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splturnthepage.bsky.social Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤 @splturnthepage.bsky.social · 4d
Author & translator Lawrence Schimel stopped by the show to talk about his fascinating career and translating the gorgeous Spanish graphic novel THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS: A GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE ODYSSEY. @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social

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October 30, 2026 at 1:02 PM
lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
#booksky #translation #xl8
womenintranslation.bsky.social Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 7d
Announcing the shortlist of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026. Congratulations to the authors, translators, and publishers! tinyurl.com/bdhfm9nx

@tenement-press.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
The six titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation are photographed on a table with their spines facing the camera. Part of the front cover of each book is visible.
October 26, 2026 at 10:21 PM
lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
Congrats to the PEN/Heim translation Grant recipients!

👏🏽👏🏽🎉🎉

#booksky #xl8 #translation
penamerica.bsky.social PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 5d
PEN America is proud to announce the 2027 Literary Grant Winners! Recognizing immigrant and refugee writers, oral history, YA literature, and translation, these works in progress hold the promise of lasting literary impact. Learn more at: https://pen.org/2027-literary-grant-winners/ #PENLitGrants
Announcing the 2027 PEN America Literary Grant Winners
PEN America is delighted to announce the 2027 Literary Grant winners, whose works in progress show potential for lasting literary impact.
pen.org
October 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
isabeltranslates.bsky.social
Apart from anything else... you don't "pronounce letters". Letters represent speech sounds – speech is always primary. And it changes. Language changes. That's normal, and natural, and part of what makes language fun!

#langsky #linguistics #phonetics #xl8
englangblog.bsky.social EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 7h
OK... I'm not in the habit of sharing articles from this publication, but stone me... this is an absolute classic of the genre. When we say that complaints about language are usually complaints about language users, this is the kind of article we're talking about.
spectator.com/article/cele...
Celebrities can't speak properly
The habitual dropping of the ‘t’-sound is an affectation, even if a subconscious one.
spectator.com
November 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
tanyagold.bsky.social
Two more graphic novels just landed on my desk! And they've got dragons!

#xl8 #comics
October 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
atanet.org
🎧 What is audio description? Let Olivia C. Caputo tell you all about it on ATA's Compass Blog, and how it's a win for accessibility: https://bit.ly/4dALEBc
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.##Accessibility #Film #Language #Blind #TV #Audio #AudioDescription #Arts #xl8 #1nt #atanet
October 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM
lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
I translated the picture book about a bookmobile in Honduras.

#kidlit #worldkidlit #booksky #xl8
ebyrbooks.bsky.social Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 11d
💚 💜 🧡 It's National Color Day! Here are three perfect books to celebrate!

#picturebooks #childrensbooks #nationalcolorday
October 27, 2026 at 6:22 PM
lepasoft.bsky.social
📤 LSDE 2.8: tick one box and an exporter runs with the Export button. One click writes the language files, then runs the ticked exporters in order
🔗 LSDE links now open text keys too

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #localization #godot #Unity #gamedevelopment #devtools #translation #xl8
November 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
annabarna.bsky.social
Der Schreibtisch ruft 🫖 #amtranslating #xl8
October 27, 2026 at 7:19 AM
cotelangues.bsky.social
Arghhhh ... Das hatte ich schon lange nicht mehr. Der firmeninterne Proofreader, der die #Übersetzung in 80 % verschlimmbessert. #translation #xl8
October 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
skriptorium.info
A good breakdown of where and why AI translation is problematic, from a fellow translator. 'Good enough' is often NOT be enough.

#xl8 #translation
AI translation sounds convincing, but it can be riddled with hidden errors
For those using generative AI to translate, it’s important to keep these risks in mind.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2026 at 6:25 AM
isabeltranslates.bsky.social
I've been approached about a potential long-term collaboration by a Slovak speaker, editing texts written in English.

For the first time I've had to state that I'm only interested if the texts are human authored & not AI-generated. We'll see what the response is...

#xl8 #humantranslation 🌐
November 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
languages-direct.com
Korean Language Picks Up in Japan - The New York Times buff.ly/BGnn1ez #langsky #xl8
Korean Language Picks Up in Japan
The rise of Korean terms in Japanese is a striking reversal from colonial times and a sign of the global appeal of South Korean culture.
buff.ly
November 1, 2026 at 9:02 AM
erikhansson.bsky.social
R wie Runenschrift.
Mein Betrag zur ABC-Serie bei DVÜD
dvud.de/2026/10/r-wi...
#xl8 #dvud #langsky
R wie Runenschrift - DVÜD e. V. | Deutscher Verband der freien Übersetzer und Dolmetscher
Warum enthält der schwedische Wortschatz so viele französische Lehnwörter? Historischer und kultureller Einfluss Frankreichs auf Schweden erklärt.
dvud.de
November 1, 2026 at 9:03 AM
erikhansson.bsky.social
AI translation sounds convincing, but it can be riddled with hidden errors
theconversation.com/ai-translati...

via @theconversation.com
#ai #xl8
AI translation sounds convincing, but it can be riddled with hidden errors
For those using generative AI to translate, it’s important to keep these risks in mind.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
languages-direct.com
Oldest Recording of Louisiana’s Vanishing Creole Language Is Published buff.ly/7ZJ7VCK #langsky #xl8
Oldest Recording of Louisiana’s Vanishing Creole Language Is Published
The rediscovery of a forgotten recording from 1935 sheds light on a language rooted in the state’s history of slavery and French colonialism.
buff.ly
October 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
creative-xl8.bsky.social
That growth is gross and it turns out I've been in the tuberculosis business all this time... 😳

#ai #translation #xl8
parismarx.com Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 4d
Another example of how the rollout of generative AI in government is failing.

Canada’s AI translation tool GCtraduction has been making numerous errors in its first six months, particularly in English to French translations.

Story here: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/229...
A table showing a list of common errors by the Government of Canada’s AI translation tool
October 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
isabeltranslates.bsky.social
Sigh. Two of these were already on Mount TBR... but it has just grown by another 4 books!

#literarytranslation #xl8 💙📚
womenintranslation.bsky.social Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 7d
Announcing the shortlist of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026. Congratulations to the authors, translators, and publishers! tinyurl.com/bdhfm9nx

@tenement-press.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
The six titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation are photographed on a table with their spines facing the camera. Part of the front cover of each book is visible.
October 27, 2026 at 7:35 AM
rachaelkoev.bsky.social
If there are nine interpreters (ahem, not translators) in one ER, those people are almost certainly family members. #xl8
October 31, 2026 at 12:47 AM
cotelangues.bsky.social
#LeichteSprache richtet sich vor allem an Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten. Welche Verben du in deinen Sätzen verwendest, ist außerordentlich wichtig:

#Barrierefreiheit #Teilhabe #Deutsch #xl8

cotelangues.com/de/pradikat-...
Wellen in silberfarbenem Licht
October 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
atanet.org
📢 ATA wants to help you exercise your right to language access! These Language Access Cards are designed to help LEP individuals request assistance in their language. Download your language card at https://bit.ly/40Gcthd!
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.##LanguageAccess #Translator #Interpreter #Repost #xl8 #1nt #atanet
October 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
jay-king-art.bsky.social
Scholarships for Palestinian writers- please share if you know anyone interested. To be eligible, writers must be living in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, or the Gulf States. Deadline December 1st

#xl8 #writersky

substack.com/redirect/de8...
The Palestinian Writers Fund
The Palestinian Writers Fund provides scholarships for Palestinian Writers, enabling them to write literature of all genres. The Fund is a joint initiative by Norwegian authors, made possible with sup...
substack.com
November 2, 2026 at 9:36 AM
lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
I didn't make it to the @littranslate.bsky.social conference last month, but my mentee Riya Parikh was there. She read from her translations, was on a panel on translating children's books-& even managed to make sure I was there when it was time for the mentor/mentee photographs.🥰🥰
#xl8 #worldkidlit
A photo of Riya Parikh, a brown-skinned woman with long, wavy dark hair, wearing large glasses and a dress with wavy white, red and black stripes, with a big smile. She is holding her phone in her hand, with the screen pointed toward the viewer. On the screen is a photo of me, a middle aged white man with close-cut dark hair, wearing a blue and red flannel shirt and against a turquoise background.
November 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
interlingua.bsky.social
to stand out
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tirer son épingle du jeu

Ex.:
🇬🇧 Smaller firms managed to stand out in a crowded market.

🇫🇷 Les petites entreprises ont su tirer leur épingle du jeu dans un marché saturé.

#xl8 #translation
October 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM
interlingua.bsky.social
of your own
➡️
de votre cru

Ex.:
🇬🇧 You’ll also be able to see what’s happening near you or host an activity of your own.

🇫🇷 Vous pourrez aussi découvrir ce qui se passe près de chez vous ou encore organiser une activité de votre cru.

#xl8 #translation
November 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM