Teru~
@littleteru.bsky.social
Queer and disabled. 魔法少女. Himejoshi. i talk a bit about everything. 日本語でok. She/Her. i like cute things
To end International Translation Day on a translating note, here is an old, but excellent essay by the legend Cathy Hirano on the difficulties of translation in general and J-E translation in specific.
Eight Ways to Say You: The Challenges of Translation
Last year I had the honor of attending the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony in Massachusetts, not as an award recipient but as an accompanist — as the translator for Kazumi Yumoto’s The Friends,...
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my japanese is rn at a "i can read most things but not fluently enough" level and... it's a weird feeling? like it feels nice and wrong at the same time. it's a lot better than before but not good enough well, i just have to keep reading (and not just reading) until it gets better-
Sakiko will read the gay lyrics Uika writes about her fully understanding who they're about and go "Excellent. Now write another." She's done this 24 times in a row
i have to improve my writing and my japanese understanding and learn translation-
and then when they stay at home and try and socialize online, these fuckheads take that away too. it's evil.
Carly Goodman@carlygoodman.bsky.social · 3d agoCongratulations, we have created a world where teenagers cannot exist with each other in space, where we use “safety” to destroy sociality, youth, and development.
this is the best part of making friends because realizing you can be a certain kind of annoying around a new person and they don't want to shoot you with a gun hits better than any drug you could ever try
Maple Syrup 🔞@maplesyrupart.bsky.social · 5d agoone of the worst and most terrifying pieces of information that ive learned is that in order to make friends you kind of have to be annoying to people. and if they like it thenn you can be friends. friendship is just when you both like when the other one is annoying
thinking about that interview or talk or whatever where arale nakamichi basically went “wait we can just actually say its romantic out loud” about viola and miyako is so funny
Imagine looking at the media landscape—music, books, movies—and concluding that it would be better if it were all simply infinite reflections of yourself, if you never had to be exposed to another personality, another experience, another life. Just you, you, you. Sounds fucking horrifying.
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · yesterdayWhen you have no concept of how people engage with music
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