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Paul Kaye
@paulkaye.bsky.social
Translator with the EU (into 🇬🇧 from 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱🇭🇺🇪🇪🇫🇷🇺🇦, learning 🇬🇷). Runner, climber, cyclist, cross-country skier. Ex-hack. Lancastrian, Notlobber in Brussels/London. MCIL, FRGS, BWFC.
‘People called Flores they go the house’?
July 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Come and hear Polish poet Małgorzata Lebda discuss her wonderful debut novel VORACIOUS with its fine translator @antonialloydjones.bsky.social on Thursday 29 May at 1830 – a visionary account of the lacework of interrelationships between people and the earth.

www.waterstones.com/events/vorac...
Voracious: Małgorzata Lebda and Antonia Lloyd-Jones in conversation with Sasha Dugdale | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Voracious: Małgorzata Lebda and Antonia Lloyd-Jones in conversation with Sasha Dugdale...
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April 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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I’m pleased to have been invited to take part in this discussion about how translation affects meaning in the theatre. Wednesday May 28, Jermyn Street Theatre, 5.45 (preceding a performance of “Little Brother” by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Details below. www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/jst-pre-show...
JST Pre Show Debate | Jermyn Street Theatre
www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Minute Cryptic - 10 January 2025
"_estow _enevolence!?" (5)
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I scored: 3 under par
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January 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Minute Cryptic - 3 January 2025
"Changes actress!?" (7)
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I scored: 4 under par
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January 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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A prime book year in 2024: 47 read, down slightly on last few years. 30 fiction, 17 non-fic; 10 graphic novels. 10 translations: 2 from JP, 1 from ES, AL, DE, PT, FR, BO, IT and LA. 30 in English, 17 not: 7 in PL, 4 CS, 2 ET, 2 HU, 1 SK, 1 EL. 20 by/involving women. Thread: bsky.app/profile/paul...
January 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A prime book year in 2024: 47 read, down slightly on last few years. 30 fiction, 17 non-fic; 10 graphic novels. 10 translations: 2 from JP, 1 from ES, AL, DE, PT, FR, BO, IT and LA. 30 in English, 17 not: 7 in PL, 4 CS, 2 ET, 2 HU, 1 SK, 1 EL. 20 by/involving women. Thread: bsky.app/profile/paul...
January 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Happy new year!
January 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Minute Cryptic - 30 December 2024
"Load empty folder with 1000 in binary" (7)
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I scored: 4 under par
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December 30, 2024 at 8:21 AM
1. English
2. Czech
3. Spanish
4. Irish
5. Hungarian
Here’s a fun language challenge for you!

1. Your native language:
2. A language you want to speak fluently by next year:
3. A language you think is the easiest to pick up:
4. A language that’s a part of your bucket list:
5. A language you could listen to all day:

#LangSky
December 28, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Finest greetings of the season to all. Let’s make 2025 a good year.
December 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Finest greetings of the season to all. Let’s make 2025 a good year.
December 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Minute Cryptic - 21 December 2024
"Vocalist raps on remixed disc" (7)
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I scored: 3 under par
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December 21, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Want to work as a translator for the EU on a permanent contract? Then enter an open competition for a chance to be recruited. 2 source languages. EU citizens only, no experience needed. Deadline 14 Jan 2025: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato.... See also info event Tue 17 Dec: loom.ly/03kxbag
Competition to recruit English translators in the EU institutions – information session
Join us online on Tuesday 17 December at 6:15pm Irish time (7:15pm CET) for an information session about a competition to recruit English language translators to work in the EU institutions. Translato...
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December 16, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Minute Cryptic - 16 December 2024
"Pirate chooses caged parrot" (4)
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I scored: 2 under par
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December 15, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Minute Cryptic - 15 December 2024
"City drum beat is on-and-off" (5)
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I scored: 2 under par
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December 15, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Reposted by Paul Kaye
We return in February for our annual long read: The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero 🇺🇾, translated from Spanish by Annie McDermott @andotherstories.bsky.social. Join us online at 7pm London time on Mon 3 Feb. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.
December 14, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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📢 The EU institutions are looking for translators for their DA, EL, EN, ES, FR, IT, MT & NL departments.

More about the selection procedure: 👇
t.co/TGWKPgTrXY

⏰ 14 January 2025

#EUCareers #Translate4EU #ShapingEuropeTogether
https://europa.eu/!N4HhG6
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December 5, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Minute Cryptic - 14 December 2024
"Iron crumpled shirt, removing its fourth kink" (6)
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I scored: 2 under par
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December 14, 2024 at 3:41 AM
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The EU is recruiting permanent staff translators into English and 7 other languages. 2 EU source langs & EU citizenship required. Apply here by 14 Jan 2025: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato.... The EU Commission's Dublin office is holding an open online info session on Tue 17 Dec: europa.eu/!9nGFdG
Competition to recruit English translators in the EU institutions – information session
Join us online on Tuesday 17 December at 6:15pm Irish time (7:15pm CET) for an information session about a competition to recruit English language translators to work in the EU institutions. Translato...
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December 11, 2024 at 4:47 PM
The EU is recruiting permanent staff translators into English and 7 other languages. 2 EU source langs & EU citizenship required. Apply here by 14 Jan 2025: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato.... The EU Commission's Dublin office is holding an open online info session on Tue 17 Dec: europa.eu/!9nGFdG
Competition to recruit English translators in the EU institutions – information session
Join us online on Tuesday 17 December at 6:15pm Irish time (7:15pm CET) for an information session about a competition to recruit English language translators to work in the EU institutions. Translato...
europa.eu
December 11, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Minute Cryptic - 11 December 2024
"Meal Uncle John cooked containing zero joules" (8)
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I scored: 4 under par
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December 11, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Minute Cryptic - 6 December 2024
"Final recourse by captain in plane!?" (5)
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I scored: 1 over par
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December 6, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Minute Cryptic - 5 December 2024
"Purchase trapped soul of Dennis Hopper" (5)
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I scored: 3 under par
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December 4, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Reposted by Paul Kaye
The EU will soon be recruiting translators working into English from 2 EU languages - the first permanent staff posts in a long while. Expected 3 December. Keep an eye here: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/job-oppor.... Also for translators into DK, EL, ES, FR, IT, MT & NL. EU nationality required.
Upcoming selection procedures | EU Careers
EPSO is pleased to announce that it is planning to publish two more competitions this year.On 5 November 2024Scientific research administrators (AD 7) in the following fields:
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September 26, 2024 at 3:35 PM