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CEATL

@ceatl.bsky.social

Happy International Translation Day, everyone!
#internationaltranslationday #protecthumancreativity #translatingismysuperpower

September 30, 2026 at 6:49 AM

Nghi Vo

@nghivo.bsky.social

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay!

Keep AI out of translation!

White text on a red field.

Text reads: Translators are NOT traitors, with letters in bolder white offering the message "Translators NOT AI."

September 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Square Enix Manga & Books

@square-enix-books.com

It’s #InternationalTranslationDay! Shout out to all the translators and localizers who work super hard to help bring us stories from around the world. お疲れ様です! 🙇

September 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM

PEN America

@penamerica.bsky.social

Celebrate #InternationalTranslationDay by adding a few of these 2026 releases to your TBR! bookshop.org/lists/books-...

September 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM

Marsh's Library

@marshslibrary.bsky.social

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay! To celebrate, we're sharing an image of Brian Walton's Polyglot Bible. The impressive six volume work presents the Old Testament in nine languages: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum), Samaritan, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Ethiopic, Greek, and Latin.

September 30, 2026 at 8:43 AM

Raven Books

@ravenbooks.bsky.social

An #InternationalTranslationDay #shelfie

September 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM

Seven Stories Press

@sevenstories.bsky.social

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay! To celebrate, all our translated books (as well as all our non-translated books) are 30% off at sevenstories.com

September 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM

Dr Anna Clark

@drannaclark.bsky.social

St Jerome in his study 1474, by Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina 1430-1479.
Doctor of Church, known for translation of Bible into Latin (Vulgate), St Jerome sits amidst books, birds & plants; his lion (right) & verdant views beyond.
#InternationalTranslationDay
National Gallery London

September 30, 2026 at 5:04 AM

Antiquity Journal

@antiquity.ac.uk

Translating an ancient mathematical formula revealed the name of a #Maya mathematician for the first time! #InternationalTranslationDay

Sak Tahn Waax (‘White-chested Fox’) was likely responsible for many advanced astronomical calculations.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

September 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM

The Society of Authors

@societyofauthors.bsky.social

Today is #InternationalTranslationDay, so it's the perfect time to share our new resource: Why Translators Are Better. Download it now on the Resources section of our website.

Translators are explorers. They are seekers. They are the book's greatest asset and champion.

September 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM

Nick Rosenthal

@nickrosenthal.bsky.social

Happy International Translation Day to all my translator and interpreter colleagues around the world.

#ITD #InternationalTranslationDay

September 30, 2026 at 9:44 AM

Iona Fyfe

@ionafyfe.bsky.social

Today, September 30th is #InternationalTranslationDay. Did you know that Taylor Swift’s iconic Love Story was translated into the Scots Language? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Scots Language is an Official Language of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Not to be confused with Gaelic

#InternationalTranslationDay #scotslanguage

September 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Sharon

@sapw.bsky.social

Today is #InternationalTranslationDay #BenedictCumberbatch #DoctorStrange

September 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM

Jayne Bauling

@jaynebauling.bsky.social

30 September International Translation Day. #InternationalTranslationDay This was the Korean edition of my novel Dreaming of Light.

September 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM

Olde World Treasures

@oldeworldtreasures.bsky.social

#InternationalTranslationDay #VenetianCameo #Ring #TagliamontE #Jewelry #TimelessTreasures #OldeWorldTreasures

September 30, 2026 at 8:29 PM

AVÜ

@avue.bsky.social

Toll war's!
Vielen Dank an das Orga-Team für dieses spannende Event!🥰
#InternationalTranslationDay #HumansNotMachines #TranslatorsInTheCredits

Auf zwei Sofas sitzen fünf Frauen und zwei Männer und halten Sonnenblumen in den Händen.

September 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM

Scroll

@scroll.in

Discover 30 works of fiction translated into English from Indian languages, from Assamese and Bengali to Kannada, Konkani and more, spanning stories of love, memory, caste, migration, identity, history and belonging.

Check the full list here: scroll.in/article/1095...

#InternationalTranslationDay

September 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM

Lawrence Schimel

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social

And not only do @theemmapress.bsky.social #namethetranslator on the cover, they even name the translator ON THE SPINE!
😍

Definitely worthy of celebration!

And Kudos to the whole team at The Emma Press!
🎉

#worldkidlit #worldkidlitmonth #kidlit #internationaltranslationday #itd #booksky #scbwi

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 4d

What a perfect way to celebrate both #InternationalTranslationDay #ITD & the last day of #WorldKidLitMonth: my translator copies of WHEN YOU WERE A CLOUD written by María José Ferrada & illustrated by Azul López (@theemmapress.bsky.social) arrived in the mail!
😍😍

#kidlit #booksky #worldkidlit #xl8

A selfie (I am a middle-aged white man with close-cropped dark hair and a close-cropped salt-and-pepper beard, wearing a black t-shirt) in front of the bookcase of books I've translated, holding a copy of WHEN yOU WERE A CLOUD, published by The Emma Press, featuring an image by Azul López on the cover of a female-presenting dark-skinned figure in a yellow t-shirt and blue shorts lying on a golden field, looking upward, surrounded by red and green splotches to represent flowers.

A photo of my hand holding two copies of WHEN YOU WERE A CLOUD, so we can see the spine, which reads: Ferrada, López & Schimel and then the title.

So the translator is named not just on the cover but even on the spine!

September 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Liz Bushouse

@lizbushouse.bsky.social

#InternationalTranslationDay Thread on video game localization articles / re-discovered interviews from the past year. Starting with this fantastic piece by Anna Cairistiona (with more on her blog):

Final Fantasy Tactics Translation Comparison (OG vs WotL) – Chapter 1: Gariland to Dorter Slums

The following is the second part in my series comparing the original and WotL translations of Final Fantasy Tactics. In this section, I cover the beginning of chapter 1 through to the post-battle c…

annacairistiona.wordpress.com

September 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM

Publang

@publang.bsky.social

This year, to celebrate #InternationalTranslationDay, we're taking you behind the translation of #천추세인 🗡️✨️

Learn more about the story, our localization process, and the team working on it, and get a sneak peek of the cover illustration 👀

🔗 shop.publang.com/blogs/news/happy-translation-day-2026