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Mary Theodosiadou
@metafrasis.bsky.social
Greek translator/reviser, specialising in EU affairs • Art, music, tech and book lover • French at heart • Dutch culture explorer • Fluent in feline 🐈

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October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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What a woman!
I'll always remember this heartwarming goodbye hug when she brought the chimp back to his home in the jungle.

May you rest in peace, Jane Goodall 💔

#RIPjaneGoodall
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"En mer, je retrouve ma langue maternelle: le silence."
Olivier de Kersauson, à Thessalonique, vivre en Grèce du Nord avec @metafrasis.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social @vickyloras.bsky.social @viktsam.bsky.social @alexanderca.bsky.social

#regards #thessalonique #skg #pause
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in ‘The Night Watch’. What inspired that furry figure in the corner of Rembrandt’s celebrated painting? Researchers at the Rijksmuseum say they’ve solved the longtime mystery. Free Access Article. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/a...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in ‘The Night Watch’
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"We are mediators between the spaces of #languages and #cultures; to do the work requires putting ego aside and accepting there is always something to learn from the other."

#translation #translators
“Each act of translation performs a kind of alchemy on the translator, changing her way of seeing and thinking, opening new horizons...”

2025 ALTA Awards Judge Elizabeth Lowe shares her perspective on translation and the importance of it in troubling times at PELTA:
“Translation is a form of resistance.” An Interview with Elizabeth Lowe
By Cristina Ferreira Pinto-Bailey Lowe, a renowned literary translator from the Portuguese, is the founding director of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Ch…
hellopeltablog.wordpress.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The challenges of creating the new Irish #dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’

#IrishLanguage #Language #Culture #Lexicography
The challenges of creating the new Irish dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’
Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October
www.irishtimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Souvent les mêmes visages, les mêmes noms, les mêmes lieux, les mêmes phrases reviennent de l’un à l’autre, comme les motifs d’une tapisserie qu’on aurait tissée dans un demi-sommeil.
― Patrick Modiano
#lecoupdefoudre #ShakespeareandCompany #inspiration #littéraire #retour @metafrasis.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Good morning friends 🦋

Today I want to share a poem with you.

Eyes closed
A world unfolds
Unbeknown,
yet somehow familiar
Smiles are bright,
faces are cheerful
A welcoming atmosphere
encompassing all

....

#poetry

Full poem below 👇🏼
September 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Multilingual artificial intelligence often reinforces bias
Multilingual artificial intelligence often reinforces bias
A new study from Johns Hopkins finds that multilingual AI privileges dominant languages, deepening divides rather than democratizing access to information
hub.jhu.edu
September 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
♥️ 😺
Good morning and happy Caturday y'all 🌞😎😻
August 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.
How I Learned to Cycle Like a Dutchman
In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.
www.newyorker.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Shameful
Can someone please explain to me how this 👇🏼 is acceptable in any way, shape or form??

By having their hands tied up, these disabled, peaceful, protesters are literally robbed of their ability to move independently.

Their medicaid taken away, and now also their human dignity!

Disgraceful ‼️
August 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Think you’re using language to express your thoughts?
What if it’s the other way around—what if language is doing the thinking for you? Words don’t just describe reality. They shape it iai.tv/articles/lan... @metafrasis.bsky.social @vickyloras.bsky.social #Language #LanguageAndMind #WordsHavePower
June 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Action is the antidote to despair"

Joan Baez ✊️ 💙
June 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Does your language’s grammar change how you think?

#Language #Linguistics #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #LanguageProcessing
May 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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#Harvard faculty deans and departmental administrators send messages of support for #internationalstudents after the #TrumpAdministration revokes the University’s ability to enroll them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
📸The #JohnHarvard statue, the crown jewel of the Harvard Yard
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
❤️ 🇳🇱
Sunset over Groningen, Netherlands 🇳🇱
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Translation for language learning and translation for entertainment are two VERY different things.

Removing linguists who are experts in writing for learners and replacing them with the slop machine is going to result in the quality dropping fast. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The relationship between interpreting experience and empathy | Knowledge Centre on Translation and Interpretation

knowledge-centre-translation-interpretation.ec.europa.eu/en/news/rela...
March 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Transliteration of Greek characters into Latin characters

🔗 transliteration.nlg.gr?lang=en

#NationalLibraryofGreece #Transliteration #TransliterationTool
March 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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What if the wind could do what words can’t? The #Dutch have a word for it: #Uitwaaien (OUT-vwy-ehn) The refreshing clarity you get from walking in the wind. Try it. 🌬️Let’s normalize emotional resets, one wind at a time. Just don’t let it blow you away 😊 @metafrasis.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social 🐬
March 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM