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.
(Wolverhampton Express and Star, 1993)
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
(Wolverhampton Express and Star, 1993)
I am having the BEST TIME rn
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I am having the BEST TIME rn
🫣 Hull Daily Mail, 1982
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
🫣 Hull Daily Mail, 1982
looool. truth bomb
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM
looool. truth bomb
I see this is doing the rounds again. I do find the assumption that music is default-English irritating but hey, any excuse to post this über-banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Sg...
February 10, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I see this is doing the rounds again. I do find the assumption that music is default-English irritating but hey, any excuse to post this über-banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Sg...
Smoking in a bus in 1906 is the least of it
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Smoking in a bus in 1906 is the least of it
Thanks @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social, I looked up "literary translator" as a keyword and my lord the SHENANIGANS
Findmypast offers free access to the British Newspaper Archive until 16 Feb! #ancestors
February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Thanks @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social, I looked up "literary translator" as a keyword and my lord the SHENANIGANS
Ce compte devrait adopter la manicule de la honte
[TheyUseAi]
L'ENS utilise l'ia générative
L'ENS utilise l'ia générative
February 8, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Ce compte devrait adopter la manicule de la honte
Aimée Rapin, 19th-c Swiss artist, born without arms, created this with her toes
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Aimée Rapin, 19th-c Swiss artist, born without arms, created this with her toes
Oh dear, I liked Italki!
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Oh dear, I liked Italki!
Also, this painting is awesome
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Also, this painting is awesome
Rodolphe Töpffer arguably invented comic books because of his poor eyesight
February 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Rodolphe Töpffer arguably invented comic books because of his poor eyesight
Thomas Quasthoff. Michel Petrucciani. Sarah Bernhardt
They've disabled quotes but Beethoven, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Goya, Matisse, Cyprián Majerník, Dorothy Stanton Wise
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Thomas Quasthoff. Michel Petrucciani. Sarah Bernhardt
J'y suis passée cette semaine 😊
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
J'y suis passée cette semaine 😊
This bad boy is coming home tho
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This bad boy is coming home tho
And some incisive lit crit from the Germans
February 7, 2026 at 2:18 PM
And some incisive lit crit from the Germans
Almost irresistibly rich pickings at the street library thus afternoon
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Almost irresistibly rich pickings at the street library thus afternoon
Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote an entire-ass book by blinking because his eyes were the only part of his body he could move
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote an entire-ass book by blinking because his eyes were the only part of his body he could move
Switch em over to Ecosia browser and search engine, it actively plants trees
February 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Switch em over to Ecosia browser and search engine, it actively plants trees
I would say in fact it is good mental health practice to enjoy doing creative stuff you are a bit crap at
A small but very deep thing that bothers me about generative AI as a shortcut to practice and work and skill is the basic assumption that it’s impossible to take pleasure in a creative pursuit that you aren’t very good at and I assure you that is not the case
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I would say in fact it is good mental health practice to enjoy doing creative stuff you are a bit crap at
Not the first time this has happened www.cbsnews.com/news/aircana... and gmauthority.com/blog/2023/12...
Air Canada chatbot costs airline discount it wrongly offered customer
The airline is being held responsible for its website chatbot's promise of a retroactive fare discount worth more than $600.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Not the first time this has happened www.cbsnews.com/news/aircana... and gmauthority.com/blog/2023/12...
"I have been very unconventional ... as men [are] always who frankly show and speak of their liking for women," he wrote. But, he insisted, it was not his fault if the targets of his "unconventional" actions took offense: "Pure women would understand my ways"
February 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
"I have been very unconventional ... as men [are] always who frankly show and speak of their liking for women," he wrote. But, he insisted, it was not his fault if the targets of his "unconventional" actions took offense: "Pure women would understand my ways"