Horacio Corral 📚 🎮
Horacio Corral
Teacher, book editor and videogames translator
(english / brazilian portuguese / spanish latin america)
⭐ Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Horacio has been working in the gaming translation field for over 10 years. With over 1,000 students from both in-person and online courses, he has taught at various institutions, including the Escola Brasileira de Games, Escola de Tradutores, PROFT, Cursos ¡Quijote!, Translators101, and co-created the Supercurso de Tradução de Jogos in partnership with Rook Traduções.
🎮 He was a founding partner of Tlön Studios game studio, releasing the game Soul Gambler on the Steam platform, which sold over 20,000 copies in just one month. Horacio's translation experience spans literary and technical works, with recent projects including Odallus: The Dark Call, Sword Legacy: Omen, and Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
📚 Beyond the gaming industry, Horacio has over 15 years of experience in the publishing industry, starting as a bookseller at Livraria Cultura in 2007. Passionate about technology and digital media, he has played various roles in Creative Economy companies, becoming a key figure in the Brazilian market for digital book sales and marketing at Bookwire Brasil. He has also worked as a consultant at UmLivro (Meta Brasil), a pioneer in print-on-demand models. In 2018, he founded Tacet Books, an innovative publishing project focused on public domain content, boasting over 1,000 digital books and 76 printed books. Through Negócios Literários, Horacio offers courses in marketing, game translation, and consultancy services for independent authors and publishers.
🙋🏻In itch.io, he participated in a few translators teams, such as Eita-loc, at LocJAM 5, localizing Intergalactic Wizard Force to brazilian portuguese, and Alquimistas da Localização, at LocJAM - Made in Italy, localizing Aventura no Castelo to brazilian portuguese.
🤩 Horacio is always happy to participate in new projects and venture into new translation adventures and challenges.
👨🏻🏫 He currently teaches a videogames translation course at Faculdade LabPub, click in the follow link to know more: Tradução de Videogames (Inglês-Português) – LABPUB
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