Nicholas Orsillo
@nickorsillo.bsky.social
I'm an academic copy editor, proofreader, and Czech-to-English translator; would-be historian; and keeper of life in glass boxes. www.nicholasorsillo.com
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Nicholas Orsillo
@nickorsillo.bsky.social
· Mar 20
Do you need help getting published in English? Look no further! I'm an academic copy editor and proofreader specializing in the humanities, social sciences, and environmental studies. Get in touch!
Follow my blog for writing and editing tips: www.nicholasorsillo.com/blog/
Follow my blog for writing and editing tips: www.nicholasorsillo.com/blog/
Happy World Philosophy Day!
Here is a lovely picture from Orbis Pictus, considered the first modern children’s textbook, by Czech educator and philosopher Comenius (Komenský), originally published in German in 1658. This English translation by Charles Hoole followed a year later.
Here is a lovely picture from Orbis Pictus, considered the first modern children’s textbook, by Czech educator and philosopher Comenius (Komenský), originally published in German in 1658. This English translation by Charles Hoole followed a year later.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy World Philosophy Day!
Here is a lovely picture from Orbis Pictus, considered the first modern children’s textbook, by Czech educator and philosopher Comenius (Komenský), originally published in German in 1658. This English translation by Charles Hoole followed a year later.
Here is a lovely picture from Orbis Pictus, considered the first modern children’s textbook, by Czech educator and philosopher Comenius (Komenský), originally published in German in 1658. This English translation by Charles Hoole followed a year later.
A strange heading I found in a published paper: "Landscape development and its preindustrial folder in the Czech Republic." I imagined lots of funny things, but it's a bad translation of Czech "složka," meaning "folder" or "component."
I help scholars find these kinds of errors before publication.
I help scholars find these kinds of errors before publication.
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A strange heading I found in a published paper: "Landscape development and its preindustrial folder in the Czech Republic." I imagined lots of funny things, but it's a bad translation of Czech "složka," meaning "folder" or "component."
I help scholars find these kinds of errors before publication.
I help scholars find these kinds of errors before publication.
You need someone to polish your writing for publication and have decided to work with an academic editor. But do you know what you want from them? Make sure your expectations are clear. Check out the kinds of editing I offer. Want to improve your manuscript? Contact me: www.nicholasorsillo.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
You need someone to polish your writing for publication and have decided to work with an academic editor. But do you know what you want from them? Make sure your expectations are clear. Check out the kinds of editing I offer. Want to improve your manuscript? Contact me: www.nicholasorsillo.com
ChatGPT has an anti- #StarTrek bias! I used to, too. As a kid, I couldn't stand #TNG, but I've been watching it in its entirety over the past few months and am really enjoying it! It's funny that, unprompted, ChatGPT started talking about a sci-fi franchise... but the wrong one #starwars
August 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I think I found the Red October! It's in Peenemünde, Germany, and it's in rough shape! (Actually a convential Soviet submarine from the 1960s).
August 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I think I found the Red October! It's in Peenemünde, Germany, and it's in rough shape! (Actually a convential Soviet submarine from the 1960s).
Little did I know that when I went to watch the #HighlandGames in Brno, Czech Rep, that I'd end up competing, too! I didn't get the caber toss technique at all, but did ok at the sheaf toss, and apparently had a blisteringly fast speed in the farmer's walk.
June 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Little did I know that when I went to watch the #HighlandGames in Brno, Czech Rep, that I'd end up competing, too! I didn't get the caber toss technique at all, but did ok at the sheaf toss, and apparently had a blisteringly fast speed in the farmer's walk.
Haven't had much time for social media, too busy #editing/#translating all kinds of interesting #acwriting: #litcrit papers for a volume on transoceanic imaginations, studies about interwar Czech journalism, #Byzantine lit, use of #machinetranslation in language classroms. What a great job!
May 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haven't had much time for social media, too busy #editing/#translating all kinds of interesting #acwriting: #litcrit papers for a volume on transoceanic imaginations, studies about interwar Czech journalism, #Byzantine lit, use of #machinetranslation in language classroms. What a great job!
