Emma Gledhill
@linguistforsail.bsky.social
A translator that sails. FCIL, FITI, @CIOL_Linguists Council & membership cttee. RHBNC & Uni of Surrey alumna. Into Romansch, sax 'n' violins, amateur genealogy, books. Susceptible to rabbit holes. Posts are own views. Usually found up a Swiss alp.
I started the book today and the intro had me thinking of Blackadder’s Dr Johnson writing about the demotic English language. Imagine my joy to see Baldrick’s def of sea at the head of that chapter!
Meanwhile in the auto-generated captions for this week’s @lingthusiasm.bsky.social …
Meanwhile in the auto-generated captions for this week’s @lingthusiasm.bsky.social …
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I started the book today and the intro had me thinking of Blackadder’s Dr Johnson writing about the demotic English language. Imagine my joy to see Baldrick’s def of sea at the head of that chapter!
Meanwhile in the auto-generated captions for this week’s @lingthusiasm.bsky.social …
Meanwhile in the auto-generated captions for this week’s @lingthusiasm.bsky.social …
Doh! It would have helped if I'd actually attached the photo
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Doh! It would have helped if I'd actually attached the photo
I’m as fond of a neologism as the next woman but I wonder whether “winningest” is really going to catch on
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I’m as fond of a neologism as the next woman but I wonder whether “winningest” is really going to catch on
Autumn becomes winter
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Autumn becomes winter
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Folks @ciol-linguists.bsky.social and #translators #t9n we have a real problem if an Oxford academic (Fabian Stephany) has no idea what we do and is advising MSM such as @skynewsrss.bsky.social incorrectly like this. I just hope he’s been misquoted 1/2
October 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Folks @ciol-linguists.bsky.social and #translators #t9n we have a real problem if an Oxford academic (Fabian Stephany) has no idea what we do and is advising MSM such as @skynewsrss.bsky.social incorrectly like this. I just hope he’s been misquoted 1/2
A big thank you to @edzitron.com for giving time to the translation profession in part 1 of #betteroffline this week.
Just to prove the point that some clients just don’t care about quality, I offer up this example found by a colleague’s sister on her blood pressure cuff - on a *medical device*
Just to prove the point that some clients just don’t care about quality, I offer up this example found by a colleague’s sister on her blood pressure cuff - on a *medical device*
October 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
A big thank you to @edzitron.com for giving time to the translation profession in part 1 of #betteroffline this week.
Just to prove the point that some clients just don’t care about quality, I offer up this example found by a colleague’s sister on her blood pressure cuff - on a *medical device*
Just to prove the point that some clients just don’t care about quality, I offer up this example found by a colleague’s sister on her blood pressure cuff - on a *medical device*
My cats have all been named after Pratchett characters. The current monster is Captain Carrot; his predecessors were Esk, Perdita (a goth, but more like 2 goths) & Lankin (immensely cruel but with style so that’s OK)
(Lankin & Perdi missing owing to no photo album search grrr)
(Lankin & Perdi missing owing to no photo album search grrr)
September 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My cats have all been named after Pratchett characters. The current monster is Captain Carrot; his predecessors were Esk, Perdita (a goth, but more like 2 goths) & Lankin (immensely cruel but with style so that’s OK)
(Lankin & Perdi missing owing to no photo album search grrr)
(Lankin & Perdi missing owing to no photo album search grrr)
Well we know what the acronym BOAT stands for
August 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Well we know what the acronym BOAT stands for
I swear by GPS trackers now (we use Tractive). It has quite literally saved Captain Carrot’s life twice now
July 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I swear by GPS trackers now (we use Tractive). It has quite literally saved Captain Carrot’s life twice now
We can't say the C-word in this house either; the hound will jump up from deep sleep on his back - broken toe or no - at the word. He's also a C-word THIEF. Aren't you Shadow??
#galgos #dogsofbluesky
#galgos #dogsofbluesky
July 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We can't say the C-word in this house either; the hound will jump up from deep sleep on his back - broken toe or no - at the word. He's also a C-word THIEF. Aren't you Shadow??
#galgos #dogsofbluesky
#galgos #dogsofbluesky
My grandmother was a great one for spoonerisms, to the extent they went into family vocabulary and I have trouble pronouncing the non-spoonerised version. Probably the deepest rooted is the two play wug
July 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My grandmother was a great one for spoonerisms, to the extent they went into family vocabulary and I have trouble pronouncing the non-spoonerised version. Probably the deepest rooted is the two play wug
I went for an alternative colour-way
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I went for an alternative colour-way
Oh silly hound (broken toe) who’s now feeling rather mis and sorry for himself, and also slightly high on painkillers
July 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Oh silly hound (broken toe) who’s now feeling rather mis and sorry for himself, and also slightly high on painkillers
I’ll see your Meteoschweiz and raise you The Independent 😉🤣
June 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I’ll see your Meteoschweiz and raise you The Independent 😉🤣
One for you, @thebossross.bsky.social - Hamsterkäufe now turned into a verb (at least it’s the first time I’ve seen it)
May 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
One for you, @thebossross.bsky.social - Hamsterkäufe now turned into a verb (at least it’s the first time I’ve seen it)
More pics. We didn’t go into the cathedral partly because of the crowds and partly because it was at the exact time of the Pope’s funeral
April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
More pics. We didn’t go into the cathedral partly because of the crowds and partly because it was at the exact time of the Pope’s funeral
Strasbourg. On-campus meeting for my PGCert in Localization and Digital Communication and Symposium on Usability and Accessibility followed by a weekend exploring the old town with @nickwithheld.bsky.social and Shadow the dog
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Strasbourg. On-campus meeting for my PGCert in Localization and Digital Communication and Symposium on Usability and Accessibility followed by a weekend exploring the old town with @nickwithheld.bsky.social and Shadow the dog
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
What happened to the cycling proficiency badge? We all had to do it in primary school on a course coned out on the netball courts. Or maybe that was just my school? (I still have mine somewhere, a posh metal green triangle with a red border and a silver cyclist in the middle)
April 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
What happened to the cycling proficiency badge? We all had to do it in primary school on a course coned out on the netball courts. Or maybe that was just my school? (I still have mine somewhere, a posh metal green triangle with a red border and a silver cyclist in the middle)
April 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It’s April and the first day it’s warm enough to sit out with a bevvy. Critters joined us
#dogsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
#galgo
#rescuedog
#dogsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
#galgo
#rescuedog
April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s April and the first day it’s warm enough to sit out with a bevvy. Critters joined us
#dogsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
#galgo
#rescuedog
#dogsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
#galgo
#rescuedog
Or any other DIY
April 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Or any other DIY
Same here after evicting the cat
March 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Same here after evicting the cat
It’s fabulous, we loved it. Our critters were fascinated by it too
March 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It’s fabulous, we loved it. Our critters were fascinated by it too