Darklord Rooke

I'll echo Decay and Derg and say that I completely disagree with this. I was pretty bad at editing when I got started. Thanks to a lot of time spent doing it, and a lot of advice from someone good at it who was looking over my shoulder for a few early months while I worked on Majo Koi (Darbury), I can confidently say I've improved massively over the two years and change that I've been doing it. (Note that I also think I still have a long way yet to go, and that I expect to improve further with more experience.)
I went back over the Majo Koi text I'd already edited some three or four times over the course of a couple years, and each time I did, I found all kinds of things that "new me" found problematic. It's been a few months now since I've last looked over it, and I probably won't look at it again, but I expect I've improved further and would make yet more changes if faced with it again.
I also have gotten faster over the years, because my brain knows both what to do and why to do it more instinctively. But the much more dramatic difference is in the quality of work I do now, moreso than the quantity of work.
Also, I don't think "effort" and "experience" are the only axes to consider here. There's another axis of "ability", which is probably the most important thing to consider. Ability often is honed through experience, and for editing and translating it's also honed through things like reading more and studying. However, no amount of effort makes up for lack of ability. A bad translator spending an hour on a line is still probably going to produce a bad translation, where a good translator could produce a good translation in a minute (while also considering more things, like the broader context, the appropriate tone, etc.). I don't think people like to hear this, generally, and maybe it comes off as elitist, but that doesn't make it any less true. In Ratatouille terms, a good translator can come from anywhere, but not everybody can be a good translator.

We'll have to convince some poor sap with loads of free time intrepid representative of the community to fork out 20 US dollaroos and do some research.
Any volunteers? Anyone at all? Come on, it looks like a really enjoyable VN ...  

I'll defer to those with experience in both fan translation and official translation.  But from personal experience (in life in general, not just translation), effort matters more than experience, and financial incentives often don't reward effort (per unit of production).  Experience certainly allows you to get more done with less effort (per unit of production), if you choose.
I'm also not convinced this is a machine translation, though 3 screenshots really aren't much to go on.  The difference matters because false accusations without any supporting evidence obstruct useful discussion and cause unnecessary polarization.  This is the difference between a deliberate scam and simple incompetence; those who pitch any bad TL as 'machine translation' are making the equivalent of a moral appeal, which is a lamentable persuasive tactic often seen in politics.

The Video Game Boy on Steam has released some screenshots of the game in a review. Kudos to this upstanding gentleman. This is probably the worst official release I have seen for a long time:

This is so true. I honestly feel like my translation speed has slowed down over time since I got into official translation, as I put a lot more effort into the work, which simply means I spend more time on each line. 

Experience can absolutely make you better, though. Proof: me. It all depends on the attitude you approach your work/hobby with. In fact, many translators I've talked to have said that they've become slower with experience, not faster. Inexperienced translators tend to work quickly, going with very direct and literal translations, and basically just translating word-by-word without thinking deeply about it. More experienced translators will tend to read into nuance, will consider context more, and will spend more time finding ways to eloquently write what is being expressed. Obviously there are outliers. Some translators will never change their translation style with experience. But that's not everyone.
The same goes for editors. When I first started Dracu-Riot, I was really sloppy. I improved rapidly as I worked though and ended up having to redo a lot of my early work. I was brand new to editing back then which accounts for the rapid pace of improvement, but I don't think I'm going to stop improving ever.

The Video Game Boy on Steam has released some screenshots of the game in a review. Kudos to this upstanding gentleman. This is probably the worst official release I have seen for a long time:

Ha ha a year older ... thanks everyone for reminding me  I had someone at the bank remind me also, then start a long conversation about it, a conversation that just wouldn't end and I'm standing there thinking do they employ you specifically to make your customers feel bad? Is that it? It doesn't matter how depressed I feel, I'm not opening another account you know...
Happy birthday @Jun Inoue may your day be blessed with *insert randomly generated google saying*

Happy Birthday @Emi
While cursing Father Time for being a bastard and not slowing down, I suggest the item below. Apparently quite sweet and provides a nice warm feeling for quite a while afterwards  Perfect for both celebration (HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS...) and commiseration (...ON GETTING ANOTHER YEAR OLDEEEEEEER)  

Have a great birthday  

Gary Stu? "The Man"? This is gonna be full of outrageously over-the-top humour, isn't it?