Found this gem in one of those "Leave a Book / Take a Book" shelves you see in public places. I must admit, I didn't know who Rudolph was at first, but then I realized I knew his work in Boston. And I'd sworn I'd only be leaving books! I have too many! #modernarchitecture #brutalism #paulrudolph
May 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Found this gem in one of those "Leave a Book / Take a Book" shelves you see in public places. I must admit, I didn't know who Rudolph was at first, but then I realized I knew his work in Boston. And I'd sworn I'd only be leaving books! I have too many! #modernarchitecture #brutalism #paulrudolph
Eastern Bloc countries tried to be self-sufficient in agriculture, leading to environmental destruction and laughable attempts to grow unsuitable crops. (Czech rice, anyone?) Maybe Trump can ask his pal Orban about the "Hungarian orange". Let's see how far the isolationist USA gets. #envhist
Hungarian Orange
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April 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Eastern Bloc countries tried to be self-sufficient in agriculture, leading to environmental destruction and laughable attempts to grow unsuitable crops. (Czech rice, anyone?) Maybe Trump can ask his pal Orban about the "Hungarian orange". Let's see how far the isolationist USA gets. #envhist
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If you are a university researcher NOT paid on soft money, and federal grant cancellations or disruptions are impacting your personal income (e.g., via summer salary losses or other direct-compensation disruptions), I would like to speak with you: ibogost@theatlantic.com or Signal ibogost.47.
April 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If you are a university researcher NOT paid on soft money, and federal grant cancellations or disruptions are impacting your personal income (e.g., via summer salary losses or other direct-compensation disruptions), I would like to speak with you: ibogost@theatlantic.com or Signal ibogost.47.
It's amazing to see the crowds all over the USA in my feed! Unfortunately, there were no protests in my neck of the woods, but in spirit, I'm somewhere in New England today! #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's amazing to see the crowds all over the USA in my feed! Unfortunately, there were no protests in my neck of the woods, but in spirit, I'm somewhere in New England today! #HandsOff
I'm taking the kids to see A Minecraft Movie. I've done tons of work in #AdaptationStudies and #intermedial studies, so maybe I'll watch with a critical eye. But mostly I hope it won't be 100 minutes of suffering.
April 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm taking the kids to see A Minecraft Movie. I've done tons of work in #AdaptationStudies and #intermedial studies, so maybe I'll watch with a critical eye. But mostly I hope it won't be 100 minutes of suffering.
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This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
A communist society? Or a Communist society? Knowing how to capitalize this key term in 20th-cent. #history can be a nightmare. There are no hard and fast rules, but in a new blog post, I cover several approaches you can take. #acwri #coldwar #skystorians #copyediting
Das Capital-ization: Should You Be Writing about Communism or communism? :: Orsillo Language Services
When writing about the political system established in the Soviet Union, which was adopted by and imposed on countries throughout Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, and beyond after World War II, shoul...
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April 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A communist society? Or a Communist society? Knowing how to capitalize this key term in 20th-cent. #history can be a nightmare. There are no hard and fast rules, but in a new blog post, I cover several approaches you can take. #acwri #coldwar #skystorians #copyediting
I'm gonna be a movie star! Ok, maybe not, but I'm just on lunch break now, working as an extra on a Czech miniseries. I get to walk all around a crowded movie theater lobby. I'm sure I'll be in lots of shots!
April 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I'm gonna be a movie star! Ok, maybe not, but I'm just on lunch break now, working as an extra on a Czech miniseries. I get to walk all around a crowded movie theater lobby. I'm sure I'll be in lots of shots!
Today is Teachers' Day in the #CzechRepublic. Comenius, the father of modern #education, was born #OnThisDay in 1592. This Czech thinker was the first to create an illustrated textbook for children - Orbis Pictus. Thanks to all #teachers all over the world for your hard work!
Orbis Pictus Sensualium (The visible world) by Johann Amos Comenius was the first true illus… | Childrens books illustrations, Children's literature, Teaching latin
Orbis Pictus Sensualium (The visible world) by Johann Amos Comenius was the first true illustrated book for children. Published in 1658 and intended to teach Latin, it did this with illustrations in w...
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March 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is Teachers' Day in the #CzechRepublic. Comenius, the father of modern #education, was born #OnThisDay in 1592. This Czech thinker was the first to create an illustrated textbook for children - Orbis Pictus. Thanks to all #teachers all over the world for your hard work!
