isabeltranslates
@isabeltranslates.bsky.social
Translator of Czech, Slovak, German & occasionally French into English. European, wordsmith, word nerd, foodie, reader, yogi and chocoholic. Childless not by choice. New Glaswegian. She/her. 🦔
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A year in reading! 📚💙
I've been meaning to do this for a while; January is a good time to start. I may not include everything, but I intend to track the books I read in 2025, professionally or for fun.
Thanks to @paulkaye.bsky.social & @georgiarybanks.bsky.social for the inspiration!
I've been meaning to do this for a while; January is a good time to start. I may not include everything, but I intend to track the books I read in 2025, professionally or for fun.
Thanks to @paulkaye.bsky.social & @georgiarybanks.bsky.social for the inspiration!
Email isn't that new a technology... why can't people use it properly?
In the last 24 hours I have got 1 email for which cc was used instead of bcc, with 1 person hitting reply all for a query meant for the sender only, yet 2 people who I'm trying to connect insist on replying only to me!
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In the last 24 hours I have got 1 email for which cc was used instead of bcc, with 1 person hitting reply all for a query meant for the sender only, yet 2 people who I'm trying to connect insist on replying only to me!
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November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Email isn't that new a technology... why can't people use it properly?
In the last 24 hours I have got 1 email for which cc was used instead of bcc, with 1 person hitting reply all for a query meant for the sender only, yet 2 people who I'm trying to connect insist on replying only to me!
🤦♀️
In the last 24 hours I have got 1 email for which cc was used instead of bcc, with 1 person hitting reply all for a query meant for the sender only, yet 2 people who I'm trying to connect insist on replying only to me!
🤦♀️
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November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 241: Bezová, built in 1935.
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 241: Bezová, built in 1935.
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 240: Branické náměstí, built in 1911.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 240: Branické náměstí, built in 1911.
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 239: Nad malým mýtem, built in 1935.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 239: Nad malým mýtem, built in 1935.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Moonshot in St Enoch Square.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Moonshot in St Enoch Square.
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The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc...
The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy
The government needs to signal its demand for elite foreign language skills before more universities leave provision to inferior alternatives, says Ian Proud
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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IT FUCKEN IS THO
FIGHT ME, AUTOCORRECT
FIGHT ME, AUTOCORRECT
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
IT FUCKEN IS THO
FIGHT ME, AUTOCORRECT
FIGHT ME, AUTOCORRECT
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 238: Za mlýnem, named in 1938.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 238: Za mlýnem, named in 1938.
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A year later, I still think I wrote the single best take on Han Kang’s Nobel win. I especially loved taking this essay away from the New York Times and the Atlantic and giving it to @wasafirimag.bsky.social
We Have Arrived: Anton Hur on Han Kang’s Nobel Win
In this moving and revealing essay…
www.wasafiri.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A year later, I still think I wrote the single best take on Han Kang’s Nobel win. I especially loved taking this essay away from the New York Times and the Atlantic and giving it to @wasafirimag.bsky.social
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 237: Zelinářská, built in 1935.
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 237: Zelinářská, built in 1935.
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2) Until 1947, the street was called Pod vinicí (Under the vineyard), which takes us back to the trilogy of streets which started on whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/13/p....
Prague 4, day 228: Pod vinohradem
Pod vinohradem was named in 1911. Until 1947, the street was known as ‘Dolní’, which translates as ‘lower’. There’s still a street in Prague 4 called this ( and presum…
whatsinapraguestreetname.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
2) Until 1947, the street was called Pod vinicí (Under the vineyard), which takes us back to the trilogy of streets which started on whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/13/p....
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 235: Pobřežní cesta, named in 1938.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 235: Pobřežní cesta, named in 1938.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
WHAT a privilege to feature @hmelehy.bsky.social, reading from his translation of EQUINOX ISLAND, Mauritian poet Jean Fanchette's collection of verse "filled with dimly lit landscapes, and seaside expanses." Enjoy this masterful rendering of a haunting, rarely-heard voice.
youtu.be/noVPk7KKERw?...
youtu.be/noVPk7KKERw?...
Hassan Melehy reads from Jean Fanchette's EQUINOX ISLAND: POEMS 1954-1991 (Spuyten Duyvil, 2025)
YouTube video by Translators Aloud
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Support your local independent bookshop!
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November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Support your local independent bookshop!
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Very pleased with this: correct language family etc in the first guess, correct language in the second!
#Lingule #1314 "-ngxama": 2/6
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#langsky #linguistics
#Lingule #1314 "-ngxama": 2/6
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lingule.xyz
#langsky #linguistics
Lingule
A fun little language game
lingule.xyz
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Very pleased with this: correct language family etc in the first guess, correct language in the second!
#Lingule #1314 "-ngxama": 2/6
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lingule.xyz
#langsky #linguistics
#Lingule #1314 "-ngxama": 2/6
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lingule.xyz
#langsky #linguistics
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
College ignores translator's advice because - as we all know - when it comes to education, marketing and branding are much more important than grammar.
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
Dublin college re-branded with nonsense Irish name after officials ignored translator's advice
The City of Dublin Education and Training Board went ahead with the change regardless.
www.thejournal.ie
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Can we have just one button that applies to everything?
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Can we have just one button that applies to everything?