Unicorns is here! 😁 I'm so proud of this one... and it would make a perfect #WomenInTranslationMonth read! #xl8 #literarytranslation 🌐 💙📚🇸🇰
isabeltranslates
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Translator of Czech, Slovak, German & French into English. Literary translator of genre & other fiction, & occasional non-fiction. European, wordsmith, word nerd, foodie, reader, yogi & chocoholic. Childless not by choice. New Glaswegian. She/her. 🦔
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 416: Rozárčina, built in 1947.
Though I am also getting to send invoices with some emails, so there is that!
isabeltranslates@isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 20h agoI don't know what I've done to offend the email gods, but whatever it is, I'm sorry and I won't do it again. #AmTranslating #NotActuallyTranslatingButShouldBe #ReplyingToEmails Sigh.
Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI
I don't know what I've done to offend the email gods, but whatever it is, I'm sorry and I won't do it again. #AmTranslating #NotActuallyTranslatingButShouldBe #ReplyingToEmails Sigh.
Unicorns is here! 😁 I'm so proud of this one... and it would make a perfect #WomenInTranslationMonth read! #xl8 #literarytranslation 🌐 💙📚🇸🇰
Just emailed one author, telling her not to get her hopes up about having her book translated into English. About to email another with the same message. I love to translate, but there are some aspects of my job that I hate 😢 #xl8 #literarytranslation
This is incredible. Some of the AI crowd really do think everyone's actively using it, and they're the only ones being honest about their use. Mind boggling. #AntiGenAI #Writersky
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
A reminder: If you absolutely cannot boycott Amazon, don’t. But can you make them NOT your default? If every Amazon customer cut their spending by just 10%, Bezos would burst his facelift sutures. This doesn’t have to be an all or nothing.
#xl8 #literarytranslation 🌐 💙📚
American Literary Translators Association@littranslate.bsky.social · 2d agoThe translator Lin King of Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE, awarded with the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize and 2026 International Booker Prize, reflects on Taiwan’s history of colonialism, current geopolitical situation, and identity struggle in this interview for NPR.
The translator Lin King of Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE, awarded with the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize and 2026 International Booker Prize, reflects on Taiwan’s history of colonialism, current geopolitical situation, and identity struggle in this interview for NPR.
'Taiwan Travelogue' rethinks history, colonialism, and identity
The author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize, discuss identity and history amid the debate over Taiwan's colonial ties to Japan and escalating…
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 415: Kykalova, built in 1973. I'd love this to have a street sign, but whenever I have time to head to Krč, it's either a billion degrees or about to tip down a storm. May this not last.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 414: Přechodní, named in 1938.
On Valentines Day this year, women across the UK sent us messages of love, hope and belonging to share with the trans+ community. We post them again now, because we want trans+ people to know that in these difficult times you are seen, valued and never alone. 💗 #WithTheT
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 413: Na sponě, built in or before 1941.
Bu the Emotional Support Parrot was at the market again today.
#xl8 #literarytranslation 🌐 #WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚
Translators Aloud@translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 5d agoWelcome to #WITmonth 2026! We kick off our celebration of women in translation with @dances-with-voles.bsky.social and Romanian-German author Iris Wolff's CLEARING, the prizewinning tale, told in reverse, of a lifelong friendship in northern Romania. buff.ly/WL7FVCf #readwomen #readtheworld #wit
Welcome to #WITmonth 2026! We kick off our celebration of women in translation with @dances-with-voles.bsky.social and Romanian-German author Iris Wolff's CLEARING, the prizewinning tale, told in reverse, of a lifelong friendship in northern Romania. buff.ly/WL7FVCf #readwomen #readtheworld #wit
Ruth Martin reads from Iris Wolff's CLEARING (Moth Books, 2026)
Published on 4 June 2026 by Moth Books, this is the second of Iris Wolff’s books to appear in English, and was shortlisted for the 2024 German Book Prize. It tells of the deep, almost lifelong…
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It's #WomenInTranslationMonth... and there's a new starter pack! #xl8 #literarytranslation 🌐 💙📚
Raven Books@ravenbooks.bsky.social · 6d agoI've done a #WITmonth Starter Pack. I do not claim it to be remotely all-encompassing but if you've used the hashtag (as per the criteria⤴️), hopefully I've found and added you. If I haven't, please let me know. go.bsky.app/KEkwYR6
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 412: Postranní, built in 1941.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 411: Pod vrstevnicí, built in 1979.
Fancy a bit of seriously feminist epic fantasy? Glenda Larke's The Tangled Lands is 25% off in the Smashwords July sale: www.smashwords.com/b...
More #DominieAufUrlaub pics from the Ausburger Puppenkiste. (They did have one of the current Chancellor as well, but it's really just a collection of loosely-jointed limbs that flails randomly whenever someone yanks its strings.)
