Susan Pickford
@libripotens.bsky.social
Professor of translation studies at the University of Geneva and academic translator. Recent books: Professional Translators in 19th-c France and Translating Science in the 18th & 19th c. Now working on an industry guide for aspiring book translators.
Public service interpreting getting privatised, farmed out to big agencies and enshittified
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Public service interpreting getting privatised, farmed out to big agencies and enshittified
Professional translators! in 19th-century France! what's not to love?
www.routledge.com/Professional...
www.routledge.com/Professional...
Professional Translators in Nineteenth-Century France
This book shines a light on the practices and professional identities of translators in nineteenth-century France, speaking to the translatorial turn in translation studies which spotlights translator...
www.routledge.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Professional translators! in 19th-century France! what's not to love?
www.routledge.com/Professional...
www.routledge.com/Professional...
Tbf I looked and lots of responses are kicking her ass
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Tbf I looked and lots of responses are kicking her ass
Ah je dois lire ça! j'ai consacré une partie de ma thèse au récit de son aventure en ballon. Honneur aux dames!
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ah je dois lire ça! j'ai consacré une partie de ma thèse au récit de son aventure en ballon. Honneur aux dames!
J'ai bien aimé Lapiaz de Maryse Vuillermet dernièrement
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
J'ai bien aimé Lapiaz de Maryse Vuillermet dernièrement
I meant the free birthers not you! Sorry, could have phrased it better
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I meant the free birthers not you! Sorry, could have phrased it better
Absolutely bonkers to ignore that hundreds of thousands of women die giving birth every year
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Absolutely bonkers to ignore that hundreds of thousands of women die giving birth every year
Imagine my pain when working on a 19th c publisher called Claude-François Maquignon
a woman is dancing in a black and white photo with two men .
ALT: a woman is dancing in a black and white photo with two men .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Imagine my pain when working on a 19th c publisher called Claude-François Maquignon
Sache que l'un des musiciens est titulaire d'un Master de traduction de la FTI Genève
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Sache que l'un des musiciens est titulaire d'un Master de traduction de la FTI Genève
My intelligence ranks among the top four in my household of four
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My intelligence ranks among the top four in my household of four
In France it was to fortify the beer as a treatment for sick children (maybe the idea was to fortify it with iron?) Historian Robert Muchembled talks about his mum doing this in the 1930s.
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In France it was to fortify the beer as a treatment for sick children (maybe the idea was to fortify it with iron?) Historian Robert Muchembled talks about his mum doing this in the 1930s.
Have you seen the Swiss chocolate box with the 5-legged reindeer?*
*not a euphemism
*not a euphemism
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Have you seen the Swiss chocolate box with the 5-legged reindeer?*
*not a euphemism
*not a euphemism
yes that is also less than ideal
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
yes that is also less than ideal
Again the pb is AI hallucinates convincingly. It struggles in translation in particular with names, numbers and negative statements, none of which might be readily apparent on a quick once over by an untrained eye
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Again the pb is AI hallucinates convincingly. It struggles in translation in particular with names, numbers and negative statements, none of which might be readily apparent on a quick once over by an untrained eye