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Kat Hall 📚

@kathall.bsky.social

Editor & translator (GER ➡️ EN) Tr. of von Schirach's PUNISHMENT + COFFEE & CIGS. At peabodyink.com (my work) & mrspeabodyinvestigates.com (crime blog). Europhile 💛

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo ago

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work

About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign Thousands of authors including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman have published an “empty” book to protest against AI firms using their work without permission. About 10,000 writers have contributed to Don’t Steal This Book, in which the only content is a list of their names. Copies of the work are being distributed to attenders at the London book fair on Tuesday, a week before the UK government is due to issue an assessment on the economic cost of proposed changes in copyright law. Continue reading...

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Oxford Translates@oxfordtranslates.bsky.social · 6mo ago

⏰👉 Calling all professional and aspiring translators: the deadline for applications for Oxford Translates is fast approaching. Apply by the 16th March to make sure you don't miss out on our scholarship places (see our website for details). Apply by the 31st March for the early-bird discount!

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Percy Balemans 📚 @creative-xl8.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Warning: AI even hallucinates while translating, adding mistakes and references that are not in the source text. In other words: just having someone proofread your AI-generated translation isn't enough. Hire a professional (who will tell you it'll take less time to translate the text themselves).

According to a report from 404 Media, Wikipedia editors performing routine reviews of the translated articles found basic informational mistakes that weren’t in the articles of the original language, and citations that were missing, swapped, or for book pages that had nothing to do with the subject. (LLMs are particularly bad at documentation, as many lawyers have discovered to their detriment.)
Erik Hansson@erikhansson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wikipedia has an ‘AI’ translation problem. A non-profit offering thousands of translations for Wikipedia has been found to be introducing errors and fake citations at a rapid pace. www.pcworld.com/article/3079... via @pcworld.com <AI makes errors? So very surprising.> </sarcasmoff> #xl8 #langsky

Liz Anderson@lizanderson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Won’t be an easy drama to watch, nor is it intended to be, but a big shout-out for ‘Dirty Business’ starting on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm. Starring Jason Watkins and David Thewlis, the series was inspired by a decade long investigation into England’s water companies. Horrific sewage scandal.

Advert for a new drama series ‘Dirty Business, uncovering a major sewage scandal, beginning on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm. It will make you angry, and so it should.
Translators Aloud@translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It's our privilege to share translator Nancy Naomi Carlson's reading from French-Senegalese poet Sylvie Kandé's GESTUARY, a timely and timeless collection inspired by unexpected sources including jazz, sculpture, the legacy of the slave trade, proverbs, and elements of Diola culture.

Nancy Naomi Carlson reads from Sylvie Kandé's GESTUARY (Seagull Books, 2026)

A richly imagined, physically charged poetry collection in which history, myth, and protest are transformed into lyrical gestures. Sylvie Kandé’s Gestuary offers a collection of gestures—of death…

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Jen Calleja@jencalleja.bsky.social · 7mo ago

FAVORITA by Michelle Steinbeck is out today in my translation from @faberbooks.bsky.social 💗 🚬 💅 🍰 "Part hallucinatory road trip, part feminist revenge fantasy." “an absolute joyride of a novel […] in a stunning and sure-to-be-prizewinning translation by Jen Calleja” - THE IRISH TIMES

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The Society of Authors@societyofauthors.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tonight we announce the winners of our 2025 Translation Prizes. Nine literary translators and one editor will be honoured at a ceremony at the British Library, celebrating outstanding translations of prose, poetry and non-fiction, from languages from around the globe and across a range of genres.

A pile of the winning books.
THE NERVE@thenerve.news · 7mo ago

Interview: driven out of Turkey in 2016, writer @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social responded with a book– subtitled The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism – that foreshadowed today’s authoritarian resurgence. Her new work explores how dissidents find new communities in exile www.thenerve.news/p/turkish-ec...

The Turkish writer and thinker Ece Temelkuran: ‘We're going through a political crisis, but also a moral crisis’

The exiled author of How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism, returns with a new book exploring how dissidents can find new communities. She talks about resilience, the comfort of...

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 7mo ago

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

The Third Wheel@thethirdwheel-mag.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Third Wheel is a new literary magazine, whose mission is to create a dedicated space for literary translators, and to illuminate the art of translation: the invisible struggles, creative battles, and quiet triumphs that shape every text.