Tessera
Folgen

Jim Rion・ライオン ジミー

@jimrion.com

Peace, please, peace for all. Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast. 英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等 執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」 20周年日本在中 山口県万歳🙌

3047 Posts1728 Follower654 Folgt
Jen Calleja@jencalleja.bsky.social · 4h ago

Translation sponsorship by a successful musician that loves translated literature...brings a tear to this literary translator's/punk's screen-blasted eye (been editing my next translation)

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'll tell you something else deeply meaningful to me today: @archipelagobooks.bsky.social is publishing Sevgi Soysal's "Walking." It's the first translation I've sponsored, something I've wanted to do for a long time. When I read Soysal's "Dawn," I knew I wanted to see her other work in print.

end page from Archipelago Books' English publication of Sevgi Soysal's "Walking." It reads: "Archipelago gratefully acknowledges John Darnielle, who generously supported this translation of Walking. Archipelgao Books is a non-profit publisher devoted to promoting cross-cultureal exchange through innovative classic and contemporary international literature archipelagobooks.org"
鋼のStephen Meyerink@sjmtaelus.bsky.social · 17h ago

Extremely proud to say I was the localization editing lead for Bubbly Basin, Pokopia's first DLC. Also even more proud of the ridiculously talented team of translators, editors, and fantastic loc folks who made it happen. I hope everyone has a bubbly time playing!

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

"Why can't you just appreciate how revolutionary the job-taking, environment-degrading, information-shredding, technology-hoarding, economy-swamping machine is?" My brother in Christ, there may indeed be a revolution in part because of "AI," but it might not be the one you wanted.

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · 2d ago

Vanakkam! Does anyone know any BRYOLOGISTS? We are looking for someone who has researched moss species in South India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh) to collaborate with us on a small project. Kindly DM. Mikka Nandri!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntrichia_ruralis#/media/File:Drehzahnmoos_Tortula_ruralis.jpg This is a cosmopolitan moss, picture not from South India, bc I can't find any South Indian mosses on Wikimedia
Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social · 2d ago

‘Good photography isn’t about Zone Printing or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It’s just about seeing. You either see or you don’t see. The rest is academic. Photography is simply a function of noticing things. Nothing more.’ Elliott Erwitt, New York, 1992. Photo Peter Adams.

Photo of a man sitting on a stool. He is wearing a hat with hands on either side which can be moved using strings he is holding. The stool has a single leg carved in the shape of a foot.
Jim Rion・ライオン ジミー@jimrion.com · 3d ago

To do list for rest of year: Three presentations to write and give, two books (maybe three?) to translate, 3k words to write for tourist sites, a manuscript to edit, a pitch pack for a book. I thought listing it all out would make me feel more in control but now I feel a panic attack coming on.

Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 3d ago

I'm so tired of "social construct" being used to mean "false beliefs", either for or against. Things that are socially constructed -- e.g. money -- are palpable and often extraordinarily powerful. The denial of the social is a curse.

Jim Rion・ライオン ジミー@jimrion.com · 3d ago

I was just in a Starbucks and the woman ahead of me was live streaming her visit, dressed in a brown leotard, wearing a construction paper dog head around a face covered in dog makeup. But, she wasn't in character or anything. Just buying sandwiches and asking for "likes." What even... 🤷

Aliki Chapple@commonmugwort.bsky.social · 4d ago

In case you missed it, my son Odysseas is going to be on University Challenge!!!!! Not this Monday’s episode, but the following one. August 10th. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... I am so proud I burst. #UniversityChallenge

Aliki Chapple@commonmugwort.bsky.social · 7d ago

Σε δύο εβδομάδες, η ομάδα του παιδιού μου θα παίζει στην Βρετανική τηλεόραση. 10 Αυγούστου. #UniversityChallenge

Οι ομάδα κουίζ του πανεπιστημίου του Ουάρικ. Γιέ, Χάρτλή, Γαβριελάτος, Πέιν.
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 4d ago

I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...

The Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film Center

The Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquity

burnsfilmcenter.org

Julian Singleton 🎃@juliansingleton.bsky.social · 5d ago

I know “J-Horror” makes for snappier headlines but while all J-Horror = Japanese horror, not all Japanese horror = J-Horror. When describing anything outside of 1988-2008 (w/ limited examples up to 2010) it just sounds impatient & deeply incurious, like calling every horror survivor a final girl.

Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · 5d ago

yeah. saw that last guy saying "the story, characters, scenes, humour, structure and voice came from me" which sure sounded like an admission that the text did not

T. K. Rex@tkrex.bsky.social · 5d ago

All good points here and I would add that on the other end, it’s a huge fallacy to assume that sloppers can’t explain their creative choices. Explaining is all they’re doing. Writing a prompt is essentially formulating the explanation and often there’s a lot of research that goes into it.

Seia Tanabe@seiatanabe.bsky.social · 5d ago

I’m aiming for global publication and need a skilled English editor/line-editor to bring my stories to life in English. Seeking someone who loves horror/speculative fiction and can refine my drafts. Please reply or DM with your rates and past work!