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Noem’s video is bait for non-Trumpers because it invites us to do just what my wife & I have done: discuss her looks instead of her ideas. “See?” fascists say. “Who’s the sexist now? Hypocrites!” It’s a trap, because for fascism the aesthetic *is* the “idea.” 6/
March 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Noem’s video is bait for non-Trumpers because it invites us to do just what my wife & I have done: discuss her looks instead of her ideas. “See?” fascists say. “Who’s the sexist now? Hypocrites!” It’s a trap, because for fascism the aesthetic *is* the “idea.” 6/
When I visited Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo a few years ago, I was amazed to discover that it dated to the 1750s and the oldest part still featured what seemed to be late Baroque buildings and a corresponding overall symmetrical layout/design. Did they have monkeys then? #envhist #envhum #animalstudies
This cat-like giant is supposed to be a monkey - a king of monkeys from Brasil to be precise. The novel featuring this image as a frontispiece was published in 1800 Leipzig, Germany.
And this leads to the question, dear #skystorians: how many real monkeys had a German audience been seen before 1800?
And this leads to the question, dear #skystorians: how many real monkeys had a German audience been seen before 1800?
March 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When I visited Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo a few years ago, I was amazed to discover that it dated to the 1750s and the oldest part still featured what seemed to be late Baroque buildings and a corresponding overall symmetrical layout/design. Did they have monkeys then? #envhist #envhum #animalstudies
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Hi ! I'm a French journalist and I'm doing a TV report about the #teslatakedown. I'm looking for Americans who lost their job in the US administration because of Elon Musk and who will protest in NYC or Washington DC on saturday. Please share !! Thank you so much !
March 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hi ! I'm a French journalist and I'm doing a TV report about the #teslatakedown. I'm looking for Americans who lost their job in the US administration because of Elon Musk and who will protest in NYC or Washington DC on saturday. Please share !! Thank you so much !
Doing some reading for writing new blog posts and looked at Strunk and White's good old The Elements of Style. These two bits of advice are still applicable today, and I encourage writers to follow them, but the contradiction between the two is killing me! #copyediting #amediting #amwriting
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Doing some reading for writing new blog posts and looked at Strunk and White's good old The Elements of Style. These two bits of advice are still applicable today, and I encourage writers to follow them, but the contradiction between the two is killing me! #copyediting #amediting #amwriting
When you're writing your next paper or book, remember this: Quotations don't speak for themselves. As an editor, I've seen authors just dump quotations in their texts with no intro or explanation. Check out this post about mastering how to use quotations effectively. #AcWri #amediting #academicsky
Quotations Don't Speak for Themselves: Strengthening Academic Arguments Through Proper Framing
A blog post about how to use quotations effectively in academic writing.
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March 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
When you're writing your next paper or book, remember this: Quotations don't speak for themselves. As an editor, I've seen authors just dump quotations in their texts with no intro or explanation. Check out this post about mastering how to use quotations effectively. #AcWri #amediting #academicsky
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The title page of our first edition of John Evelyn's pioneering work on forestry, Sylva, printed in 1664 #InternationalDayofForests
March 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The title page of our first edition of John Evelyn's pioneering work on forestry, Sylva, printed in 1664 #InternationalDayofForests
Relatively new here, so thought I'd say hi especially to #commsky and #mediastudies people. As an academic editor, I was happy to learn a paper I helped refine is one of the most downloaded articles from the journal Media and Communication. Feels great to have played a small role in this success!
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A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers
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A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers
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A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers | Article | Media and Communication
Delia Cristina Balaban, Julia Szambolics
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March 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Relatively new here, so thought I'd say hi especially to #commsky and #mediastudies people. As an academic editor, I was happy to learn a paper I helped refine is one of the most downloaded articles from the journal Media and Communication. Feels great to have played a small role in this success!
As an academic #translator and #copyeditor, not so thrilled to read this. Making inaccessible texts accessible is fine. But an advanced AI that can generate top-notch translations was tested for just a year? #academicsky #academicpublishing
Taylor & Francis to make more translated books available more quickly using advanced AI
Following a program of rigorous testing, Taylor & Francis has announced plans to use AI translation tools to publish books that would otherwise be unavailable to English-language readers, bringing the...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
As an academic #translator and #copyeditor, not so thrilled to read this. Making inaccessible texts accessible is fine. But an advanced AI that can generate top-notch translations was tested for just a year? #academicsky #academicpublishing