Where is the translator? I’d like her subpoenaed.
November 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Where is the translator? I’d like her subpoenaed.
Senator El-Sayed is perfectly positioned to be the 2028 candidate’s Anger Translator.
A lot of people who have been skeptical of Abdul on ideological grounds should at the very least consider what it will be like to have him as a surrogate in 2028 for the presidential nominee to attack JD Vance on his complicity in the Iran war.
Abdul:
You see JD Vance now, he's sprinting as hard backwards as he can from this terrible, disastrous war in Iran.
You should have spoken up, but you never will because, of course, you are a coward who has decided that whatever Donald Trump says should go.
You see JD Vance now, he's sprinting as hard backwards as he can from this terrible, disastrous war in Iran.
You should have spoken up, but you never will because, of course, you are a coward who has decided that whatever Donald Trump says should go.
November 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Senator El-Sayed is perfectly positioned to be the 2028 candidate’s Anger Translator.
The Universal Translator doesn't translate Klingon because it thinks speaking Klingon is cringe.
November 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Universal Translator doesn't translate Klingon because it thinks speaking Klingon is cringe.
Stephen Miller is Trump’s vengeance translator
November 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Stephen Miller is Trump’s vengeance translator
I also really wanted one where the Universal Translator & Data both go offline & suddenly Picard is shouting “Merde! Personne ne me comprend? Reparez ça! Faitez-en ainsi!” while the crew looks on baffled.
300 episodes about transporter and holodeck malfunctions, and not one focusing on what happens when the ship's toilet backs up
November 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I also really wanted one where the Universal Translator & Data both go offline & suddenly Picard is shouting “Merde! Personne ne me comprend? Reparez ça! Faitez-en ainsi!” while the crew looks on baffled.
If you read Hungarian (or have access to a translator), here's an article in which I discuss science fiction, LitRPG, romantasy and... HEAVY METAL
www.shockmagazin.hu/interju/john...
www.shockmagazin.hu/interju/john...
John Scalzi: „A sci-fi és a heavy metal közeli rokonok”
Shock! rockmagazin
www.shockmagazin.hu
November 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
If you read Hungarian (or have access to a translator), here's an article in which I discuss science fiction, LitRPG, romantasy and... HEAVY METAL
www.shockmagazin.hu/interju/john...
www.shockmagazin.hu/interju/john...
I need that fucking edit button I meant english TEACHER not english translator
November 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I need that fucking edit button I meant english TEACHER not english translator
you need an anger translator
November 8, 2026 at 5:10 AM
you need an anger translator
Ok here's a gentle reminder while I'm talking about cover artists--literary translation is also a human activity that requires expertise, and please don't feed books through ai to get them translated
(In France the translator gets royalties as they should)
(In France the translator gets royalties as they should)
November 6, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Ok here's a gentle reminder while I'm talking about cover artists--literary translation is also a human activity that requires expertise, and please don't feed books through ai to get them translated
(In France the translator gets royalties as they should)
(In France the translator gets royalties as they should)
Producer notes: Soundwave should have a robotic distortion to his voice
Translator: you mean like a beautiful opera singer?
Translator: you mean like a beautiful opera singer?
PLEASE watch this chinese transformers dub clip for soundwave's voice I'm dying
November 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Producer notes: Soundwave should have a robotic distortion to his voice
Translator: you mean like a beautiful opera singer?
Translator: you mean like a beautiful opera singer?
Into the localisation jokes phase of #AdvX26! Great talk so far from @juliamascetti.bsky.social
November 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Into the localisation jokes phase of #AdvX26! Great talk so far from @juliamascetti.bsky.social
I learned Ojibwé! Thank you my friend 🙏 Let me know if this is a good translator.
I just used the Ojibwe Translator on Translator Max — free, instant, no sign-up: www.translatormax.com/translator/o...
I just used the Ojibwe Translator on Translator Max — free, instant, no sign-up: www.translatormax.com/translator/o...
Ojibwe Translator | Free & AI-Powered
The Ojibwe Translator is a specialized tool designed to bridge the gap between English and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe), offering accurate and respectful translations for learners, educators, and those r...
www.translatormax.com
November 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I learned Ojibwé! Thank you my friend 🙏 Let me know if this is a good translator.
