Claire Debenham
@clairedeb.bsky.social
Japanese-to-English medical translator, dog-lover, servant of cat. Human companion to @fenlandlapphund.bsky.social
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Am certainly no fan of Mandelson, but I am also no fan of using primary legislation so as to impose a sanction on particular individuals without any due process.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Am certainly no fan of Mandelson, but I am also no fan of using primary legislation so as to impose a sanction on particular individuals without any due process.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
Good to see the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is back. www.jpf-film.org.uk
Home - Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Japanese film news in the UK, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, and information on all Japanese releases, screenings and film festivals.
www.jpf-film.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Good to see the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is back. www.jpf-film.org.uk
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"Conflagration is really a parable about post-war Japan’s values and beliefs."
#Film Stephen Brown views a classic Japanese film 🎥
#Film Stephen Brown views a classic Japanese film 🎥
Film review: Conflagration (re-release) (Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme)
Stephen Brown views a classic Japanese film
www.churchtimes.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"Conflagration is really a parable about post-war Japan’s values and beliefs."
#Film Stephen Brown views a classic Japanese film 🎥
#Film Stephen Brown views a classic Japanese film 🎥
The bed is inviolably the cat's domain, and the bedding all has to be changed around him.
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The bed is inviolably the cat's domain, and the bedding all has to be changed around him.
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📣PUBLISHERS - I'm running a one-day online course in June on working effectively with translators, focusing on project management, timelines and productivity. More details at www.unige.ch/formcont/en/... . Please share with your networks.
Journée - Working with translators for publishers and cultural institutions
The sessions take a resolutely workflow- and project management-centred approach. The morning session will begin with a brief overview of current t...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
📣PUBLISHERS - I'm running a one-day online course in June on working effectively with translators, focusing on project management, timelines and productivity. More details at www.unige.ch/formcont/en/... . Please share with your networks.
The Readybrek (makes you glow in the dark) central heating for kids series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVAv...
1982 Ready Brek Central Heating for Kids Advert
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January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The Readybrek (makes you glow in the dark) central heating for kids series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVAv...
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🏆 A list of #translation competitions for aspiring and professional #translators being held in 2026
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Japanese to English Translation Competitions 2026 - J-En Translations
A list of Japanese to English translation competitions 2026 for aspiring and professional translators who want to improve their skills.
j-entranslations.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
🏆 A list of #translation competitions for aspiring and professional #translators being held in 2026
j-entranslations.com/japanese-to-...
via @jentranslations.bsky.social
j-entranslations.com/japanese-to-...
via @jentranslations.bsky.social
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I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.
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Bloomsbury, 1933, and each week my father & his pals were going to meetings & marches to try to do something, anything, about the rising anti-semitism in Germany. Everyone was fully aware of what was happening. Fully aware. This was six years before the outbreak of war.
January 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Bloomsbury, 1933, and each week my father & his pals were going to meetings & marches to try to do something, anything, about the rising anti-semitism in Germany. Everyone was fully aware of what was happening. Fully aware. This was six years before the outbreak of war.
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This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 AM
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
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Irish-language translator, Timothy McKeon enjoyed steady work for European Union institutions for years. But the rise of artificial intelligence tools that can translate text and, increasingly, speech nearly instantly has upended his livelihood
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/t...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/t...
Like digging ‘your own professional grave’: The translators grappling with losing work to AI | CNN Business
While workers worldwide ponder how artificial intelligence might affect their livelihoods, there’s one sector where that question is no longer hypothetical. Machine translation has reduced the amount ...
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January 24, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Irish-language translator, Timothy McKeon enjoyed steady work for European Union institutions for years. But the rise of artificial intelligence tools that can translate text and, increasingly, speech nearly instantly has upended his livelihood
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/t...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/t...
Not sure whether it's the idea of yakitori-style half chicken or the combination of yakitori and hoisin sauce that's playing most havoc with my brain. I'm just trying to ignore the Irish part altogether.
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Not sure whether it's the idea of yakitori-style half chicken or the combination of yakitori and hoisin sauce that's playing most havoc with my brain. I'm just trying to ignore the Irish part altogether.
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No context required
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant us thy peace.
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
No context required
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‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Dear developers, if you're thinking of localizing your game into Japanese, please try not to separate "Press" and a button tag into different strings, but create a single string such as "Press <button>". It makes our lives a lot easier.
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Dear developers, if you're thinking of localizing your game into Japanese, please try not to separate "Press" and a button tag into different strings, but create a single string such as "Press <button>". It makes our lives a lot easier.
Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands, a history of Eastern Europe under Stalinism and Facism, is making for some sobering reading today. Praying that US opposition to Trump will solidify and be successful before we slide too much further into that sort of world again.
January 22, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands, a history of Eastern Europe under Stalinism and Facism, is making for some sobering reading today. Praying that US opposition to Trump will solidify and be successful before we slide too much further into that sort of world again.
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✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
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The people of Ukraine are going through unimaginable suffering and struggle.
The power outages and freezing conditions in Ukraine right now are insane. Greenland news and war “coverage fatigue” not giving it the presence in headlines it deserves. The humanitarian impact is absolutely staggering.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The people of Ukraine are going through unimaginable suffering and struggle.
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The true heroes of any Trump presidency have to be the simultaneous translators.
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The true heroes of any Trump presidency have to be the simultaneous translators.
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The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyranny, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues
January 16, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues
Remembering the awful moment 15 years ago when I first realized I was going to have to get divorced: a mix of disbelief, horror, and determination.
The current situation between Europe and the US has very much the same vibe.
The current situation between Europe and the US has very much the same vibe.
January 20, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Remembering the awful moment 15 years ago when I first realized I was going to have to get divorced: a mix of disbelief, horror, and determination.
The current situation between Europe and the US has very much the same vibe.
The current situation between Europe and the US has very much the same vibe.
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
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Meanwhile...
Israeli authorities begin demolition at Jerusalem UNRWA compound
Israel Land Authority officers have begun demolishing buildings at a UNRWA compound in Jerusalem, accompanied by police. Footage from the site shows bulldozers and other heavy equipment tearing down structures. (HAARETZ)
Israel Land Authority officers have begun demolishing buildings at a UNRWA compound in Jerusalem, accompanied by police. Footage from the site shows bulldozers and other heavy equipment tearing down structures. (HAARETZ)
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Meanwhile...
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com