Rob Myatt 🍉
@robtranslates.bsky.social
Translator, writer. DE, DA, PL, RU, SV, NO, LU>EN. He/they 🌹
Winner: Goethe-Institut Award 2023
https://polyglotliterature.co.uk/samples/
Previous dabbler in Burmese, Czech, Indonesian. Current dabbler in Mongolian, Eastern Armenian, Finnish.
Winner: Goethe-Institut Award 2023
https://polyglotliterature.co.uk/samples/
Previous dabbler in Burmese, Czech, Indonesian. Current dabbler in Mongolian, Eastern Armenian, Finnish.
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Rob Myatt 🍉
@robtranslates.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Dog Wolf Jackal by Behzad Karim Khani (Germany, Hanser 2022)
A family leaves Iran for Berlin in the late 80s. A book about revolutionaries, the culture of crime, and migration – interwoven with Iranian folklore.
Themes: #trauma, #crime, #integration, #migration, #folklore
#seekingapublisher
A family leaves Iran for Berlin in the late 80s. A book about revolutionaries, the culture of crime, and migration – interwoven with Iranian folklore.
Themes: #trauma, #crime, #integration, #migration, #folklore
#seekingapublisher
Continuing in the trend of "AI bros simply don't know how to be a human being"...
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Continuing in the trend of "AI bros simply don't know how to be a human being"...
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👉NEW -- British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
👉NEW -- British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
Pretty pleased with that one!
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Lingule
A fun little language game
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November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Pretty pleased with that one!
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The company says it’s heartbreaking, they promise improvements, new guardrails. Anything but shutting it down. Suicide is just a metric in their ongoing beta test.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The company says it’s heartbreaking, they promise improvements, new guardrails. Anything but shutting it down. Suicide is just a metric in their ongoing beta test.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
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Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
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glamour uk have made trans women their ‘women of the year’.
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
glamour uk have made trans women their ‘women of the year’.
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:
THANK YOU
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
THANK YOU
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This is the first time that I have even seen a death toll for Sudan.
“More than 150,000 people have died across the country and about 12 million have fled their homes, creating one of the worst humanitarian crises.”
This is a genocide in Sudan.
This is a genocide in Sudan.
El-Fasher: Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan
The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This is the first time that I have even seen a death toll for Sudan.
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The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.
-toni morrison
-toni morrison
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.
-toni morrison
-toni morrison
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The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
The colonial lie at the heart of Africa’s homophobic 'culture war'
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
This is why we say don't buy any new HP-related stuff. I have no problem with people still liking the books and the enjoying the content they already own, but stop funding this. Stop funding hate – it has real-world consequences.
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is why we say don't buy any new HP-related stuff. I have no problem with people still liking the books and the enjoying the content they already own, but stop funding this. Stop funding hate – it has real-world consequences.
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Please sign this!
#xl8 🌐
#xl8 🌐
Sign the petition to get the UK Home Office to listen to translation experts before they blindly implement automated (AI-based) translation for asylum cases.
If the Home Office is serious about protecting human rights, it must listen to those who work with language and law every day.
If the Home Office is serious about protecting human rights, it must listen to those who work with language and law every day.
Sign the Petition
Home Office: before automating translation, please listen to the experts
c.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Please sign this!
#xl8 🌐
#xl8 🌐
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Ayoub Khan is spot on, we've banned Russia and Russian teams from international competitions, and we should do the same with Israel and Israeli teams.
There was a sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa. and there should be a sporting boycott of apartheid Israel too.
There was a sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa. and there should be a sporting boycott of apartheid Israel too.
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ayoub Khan is spot on, we've banned Russia and Russian teams from international competitions, and we should do the same with Israel and Israeli teams.
There was a sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa. and there should be a sporting boycott of apartheid Israel too.
There was a sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa. and there should be a sporting boycott of apartheid Israel too.
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If you haven’t yet voted in the Society of Authors elections, don’t forget to post your vote this week!!!
I’m running to be elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors! Voting closes 22 October! 🗳️ 📖
October 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If you haven’t yet voted in the Society of Authors elections, don’t forget to post your vote this week!!!
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A reminder that Israel has used the dead bodies of Palestinians as bargaining chips for decades.
Last year Mustafa Barghouti explained that Israel is holding over 500 bodies.
Last year Mustafa Barghouti explained that Israel is holding over 500 bodies.
October 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A reminder that Israel has used the dead bodies of Palestinians as bargaining chips for decades.
Last year Mustafa Barghouti explained that Israel is holding over 500 bodies.
Last year Mustafa Barghouti explained that Israel is holding over 500 bodies.
LOVE this
We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books
UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.
www.thebookseller.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
LOVE this
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I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
www.thebookseller.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social
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Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins
Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.
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Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch.
An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.
An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.
So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.
It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
October 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
THIS 👇
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I am saying once again that the Conservative attack on the Arts is because they are incredibly envious of artists who they perceive as a group that has “too much” cultural power, a type of influence Conservatives crave but will never have because they’re anti-intellectuals with no imagination.
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I am saying once again that the Conservative attack on the Arts is because they are incredibly envious of artists who they perceive as a group that has “too much” cultural power, a type of influence Conservatives crave but will never have because they’re anti-intellectuals with no imagination.