I just used the Ojibwe Translator on Translator Max — free, instant, no sign-up: www.translatormax.com/translator/o...
I just used the Ojibwe Translator on Translator Max — free, instant, no sign-up: www.translatormax.com/translator/o...
I want someone to do a skit with El-Sayed as Mamdani’s Anger Translator
But I imagine Mamdani enraging Stephen Miller by refusing to be baited as Miller, infuriated by his inability to generate a reaction slowly melts down. I imagine El Sayed taking Miller back to his rich kid California high school and shoving him back into his original locker.
November 4, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I want someone to do a skit with El-Sayed as Mamdani’s Anger Translator
Jeffries' anger translator got the phone today.
November 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Jeffries' anger translator got the phone today.
DID YA KNOW?
Trump’s administration changed immigration policy & removed adults accompanying children as young as 3yrs old, who didn’t understand or speak English BEFORE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING JUDGE WITH NO TRANSLATOR IN COURT.
• No adults in court w/ a 3yr old at child’s deportation hearing
Trump’s administration changed immigration policy & removed adults accompanying children as young as 3yrs old, who didn’t understand or speak English BEFORE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING JUDGE WITH NO TRANSLATOR IN COURT.
• No adults in court w/ a 3yr old at child’s deportation hearing
November 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
DID YA KNOW?
Trump’s administration changed immigration policy & removed adults accompanying children as young as 3yrs old, who didn’t understand or speak English BEFORE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING JUDGE WITH NO TRANSLATOR IN COURT.
• No adults in court w/ a 3yr old at child’s deportation hearing
Trump’s administration changed immigration policy & removed adults accompanying children as young as 3yrs old, who didn’t understand or speak English BEFORE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING JUDGE WITH NO TRANSLATOR IN COURT.
• No adults in court w/ a 3yr old at child’s deportation hearing
The translator discusses his work on “The Death of a Certain Woman,” by the late Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue. www.newyorker.com/books/this-w...
J. Martin Holman on Childhood in Translation
The translator discusses his work on “The Death of a Certain Woman,” by the late Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue.
www.newyorker.com
November 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The translator discusses his work on “The Death of a Certain Woman,” by the late Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue. www.newyorker.com/books/this-w...
Wanted to bring his translator with him for moral support
November 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Wanted to bring his translator with him for moral support
Yes
I will also add that what some people mean by "fluent" varies wildly and "conversationally fluent" isn't the same thing as "literary fluent" or "translator skills"
I will also add that what some people mean by "fluent" varies wildly and "conversationally fluent" isn't the same thing as "literary fluent" or "translator skills"
And often a lot more expertise than simply "speaks both languages fluently" at that. I'm not translating all of my books, even though I technically could, because I emphatically do not have the chops to translate some of them *well*.
November 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Yes
I will also add that what some people mean by "fluent" varies wildly and "conversationally fluent" isn't the same thing as "literary fluent" or "translator skills"
I will also add that what some people mean by "fluent" varies wildly and "conversationally fluent" isn't the same thing as "literary fluent" or "translator skills"
⚡️ South Korean translator Kim Jeong-ah has personally received the Pushkin Medal from Putin for promoting Russian literature abroad.
November 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
⚡️ South Korean translator Kim Jeong-ah has personally received the Pushkin Medal from Putin for promoting Russian literature abroad.
Stephen Miller is Trump’s vengeance translator
November 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Stephen Miller is Trump’s vengeance translator
As a translator I bristle at anti-remake discourse. Bad localization analysis concerns itself primarily with "authenticity," posing it as something that exists outside of the individual's perspective, and criticism of remakes often demonstrates an attitude only a step or two removed.
Retelling stories is as old as the art of storytelling itself, so whenever I've seen folks say that remakes are inherently "anti-art" I frankly feel a migraine coming on.
I usually avoid the topic since who cares, but the only "real" issue I have with remakes (mostly remake discourse) is that anti-remake people consistently act as if they're the only smart people in the room who "understand" art and it makes me wanna push them into a freezing river every single time
November 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
As a translator I bristle at anti-remake discourse. Bad localization analysis concerns itself primarily with "authenticity," posing it as something that exists outside of the individual's perspective, and criticism of remakes often demonstrates an attitude only a step or two removed.