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Today, we celebrate International Translation Day! 🎊
In these tumultuous times, human translators & interpreters offer trust and reconciliation. 🙌 The 2025 ITD theme is: "Translation, shaping a future you can trust."
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🤦 Did you miss our fall newsletter? The tens of photos 📸, the practice group invite 📫, the big news 🤩? Not to worry! You can still catch it all (and catch up) today at notisnet.org/resources/Em... #xl8 #1nt #NWLinguists
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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💙 LOVE a small press that loves literature in #translation!
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just 1 more week till the winners are announced! 😬 Will Hamid Ismailov & Shelley Fairweather-Vega (tr.) win for We Computers? 🦾 Register to watch the Natl. Book Awards Ceremony (11/19, 8 pm EST) at: www.nationalbook.org/awards2025/ @nationalbook.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social @atanet.org #xl8
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Publishing Turkoslavia means having something to celebrate each and every day. Congratulations to contributors Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Hamid Ismailov, @yanaellis.bsky.social, and Zdravka Eftimova for this well-deserved acknowledgement of your brilliant work as writer-translators!
October 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Kay Heikkinen on the Continuing Relevance of Radwa Ashour’s ‘Granada’

Radwa Ashour's complete Granada trilogy finally came out in English late last year from AUC Press in Kay Heikkenen's translation. Kay spoke about her translation at the book's online launch event in November. Here, in…
Kay Heikkinen on the Continuing Relevance of Radwa Ashour’s ‘Granada’
Radwa Ashour's complete Granada trilogy finally came out in English late last year from AUC Press in Kay Heikkenen's translation. Kay spoke about her translation at the book's online launch event in November. Here, in conversation with Tugrul Mende, Kay elaborates on her work with the book, her relationship with Radwa, and how she approached translating this iconic work.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Another artful translation by NOTIS Board Member Kay Heikkinen! 👏👏👏
Women in Translation Month day 13: Radwa Ashour's Granada, tr. from Arabic by William Granara OR Kay Heikkinen

the first book in a (newly fully translated by Heikkinen) trilogy of historical novels following several generations of a Muslim family after the Spanish conquest of Granada in 1492.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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My latest #WITMonth review looks at Huzama Habayeb’s 'Before the Queen Falls Asleep' (translated by Kay Heikkinen, review copy courtesy of MacLehose Press):
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‘Before the Queen Falls Asleep’ by Huzama Habayeb (Review)
While I do try to get to review copies in a timely manner, I don't always manage to read everything when it arrives, and that was the case with today's selection, a book that dropped through my letter...
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August 15, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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Join us on Saturday, Dec. 6, for the 16th annual Healthy for the Holidays! This is a free educational event for cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, and family. Register now: https://bit.ly/49zNscY
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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The 85-page Slator AI Dubbing Report analyzes the market dynamics, market size, and buyer intentions of AI dubbing.
Slator AI Dubbing Report
Analyzes the supply and demand for AI dubbing across multiple industries.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎶 NEW BLOG: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏🔖 notisnet.org/Blog/13556878 🎶

This week on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑡, we’re featuring an article by 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻-𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹, of Vancouver, WA, who translates songs and poems into English from German, Hungarian, Romanian, and Russian! 🤹‍♂️ #xl8 #NOTIS
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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🚀 Where is your interpreting career headed?

The Global Workforce Survey report offers benchmarks, trends, and insights to guide your growth.

✨ Start with the Executive Summary today: https://cchicertification.org/uploads/CCHI_ExecutiveSummary_GlobalWorkforceSurveyHCI_Report-2025.pdf
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our friends at NW Justice Project put together this list of events, galas, Pow wows, artist markets, and film screenings in WA State to attend throughout Native American Heritage Month! Check it out! nwjustice.org/article/2064
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🤖 Tomorrow AM, Nov. 8: 𝙀𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙄, a NOTIS webshop led by Édgar Hidalgo García! ⏰ Last chance to register: notisnet.org/event-6254782 📨
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✅ 3 each CEUs from @atanet.org, WA AOC, OJD, CIMCE
🎟️ $55 members, 98 nonmembers
#1nt #AI #interpreting #xl8
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🎤 Happening soon! Don't miss the ALTA48 Keynote Address with Karen Emmerich, held 10:45am - 12:00pm in Sabino-Pima (1st floor of the conference hotel). We look forward to seeing you there!

