Kasia Beresford
@kasiabesfud.bsky.social
Translator from Polish to English and Polish-English interpreter based in Manchester, UK.
@iandunt.bsky.social You wanted more jokes…
A court has requested a Latin interpreter for today's sentencing hearing
LATIN (AMERICAN) INTERPRETER REQUIRED
Luckily they added (American), and someone who speaks Spanish has turned up.
Otherwise the interpreter might have spent the day translating legal asides, but not much else
LATIN (AMERICAN) INTERPRETER REQUIRED
Luckily they added (American), and someone who speaks Spanish has turned up.
Otherwise the interpreter might have spent the day translating legal asides, but not much else
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
@iandunt.bsky.social You wanted more jokes…
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Eh, this is unnecessary. Good human writing works on several different levels and extends metaphor from sentence to book. AI can’t and doesn’t do that, because artificial intelligence is not “intelligent,” it’s just automated. It does not, fundamentally, think. Those who think otherwise are deluded.
I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy
December 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Eh, this is unnecessary. Good human writing works on several different levels and extends metaphor from sentence to book. AI can’t and doesn’t do that, because artificial intelligence is not “intelligent,” it’s just automated. It does not, fundamentally, think. Those who think otherwise are deluded.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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A court has requested a Latin interpreter for today's sentencing hearing
LATIN (AMERICAN) INTERPRETER REQUIRED
Luckily they added (American), and someone who speaks Spanish has turned up.
Otherwise the interpreter might have spent the day translating legal asides, but not much else
LATIN (AMERICAN) INTERPRETER REQUIRED
Luckily they added (American), and someone who speaks Spanish has turned up.
Otherwise the interpreter might have spent the day translating legal asides, but not much else
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A court has requested a Latin interpreter for today's sentencing hearing
LATIN (AMERICAN) INTERPRETER REQUIRED
Luckily they added (American), and someone who speaks Spanish has turned up.
Otherwise the interpreter might have spent the day translating legal asides, but not much else
LATIN (AMERICAN) INTERPRETER REQUIRED
Luckily they added (American), and someone who speaks Spanish has turned up.
Otherwise the interpreter might have spent the day translating legal asides, but not much else
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has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
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The EU has fined Elon Musk's hideous creation €120m. We have asked Ofcom: when will you act? goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
X is not above the law
goodlawproject.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The EU has fined Elon Musk's hideous creation €120m. We have asked Ofcom: when will you act? goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
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It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
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Putin is a far more successful manipulator of Western psychology than he is a conqueror of Ukrainian defensive positions share.google/t4tDq7zXBj7o...
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Putin is a far more successful manipulator of Western psychology than he is a conqueror of Ukrainian defensive positions share.google/t4tDq7zXBj7o...
Just received annual subs renewal email from Microsoft. 31% £ increase for AI I don’t use and don’t want! “Switch plan” gave no options. Only if you “Cancel” do you get option to switch to Classic and not fund AI.
#UNDERHAND
#UNDERHAND
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just received annual subs renewal email from Microsoft. 31% £ increase for AI I don’t use and don’t want! “Switch plan” gave no options. Only if you “Cancel” do you get option to switch to Classic and not fund AI.
#UNDERHAND
#UNDERHAND
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Are you a memoQ user confused and dismayed by what you've heard this past year about the direction this premium #translation environment is taking? Join the club. I'm on a 2 month v12 deep dive to untangle the messaging mess and see what individual pros and small companies really face!
#xl8 #l10n
#xl8 #l10n
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Are you a memoQ user confused and dismayed by what you've heard this past year about the direction this premium #translation environment is taking? Join the club. I'm on a 2 month v12 deep dive to untangle the messaging mess and see what individual pros and small companies really face!
#xl8 #l10n
#xl8 #l10n
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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This research is important because it corroborates what we already knew - that when comparing the UK to peer economies, it has had a big slowdown since 2016. It does so with firm-level data and finds more EU-connected firms have sizeable shortfalls in productivity and investment compared to less.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This research is important because it corroborates what we already knew - that when comparing the UK to peer economies, it has had a big slowdown since 2016. It does so with firm-level data and finds more EU-connected firms have sizeable shortfalls in productivity and investment compared to less.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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On its 40 year anniversary, Jeanette Winterson remembers the creative process behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
An Anniversary That Bears Fruit: Oranges, 40 Years On
Earlier this month was my birthday. Such dates are more than times of celebration. They are memory-markers. Where we were. Who we were with. How did it feel? This year, 2025, I had a different birt…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On its 40 year anniversary, Jeanette Winterson remembers the creative process behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
Just read “Capitalists Must Starve” by Park Seolyeon & @antonhur.com The title & blurb led me to expect a book about a factory strike... It is an absorbing portrait of Juryong’s whole life - its hardships, how she was treated as a woman, her resilience, determination & passion. A fascinating read!
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just read “Capitalists Must Starve” by Park Seolyeon & @antonhur.com The title & blurb led me to expect a book about a factory strike... It is an absorbing portrait of Juryong’s whole life - its hardships, how she was treated as a woman, her resilience, determination & passion. A fascinating read!
Well worth watching.
Great news! You can now catch up on this brilliant discussion between literary translator Michele Hutchison and editor Tamara Sampey-Jawad (Fitzcarraldo Editions).
Watch now 📽️ youtu.be/n1wdt8Y6-yQ?...
Watch now 📽️ youtu.be/n1wdt8Y6-yQ?...
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Well worth watching.
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Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
Polish PM says railway track blast was 'unprecedented act of sabotage'
An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, and he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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ICE, out now, is a Trans-Siberian odyssey into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. Here translator Ursula Phillips reveals the journey to bring Jacek Dukaj's novel to an English readership: https://bit.ly/4qT5DR9
Ursula Phillips translator | Ice by Jacek Dukaj
Ursula Phillips is a translator of Polish literary and academic works and Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK. Here, she revea...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
ICE, out now, is a Trans-Siberian odyssey into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. Here translator Ursula Phillips reveals the journey to bring Jacek Dukaj's novel to an English readership: https://bit.ly/4qT5DR9
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Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
tinyurl.com/f9sccz4v
tinyurl.com/f9sccz4v
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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.