Ser Kai
@trans-lator.bsky.social
French-to-English trans-lator 🏳️⚧️. Canadian. Dog dad. Book nerd.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It’s my manniversary! I’ve been on #HRT for 2 years already. It’s been one hell of a ride, but I’m so thankful I finally took that step.
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It’s my manniversary! I’ve been on #HRT for 2 years already. It’s been one hell of a ride, but I’m so thankful I finally took that step.
FR<>EN #translators, it’s time to vent. What words are the worst to #translate? I’m thinking of things like valoriser, structurant, and dynamique in #French and insight and escalate in #English. Rant away!
#translate #xl8
#translate #xl8
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
FR<>EN #translators, it’s time to vent. What words are the worst to #translate? I’m thinking of things like valoriser, structurant, and dynamique in #French and insight and escalate in #English. Rant away!
#translate #xl8
#translate #xl8
Unexpected obstacle to my #transition: this little gremlin doing her best to glue herself to the leg I need to inject.
September 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Unexpected obstacle to my #transition: this little gremlin doing her best to glue herself to the leg I need to inject.
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What does the 'bunk' in 'debunk' mean?
August 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What does the 'bunk' in 'debunk' mean?
Win for this week: I found out the other day that I don’t have cancer! Only took 2 months of chasing down doctors to finally learn my biopsy results…
August 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Win for this week: I found out the other day that I don’t have cancer! Only took 2 months of chasing down doctors to finally learn my biopsy results…
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For anyone who needs any of these:
Take your meds.
Hydrate, you precocious, mobile houseplant.
You’re doing your best and that’s more than enough.
You should be so proud of how far you’ve made it and all you’ve accomplished.
Stop letting the unrealistic standards online get you down.
Take care
Take your meds.
Hydrate, you precocious, mobile houseplant.
You’re doing your best and that’s more than enough.
You should be so proud of how far you’ve made it and all you’ve accomplished.
Stop letting the unrealistic standards online get you down.
Take care
August 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For anyone who needs any of these:
Take your meds.
Hydrate, you precocious, mobile houseplant.
You’re doing your best and that’s more than enough.
You should be so proud of how far you’ve made it and all you’ve accomplished.
Stop letting the unrealistic standards online get you down.
Take care
Take your meds.
Hydrate, you precocious, mobile houseplant.
You’re doing your best and that’s more than enough.
You should be so proud of how far you’ve made it and all you’ve accomplished.
Stop letting the unrealistic standards online get you down.
Take care
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Lexicomane [LEK-sih-koh-mayn]
(n.)
A lover of dictionaries; one who enjoys looking up words.
Used in a sentence:
“I used that dating app for sapiosexuals where I found a fellow lexicomane to take to the library as a first date.”
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(n.)
A lover of dictionaries; one who enjoys looking up words.
Used in a sentence:
“I used that dating app for sapiosexuals where I found a fellow lexicomane to take to the library as a first date.”
_
28 hours left! Don't miss out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...
August 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Lexicomane [LEK-sih-koh-mayn]
(n.)
A lover of dictionaries; one who enjoys looking up words.
Used in a sentence:
“I used that dating app for sapiosexuals where I found a fellow lexicomane to take to the library as a first date.”
_
28 hours left! Don't miss out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...
(n.)
A lover of dictionaries; one who enjoys looking up words.
Used in a sentence:
“I used that dating app for sapiosexuals where I found a fellow lexicomane to take to the library as a first date.”
_
28 hours left! Don't miss out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...
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In hot weather like this, remember to keep an eye on your freelancers. Move them to a shaded spot, indoors if possible, away from ‘people’. Distract them with a computer or some unrealistic deadline. Do check on them, by email, but don’t forget to set yours to out of office in case they reply 🙏
August 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In hot weather like this, remember to keep an eye on your freelancers. Move them to a shaded spot, indoors if possible, away from ‘people’. Distract them with a computer or some unrealistic deadline. Do check on them, by email, but don’t forget to set yours to out of office in case they reply 🙏
Back in Cocagne, my happy place.
July 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Back in Cocagne, my happy place.
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Next time I'm having a rough day I may very well cope by getting this very stupid sticker design printed.
July 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Next time I'm having a rough day I may very well cope by getting this very stupid sticker design printed.
Travelling today. I haven’t legally changed my name yet, so I’ve been “ma’amed” 3 times before 6:15 AM. Bleh.
July 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Travelling today. I haven’t legally changed my name yet, so I’ve been “ma’amed” 3 times before 6:15 AM. Bleh.
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The Oxford comma (also known as the ‘serial comma’) is the comma that separates the second to last item in a list from a final item that is introduced by ‘and’ or ‘or.’
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
July 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Oxford comma (also known as the ‘serial comma’) is the comma that separates the second to last item in a list from a final item that is introduced by ‘and’ or ‘or.’
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
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tomb = toom
womb = woom
bomb = boom (eventually)
womb = woom
bomb = boom (eventually)
July 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
tomb = toom
womb = woom
bomb = boom (eventually)
womb = woom
bomb = boom (eventually)
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Hey ding-dongs, let’s have a chit-chat about 'Ablaut reduplication.'
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
July 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey ding-dongs, let’s have a chit-chat about 'Ablaut reduplication.'
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
June 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The advantage of Big Stupid Tables over generative AI is generative AI necessarily produces outputs that are likely to appear in its training data, while the outputs of a good set of dice tables may consist mainly of combinations of elements never before attempted on account of being dumb as hell.
June 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The advantage of Big Stupid Tables over generative AI is generative AI necessarily produces outputs that are likely to appear in its training data, while the outputs of a good set of dice tables may consist mainly of combinations of elements never before attempted on account of being dumb as hell.
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I’m a professional translator who started transitioning in his 30s. I guess that makes me a trans-later translator.
June 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I’m a professional translator who started transitioning in his 30s. I guess that makes me a trans-later translator.
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June 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Shot done!
Remember, if you're on the fence because you're not sure if transition/HRT is right for you: it's completely okay to just do it for the bit and make the worst people around one step closer to an aneurysm.
Remember, if you're on the fence because you're not sure if transition/HRT is right for you: it's completely okay to just do it for the bit and make the worst people around one step closer to an aneurysm.
June 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Shot done!
Remember, if you're on the fence because you're not sure if transition/HRT is right for you: it's completely okay to just do it for the bit and make the worst people around one step closer to an aneurysm.
Remember, if you're on the fence because you're not sure if transition/HRT is right for you: it's completely okay to just do it for the bit and make the worst people around one step closer to an aneurysm.
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Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.
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Last night in #DnD shenanigans: I made it canon that when shifters bite someone, the victim turns into a furry. Or if they’re nonhuman, a skinny. There’s a convention every full moon.
June 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night in #DnD shenanigans: I made it canon that when shifters bite someone, the victim turns into a furry. Or if they’re nonhuman, a skinny. There’s a convention every full moon.