Learn more about Karen Emmerich here: buff.ly/tFNLxMg
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🤖 ✍️ "At a time when #translators are facing unprecedented challenges in the face of #AI, a new @ox.ac.uk graduate course will explore and celebrate translation as a creative endeavour in which the role of the #human will always remain essential." Read on! ⤵️
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Official launch of the journal Feminist Translation Studies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rft...) on 4 December. Join us for a lively discussion with some of the contributors so far. Please register here tinyurl.com/FTSLaunchEvent to receive a Zoom link. Everybody welcome!
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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⏰ Last chance to register 🔜 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡-𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, with 𝙔𝙫𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙨𝙤𝙣!
⏳ Nov. 3, 6–8 p.m. PT
💻 Online
📥 RSVP soon 🔗 notisnet.org/event-6170483
✅ CEUs: WA DSHS, AOC, @atanet.org, @cchicertify.bsky.social & IMIA/NBCMI
#1nt #xl8 #interpreterethics
Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society - Everyday Ethics for Interpreters: Lessons from Real-World Situations (Online live via Zoom) 1 ethics 1 general CEU by DSHS (#805), AOC, CCHI, ATA. 0.2 ...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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AI Can Probably Do Some of Your Work Tasks. That Doesn't Mean It Can Do Your Job: www.cnet.com/tech/service... | CNET (09/01/25) | By Jon Reed
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#Ai #Translator #Interpreter #Language #LanguageServices #xl8 #1nt #atanet
AI Can Probably Do Some of Your Work Tasks. That Doesn't Mean It Can Do Your Job
Even for vulnerable jobs like translation and research, that work is more than just the tasks AI may be able to assist with.
www.cnet.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
⏰ Last chance to register 🔜 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡-𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, with 𝙔𝙫𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙨𝙤𝙣!
⏳ Nov. 3, 6–8 p.m. PT
💻 Online
📥 RSVP soon 🔗 notisnet.org/event-6170483
✅ CEUs: WA DSHS, AOC, @atanet.org, @cchicertify.bsky.social & IMIA/NBCMI
#1nt #xl8 #interpreterethics
Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society - Everyday Ethics for Interpreters: Lessons from Real-World Situations (Online live via Zoom) 1 ethics 1 general CEU by DSHS (#805), AOC, CCHI, ATA. 0.2 ...
notisnet.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🫣 NOTIS takes on Dracula! 🧛🏼 Join your colleagues on Mon., Oct. 27, for a journey into the shadowy world of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, where gothic romance meets chilling suspense, at Renton Civic Theatre! ✅ RSVP at notisnet.org/event-6384464 🦇
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🫣 NOTIS takes on Dracula! 🧛🏼 Join your colleagues on Mon., Oct. 27, for a journey into the shadowy world of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, where gothic romance meets chilling suspense, at Renton Civic Theatre! ✅ RSVP at notisnet.org/event-6384464 🦇
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
They made it to the finals! 🤩 Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov and #NWLiteraryTranslator Shelley Fairweather-Vega are on the National Book Award shortlist for their latest ✨ BRILLIANT ✨ collab: “We Computers: A Ghazal Novel.” Eeee!
🎉 The finalists for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature have been announced! Congratulations to all on the list, including ALTA members Shelley Fairweather-Vega, David McKay, and Robin Myers! @nationalbook.bsky.social
2025 National Book Awards Finalists Announced
Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature
www.nationalbook.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM