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That unfortunately happens quite often with smaller/indie studios who hire over the internet. For a non porn game example Lobotomy Corporation had something similar happen with it's Korean-->English translation, though thankfully they did eventually get a better translation.Rem just posted a cautionary tale about game development. Long story short they were looking for a translator a while back to do a spanish release of Melty's Quest, and got approached by somebody who claimed to be living in Spain and struggling to get by due to COVID, so Rem hired them. A few months later they got the full translation, paid for it, and then discovered that instead of being translated by a real human who knew spanish, the entire thing is copy/pasted word for word from google translate, without even the most basic editing. So because of a poorly worded contract and a shitty con artist, Remtairy is out four figures and has nothing worth selling to make back that loss.
They didn't mention anything about this causing delays or risks to other ongoing projects like Karryn's Prison, but if any of you have been on the fence about signing up for subscribestar or buying a legal copy of Melty's Quest, this would be a good time to help the devs out.
There are no shortage of assholes looking to make a quick buck.