Jo Heinrich
@joheinrich.bsky.social
DE & FR > EN translator, Marzahn Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp and more to come! joheinrichtranslation.co.uk
👋 Hello lovely Blueskyers! Do I (or you?) know any gothic novel fans (or even better, with links to the UK publishing industry)? A student I know is keen to ask research questions about British gothic novels by women authors over the years and their correlation with societal changes. And pls share!
October 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
👋 Hello lovely Blueskyers! Do I (or you?) know any gothic novel fans (or even better, with links to the UK publishing industry)? A student I know is keen to ask research questions about British gothic novels by women authors over the years and their correlation with societal changes. And pls share!
@ronanhession.bsky.social hello! I wanted to message you about an ARC of a book I think you might like but I see I can't (you must be too famous now you're hobnobbing with Julia Roberts 😆). If you'd like to have one, could you get in touch please, maybe via my website joheinrichtranslation.co.uk ?
Jo Heinrich Translation
Beautiful, exact, timely translation from German and French into English
joheinrichtranslation.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
@ronanhession.bsky.social hello! I wanted to message you about an ARC of a book I think you might like but I see I can't (you must be too famous now you're hobnobbing with Julia Roberts 😆). If you'd like to have one, could you get in touch please, maybe via my website joheinrichtranslation.co.uk ?
In other news, my son has unwittingly written his own version of the plums in the icebox poem…
June 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In other news, my son has unwittingly written his own version of the plums in the icebox poem…
Out today! I have learned SO much translating this book and I’ve been surreptitiously quoting from it whenever the conversation’s turned dark for months. Now you can too!
April 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Out today! I have learned SO much translating this book and I’ve been surreptitiously quoting from it whenever the conversation’s turned dark for months. Now you can too!
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"Machine-translated subtitles processed by post-editors also have almost 7 times as many errors as human-translated subs."
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"While the technology has the potential to save time & resources, an important question remains: How much loss of quality are we willing to accept?"
#loveyourhumansubtitler
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"While the technology has the potential to save time & resources, an important question remains: How much loss of quality are we willing to accept?"
#loveyourhumansubtitler
AI and subtitling: How machine translation affects the viewing experience - Stockholm University
Subtitling has long been a central part of the Swedish television experience, but with the rapid development of AI and machine translation, the subtitling industry has undergone a significant change. ...
www.su.se
April 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Machine-translated subtitles processed by post-editors also have almost 7 times as many errors as human-translated subs."
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"While the technology has the potential to save time & resources, an important question remains: How much loss of quality are we willing to accept?"
#loveyourhumansubtitler
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"While the technology has the potential to save time & resources, an important question remains: How much loss of quality are we willing to accept?"
#loveyourhumansubtitler
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Good morning! Not exactly a blue sky but it’ll do
November 28, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Good morning! Not exactly a blue sky but it’ll do
Publication day for this beast! This year’s ’pinch me’ moment was being asked to be part of a team of translators to work on this so it could be published worldwide on the same day. So lovely to work with everyone else, I miss those Friday meetings!
November 26, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Publication day for this beast! This year’s ’pinch me’ moment was being asked to be part of a team of translators to work on this so it could be published worldwide on the same day. So lovely to work with everyone else, I miss those Friday meetings!
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Orbital wins The Booker Prize
November 12, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Orbital wins The Booker Prize
There's something very strange going on here, judging by the crazy numbers of new followers I'm getting today 🤔 It's very flattering but all I'll say is that if you'd like me to follow you back, please write a bio and don't make your only posts a tirade against The Other Place?
November 12, 2024 at 5:10 PM
There's something very strange going on here, judging by the crazy numbers of new followers I'm getting today 🤔 It's very flattering but all I'll say is that if you'd like me to follow you back, please write a bio and don't make your only posts a tirade against The Other Place?
Celebrating #InternationalTranslationDay2024 by a) emailing the company I do commercial work for to ask them to stop undercutting me and my team with someone cheaper 😠👊 and b) joyfully sneaking the word 'whopper' into the book I'm currently translating 😁
September 30, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Celebrating #InternationalTranslationDay2024 by a) emailing the company I do commercial work for to ask them to stop undercutting me and my team with someone cheaper 😠👊 and b) joyfully sneaking the word 'whopper' into the book I'm currently translating 😁
Second book post in three days 😁 Out on Thursday with Peirene, it’s my second outing with Katja Oskamp, her first book out in English at last
September 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Second book post in three days 😁 Out on Thursday with Peirene, it’s my second outing with Katja Oskamp, her first book out in English at last
I'm not sure I'll ever get over the odd sensation of flicking through a book, only to find the words you translated in there 🙂
September 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
I'm not sure I'll ever get over the odd sensation of flicking through a book, only to find the words you translated in there 🙂
A little Riviera peek for you from Villefranche…
April 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
A little Riviera peek for you from Villefranche…
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English weather is wet
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
March 10, 2024 at 11:16 AM
English weather is wet
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
Today I've been updating my website and it now includes some sample translations I've worked on so you can get a feel for what I do, although they're by no means exhaustive. Take a look here (especially if you're in publishing!): joheinrichtranslation.co.uk
January 29, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Today I've been updating my website and it now includes some sample translations I've worked on so you can get a feel for what I do, although they're by no means exhaustive. Take a look here (especially if you're in publishing!): joheinrichtranslation.co.uk
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A look, budding UK translators! Manchester in Translation is happening online in February, with workshops for Bengali (Amy Parsons), Arabic (Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp) and German (me). It’s free! www.eventbrite.com/cc/mancheste...
Manchester in Translation 2024
Our annual online translation conference returns this year from the 19th-21st February. Manchester in Translation celebrates the city's language diversity along with all things literary translation wi...
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January 24, 2024 at 12:21 PM
A look, budding UK translators! Manchester in Translation is happening online in February, with workshops for Bengali (Amy Parsons), Arabic (Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp) and German (me). It’s free! www.eventbrite.com/cc/mancheste...
Dublin pals, help please... any tips for a lovely light(ish) lunch somewhere in central Dublin? I'm coming back v soon for a lightning one-night trip to show my husband some of the Irish magic I discovered last year...
January 16, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Dublin pals, help please... any tips for a lovely light(ish) lunch somewhere in central Dublin? I'm coming back v soon for a lightning one-night trip to show my husband some of the Irish magic I discovered last year...
Well that’s it, the first big step in getting some more Katja Oskamp out into the English-speaking world done and sent off. I’m going to lie on the floor now.
January 11, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Well that’s it, the first big step in getting some more Katja Oskamp out into the English-speaking world done and sent off. I’m going to lie on the floor now.
So, should I be offended to find out the bottle of Amarula our neighbours gave us for Christmas is a tad out of date? 🤨
January 3, 2024 at 7:12 PM
So, should I be offended to find out the bottle of Amarula our neighbours gave us for Christmas is a tad out of date? 🤨
A very merry Christmas to all you lovely blueskyers 😘
December 25, 2023 at 12:53 PM
A very merry Christmas to all you lovely blueskyers 😘
Lovely to chat with Shawn the Book Maniac about Marzahn and new projects, and about Prophet Song, Star 111 @tesslewis.bsky.social, While We Were Dreaming @katyderbyshire.bsky.social and The Blacksmith's Daughter @aycatur.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1fw...
December 9, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Lovely to chat with Shawn the Book Maniac about Marzahn and new projects, and about Prophet Song, Star 111 @tesslewis.bsky.social, While We Were Dreaming @katyderbyshire.bsky.social and The Blacksmith's Daughter @aycatur.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1fw...