No real news. They handed out the demo, then moved on without saying anything about the actual status of the translation.
Panel video here btw: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BRKjeOQApBxw It's sideways, so watch it on your phone or rotate your monitor.

JAST announcements:
Flowers Summer and Trample on Schatten BOTH releasing on July 16th, with early copies available at AX. Togainu no Chi, Lamento, and Dramatical Murder announced for JAST Blue, their BL brand.  Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. announced. This game is really popular. Sweet Pool is coming soon, and not just "jast time soon." Work on Flowers Autumn has started (though JAST already announced their intent to translate the entire series a few years ago)

Well, that was fast.  A Jast USA employee responded to my post saying "That's a misunderstanding. It's still in the works."  So I guess Django is not cancelled.
Edit:  Ninja'ed again.  Someone should call some pirates and get those scurvy dogs off the forum, arrr

btw any news on Majikoi? Based on their twitter it seems like they handed out demos, anything else like a rough release date?
 
Btw on http://discuss.jastusa.com/discussion/255270/so-outlaw-django-is-officially-cancelled-now/p1?new=1 the comment Nandemonai got back was "That's a misunderstanding. It's still in the works."

Reddit is saying that in the Q&A, Jast said Django won't be coming because it doesn't work on Windows 10.  I've asked for confirmation in Jast's forum.
Edit: Damn ninjas.  Quit reading my mind like that, Decay.  You'll go blind.
That would explain why Django was stuck in 'awaiting translation' for literally years.  They put it on the back burner when Win10 released.  Three years ago.  Did they say anything about Sumaga?  That game was 70% through editing but it seems to have also completely stalled.
So Django joins La Voyeur: Used Condom and Newscaster Mariko and Slave Bazaar, and one other Nitroplus title Jingai Makyou.  Hopefully they won't now start denying they ever announced it (like they did to JM!)

There was actually django news at the panel! 
It's canceled.
No, really. They said that unless Nitro+ ever releases a windows 10 version (not a guarantee), it's never happening.

Ha ha a year older ... thanks everyone for reminding me  I had someone at the bank remind me also, then start a long conversation about it, a conversation that just wouldn't end and I'm standing there thinking do they employ you specifically to make your customers feel bad? Is that it? It doesn't matter how depressed I feel, I'm not opening another account you know...
Happy birthday @Jun Inoue may your day be blessed with *insert randomly generated google saying*

Ha ha a year older ... thanks everyone for reminding me  I had someone at the bank remind me also, then start a long conversation about it, a conversation that just wouldn't end and I'm standing there thinking do they employ you specifically to make your customers feel bad? Is that it? It doesn't matter how depressed I feel, I'm not opening another account you know...
Happy birthday @Jun Inoue may your day be blessed with *insert randomly generated google saying*

Can confirm all of this. I'm playing the game now and enjoying the heck out of it (the Yaegashi Nan art is certainly helping with that!), but the combat isn't particularly involved or strategic or difficult, at least so far; I'm admittedly not that far in. It is also a little punishing in terms of sheer number of random encounters, unless you're religious about sticking to the roads, and who wants to do that in an RPG?
It's a major step up from any other H-RPG I've played (side-bar required at this point: I haven't played Rance), but it's not on par with any non-H RPG I would consider worth playing. But the characters are fun, and there are a whole lot of them, so I'm going to go back to playing it right now!

Evenicle is a lot of fun, probably the best H-RPG released in the west. However it's incredibly easy, and the randomly generated fights get boring real quick. There's also a couple of places where if you're not paying attention (or doing 3 things at once, none very well haha...) and you miss some instructions, you could be wandering around the world for an hour because no journal!!!

Oh me, oh my, look whose birthday it is.

A very happy birthday to you, @Darklord Rooke!

All the best wishes to @Darklord Rooke.

Happy Birthday to @Darklord Rooke, one of the most reasonable people around here!