Question for academics: how do you manage cutting down on flying without harming your career? Just been invited for a long-haul keynote that is tempting but obvs. very carbon-heavy. Could probably be replaced by a zoom presentation, I guess.
Susan Pickford
@libripotens.bsky.social
Professor of translation, University of Geneva. Recent books: Professional Translators in 19th-c France, Translating Science in the 18th & 19th c, Translating Books for Publication. Occasional literary translator.
Well done the UK for making a visa application app for foreign visitors that does not recognise accented letters
Awful story from Australia on the risks of non-expert language mediation. Language expertise can be life saving. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
UTI led to Sydney woman's death three days after giving birth
Gia Lam gave birth to her son and was dead three days later. A coronial inquest found her death was preventable. Her family are now breaking their silence.
abc.net.au
AND, he now tells me, the panthéonisation de l'Abbé Grégoire, Monge et Condorcet
Susan Pickford@libripotens.bsky.social · 3d agoNigh on two decades I've known my husband and only last night did he think to mention his military service involved playing the drums while Jessye Norman sang the Marseillaise for the bicentenary of the revolution on the Champs Elysées
Nigh on two decades I've known my husband and only last night did he think to mention his military service involved playing the drums while Jessye Norman sang the Marseillaise for the bicentenary of the revolution on the Champs Elysées
Formez Vos Bataillons
ALT: Formez Vos Bataillons
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Doing my best to maintain standards at water park sensory hell
Interested in translation? You can now read a sample of my book Translating Books for Publication online here: www.routledge.com/Translating-...
Translating Books for Publication
Translating Books for Publication offers readers an introductory guide to translating for the publishing sector, designed for aspiring translators and translation-adjacent professionals entering the f...
routledge.com
is there anything more cringe-inducing than translating a sex scene? I think not
Looking for someone with more or less immediate availability to format some endnotes for an article for me. It's fairly short, under 30 refs. No AI. Reasonable remuneration. Any takers?
Je cherche un article paru dans Le Figaro le 28 juillet 1973. A priori pas sur Retronews... des pistes en ligne?
Fucksake et si on arrêtait de se prendre la tête pour des futilités et s'organisait pour les élections à venir ? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands evacuated in France fires as firefighter killed in Italy
A third firefighter has died in Europe while tackling ongoing wildfires across the continent.
bbc.com
I gave DeepL this, on violence against women: Par choix, l’écriture inclusive n’a pas été utilisée dans ce livre. Il s’agit de nommer clairement les femmes comme cibles d’une violence spécifique, sans neutralisation grammaticale, afin de souligner la nature genrée de la discrimination documentée.
Susan Pickford@libripotens.bsky.social · 2w agoI've seen AI translations add whole-ass sentences that were not in the original.
question pour les copain.ines francophones: si on vous dit "Il nous a semblé préférable de nous fonder sur la qualité de l’œuvre traduite", vous comprenez la qualité de l'original ou de la trad?
Do I know anyone with an abonnement aux archives en ligne du Monde? Looking for this: www.lemonde.fr/archives/art...
" La nouvelle association " : l'A.T.L.F.
Le Monde.fr - 1er site d’information sur l’actualité. Retrouvez ici une archive du 03 mai 1973 sur le sujet
lemonde.fr
My trip home from #ESHS-HSS took an unexpected turn due to weather conditions in Geneva so I am taking my conf goodie bag on a tour of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice
This dsco glitter ball batik is giving me life
Susan Pickford@libripotens.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Musée de l'art naïf turned out to be a wise decision
I find myself with an unexpected 24 hours in Nice after my flight was diverted. Never been before. Any suggestions on things to do or see?
New earlier publication date and lower price for my book Translating Books for Publication: www.routledge.com/Translating-...
Translating Books for Publication
Translating Books for Publication offers readers an introductory guide to translating for the publishing sector, designed for aspiring translators and translation-adjacent professionals entering the f...
routledge.com
dipping my toe in the exotic waters of the #ESHS-HSS tomorrow at first light. I will be talking toadstone on Thursday
Ma fille de 9 ans vient de demander si on est à Milan. On est à Bourg en Bresse 😅
