent Qiita posts—covering Moodle plugin translation via AMOS, the 2026 crop of Japanese AI writing tools, and Slidev font fixes—that together illustrate how much invisible work goes into making developer tools feel native in Japanese.