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Still time to fill in this consultation - with handy tips from ALCS as it's a bastard to fill in otherwise (I filled it in before any guides were online and hoooo boy).

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

I'm really looking forward to speaking with these brilliant people about "L2" translation in Norwich on 27th March. Is it still a fraught topic? What are the politics of it? Really keen to explore these and other questions. www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Random tenuous claim to fame of the day - John Lubbock at the bottom of this list was my great-great-grandfather and Darwin's nextdoor neighbour

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#BristolTranslates is now open for applications and I’m leading the DE-EN group! Am looking forward to meeting participants for the German to English workshop- to apply, go to: www.bristol.ac.uk/sml/translat...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Wondering what people call the game of "it" (or "tag" or "chase") nowadays, and how regional these terms are. In London in my day, we played "it"... #amtranslating

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Hurrah for Kett's Books again!

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#Literary #translation: Applications for the Summer School at University of East Anglia are now open. Deadline for applications Sunday 16th March 2025. www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... via @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #xl8 #literature #summerschool #langsky

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There's still time to make a change 🗣️ Add your name to this author-organised letter and encourage the government to change its course on copyright exemption for generative AI use of creatives works docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CreativeRights #ArtificalIntelligence #PayTheCreator

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

A beautiful Norwich morning on a riverside stroll with Son2 today. So nice to see the sun!

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38d.gs/nzff Please sign!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Sigh, complaint from the school that Son2's attendance has dropped. Yeah, he's been ill. If only we'd managed to learn from the whole pandemic thing that coming into school/work ill and spreading germs around is a bad idea...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

‘Bloody fingers with pink nails’: how Sasha DiGiulian broke climbing’s glass ceiling

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AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS please add your name to this open letter against the modification of our copyright law in favour of AI! #kidlitUK #HandsOffOurCopyright docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

It's always weird to be back on the UEA campus, but I enjoyed leading a workshop on translating puns for the current MALT students yesterday evening and I hope they had fun too...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The timeless poetry of GDR football team names. If you start chanting the Cottbus team name at the beginning of a match, you might just about finish it after 90 minutes (+ injury time).

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Oh, the consultation is pathetic. You should still go fill it out and say no to their incredibly bad idea, though.

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

"Die Zeit stoppen" is a new bit of denglisch for me. Not to stop time, but to time something with a stopwatch... #denglisch #amtranslating

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning Bluesky! Walker Books are here and we're ready to recommend your next read. What are you reading this grey Tuesday morning? #WalkerBooks #Booksky

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

go.bsky.app/82DASfe My little starter pack is growing.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

I have a folder called "nice things" on my computer, and any time anyone says anything positive about my work, I put it in the folder to look at when I'm feeling discouraged or wallowing in imposter syndrome. It's honestly been so motivating and helpful to my mental health. Would recommend.

submitted 14 days ago • 12 comments

A thing about language that a lot of people don't know is that you can dislike a usage intensely – a pronunciation, a piece of grammar, etc. – without presuming to reject it on behalf of all people, in all places, for all time

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

It would be nice if I could stop leaving reviews that say "needed a stronger edit" but honestly I think a lot of people including editors no longer grasp what a strong edit means.

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

“We are asking children to take on this full-time job while they are also having the very real job of being a kid. They are walking in shoes that are too big for them.” Olivia Abtahi, author of 'The Interpreter' in conversation. #interpreting #1nt #langsky

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I am thrilled and honoured to have been accepted as a Fellow of the ITI, marking over ten years as a member of the institute, and commitment to professional development and contributing to the field. The special badge is in the post… ! 😊🥳🎉 www.iti.org.uk/directory/me...

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

I'll be giving this talk via Zoom on the 19th of February! Free to attend but you must register! #translation #literarytranslation #xl8 #durhamuniversity

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

We're excited to be here with you on BlueSky! The mission of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is to promote literary translation through advocacy, education and services to literary translators. Learn more about us here! literarytranslators.org

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I need to set out a ST extract with hyper-literal gloss and plain meaning in the TT in a Word doc. Anyone know a good way to do this? Am I going to have to muck around with tables?

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Great thread on deverbalization! When I lecture my students on this, I describe it as stripping the J-words away, uploading the meaning they contain to a cloud of pure meaning above your head, and then downloading that meaning into English. I find the image of the cloud helps, like a stepping stone.

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Read It Forward is GO! Buy ANY children’s book via Bookshop.org during February and we’ll donate 10% of the sale to the leading children’s reading charities, @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚 Every sale supports independent bookshops 📚 bit.ly/RIFEB25

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable. Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below. www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments