Karolina
@yumekautsutsuka.bsky.social
EN / FR / SK / JP to DE translator (science, tech & lit). into space, poetry, cafes, #scicomm & #sciart. will die on the #transculturality hill. she/her.
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Job alert: @oecd-ocde.bsky.social is recruiting a conference interpreter with active English and French in Paris.
#1nt #OECD
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/OECD/7440000...
#1nt #OECD
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/OECD/7440000...
Conference Interpreter
Company Description: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation comprised of 38 member countries, that works to build better policies for better...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Job alert: @oecd-ocde.bsky.social is recruiting a conference interpreter with active English and French in Paris.
#1nt #OECD
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/OECD/7440000...
#1nt #OECD
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/OECD/7440000...
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Great fucking news everyone at last, raccoons are on track to become even more plush-like, they too yearn for domestication
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Great fucking news everyone at last, raccoons are on track to become even more plush-like, they too yearn for domestication
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
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Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is currently open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is currently open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
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I did my part! Have you?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I did my part! Have you?
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Die in Wien lebende ukrainische Autorin Tanja Maljartschuk gibt ukrainische Klassiker in deutscher Übersetzung heraus - um der Abwesenheit ukrainischer Kultur entgegenzuwirken. topos.orf.at/archive-des-...
"Ukrainische Bibliothek" gegen Putins Propaganda - ORF Topos
Seit Jahren lebt sie in Wien, spätestens seit ihrem Gewinn beim Bachmannpreis-Wettlesen 2018 ist sie auch in der deutschsprachigen Literaturwelt ein Begriff: die Ukrainerin Tanja Maljartschuk. Seit de...
topos.orf.at
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Die in Wien lebende ukrainische Autorin Tanja Maljartschuk gibt ukrainische Klassiker in deutscher Übersetzung heraus - um der Abwesenheit ukrainischer Kultur entgegenzuwirken. topos.orf.at/archive-des-...
book translation deadline 2/2 for the year done and it feels like that time i closed all my tabs after finishing my grad thesis #xl8 #amtranslating
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
book translation deadline 2/2 for the year done and it feels like that time i closed all my tabs after finishing my grad thesis #xl8 #amtranslating
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Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life
If you hold any kind of copyright on a published work, you can check here if it is one of the (mostly English-language) millions AI firm #Anthropic pirated to train their engine, in which case you could be entitled to infringement damages: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup.
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If you hold any kind of copyright on a published work, you can check here if it is one of the (mostly English-language) millions AI firm #Anthropic pirated to train their engine, in which case you could be entitled to infringement damages: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup.
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Une seule rencontre cette semaine à la librairie Libertalia de Montreuil: vendredi 7, à 19h30.
Avec l'illustratrice Hélène Aldeguer, pour parler de Tokyo 68, une BD qui revient sur un temps où le fond de l'air était rouge dans l'archipel japonais.
editionslibertalia.com/catalogue/ho...
Avec l'illustratrice Hélène Aldeguer, pour parler de Tokyo 68, une BD qui revient sur un temps où le fond de l'air était rouge dans l'archipel japonais.
editionslibertalia.com/catalogue/ho...
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Une seule rencontre cette semaine à la librairie Libertalia de Montreuil: vendredi 7, à 19h30.
Avec l'illustratrice Hélène Aldeguer, pour parler de Tokyo 68, une BD qui revient sur un temps où le fond de l'air était rouge dans l'archipel japonais.
editionslibertalia.com/catalogue/ho...
Avec l'illustratrice Hélène Aldeguer, pour parler de Tokyo 68, une BD qui revient sur un temps où le fond de l'air était rouge dans l'archipel japonais.
editionslibertalia.com/catalogue/ho...
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Falls sich wer gefragt hat, wann ein neues Buch von Kohei Saito @koheisaito.bsky.social auf Deutsch erscheint: Bald, siehe Bild :)
Ich hab wieder das absolute Privileg, das Buch zu übersetzen.
Ich hab wieder das absolute Privileg, das Buch zu übersetzen.
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Falls sich wer gefragt hat, wann ein neues Buch von Kohei Saito @koheisaito.bsky.social auf Deutsch erscheint: Bald, siehe Bild :)
Ich hab wieder das absolute Privileg, das Buch zu übersetzen.
Ich hab wieder das absolute Privileg, das Buch zu übersetzen.
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The UN chief says 1.5C is dead.
While I disagree that anyone not on the frontlines of climate breakdown gets to say this, let's assume he is correct and ask the question:
Who killed it?
Fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
While I disagree that anyone not on the frontlines of climate breakdown gets to say this, let's assume he is correct and ask the question:
Who killed it?
Fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The UN chief says 1.5C is dead.
While I disagree that anyone not on the frontlines of climate breakdown gets to say this, let's assume he is correct and ask the question:
Who killed it?
Fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
While I disagree that anyone not on the frontlines of climate breakdown gets to say this, let's assume he is correct and ask the question:
Who killed it?
Fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lieber @derstandard.at, dieses Buch ist nicht einfach auf Deutsch vom Himmel gefallen. Mit keinem Wort werden im Artikel die Übersetzerinnen erwähnt: Andrea Alvermann und Brigitte Große. Auch sie sind Teil des Werks. #namethetranslator #xl8
In seinem Roman "Jacaranda" rekonstruiert der Autor Gaël Faye in Rückblenden und Erinnerungsfragmenten die Geschichte seiner Familie. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Gaël Faye stellt sich in "Jacaranda" der blutigen Vergangenheit Ruandas
Der Autor rekonstruiert in Rückblenden und Erinnerungsfragmenten die Geschichte seiner Familie und versucht, eine Sprache für das Unaussprechliche zu finden
www.derstandard.at
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Lieber @derstandard.at, dieses Buch ist nicht einfach auf Deutsch vom Himmel gefallen. Mit keinem Wort werden im Artikel die Übersetzerinnen erwähnt: Andrea Alvermann und Brigitte Große. Auch sie sind Teil des Werks. #namethetranslator #xl8
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Zum Österreichischen Nationalfeiertag einfach mal allen Gastarbeiter:innen dankbar sein, dass sie das alles mitgemacht haben.
October 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zum Österreichischen Nationalfeiertag einfach mal allen Gastarbeiter:innen dankbar sein, dass sie das alles mitgemacht haben.
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🔔FUNDRAISER ALERT🔔
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AND, if our new-style merch is more your bag, shop now and help us support BIPOC translators. Mousepads, coasters, shirts, bags, and more--plus, no Jeff Bezos! #Christmas will be here before you know it, and we've got you covered! #xl8 #translation
translatorsaloud.com/shop/#!/
Shop – Translators Aloud
translatorsaloud.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🔔FUNDRAISER ALERT🔔
AND, if our new-style merch is more your bag, shop now and help us support BIPOC translators. Mousepads, coasters, shirts, bags, and more--plus, no Jeff Bezos! #Christmas will be here before you know it, and we've got you covered! #xl8 #translation
translatorsaloud.com/shop/#!/
AND, if our new-style merch is more your bag, shop now and help us support BIPOC translators. Mousepads, coasters, shirts, bags, and more--plus, no Jeff Bezos! #Christmas will be here before you know it, and we've got you covered! #xl8 #translation
translatorsaloud.com/shop/#!/
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We're hiring a full-time Engagement Editor—a new full time staff position in CAT's Communications Department. For more information, visit our site and apply by Oct. 31. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We're hiring a full-time Engagement Editor—a new full time staff position in CAT's Communications Department. For more information, visit our site and apply by Oct. 31. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
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Mladosť a veda • Jarmila Dicová-Ondrejková, Mikuláš Dic • 1984
Keramická glazovaná mozaika je osadená nad hlavným vstupom do budovy Fakulty chemickej a potravinárskej technológie STU postavenej podľa projektu Jozefa Liščáka a Juraja Luptáka v roku 1984.
Keramická glazovaná mozaika je osadená nad hlavným vstupom do budovy Fakulty chemickej a potravinárskej technológie STU postavenej podľa projektu Jozefa Liščáka a Juraja Luptáka v roku 1984.
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mladosť a veda • Jarmila Dicová-Ondrejková, Mikuláš Dic • 1984
Keramická glazovaná mozaika je osadená nad hlavným vstupom do budovy Fakulty chemickej a potravinárskej technológie STU postavenej podľa projektu Jozefa Liščáka a Juraja Luptáka v roku 1984.
Keramická glazovaná mozaika je osadená nad hlavným vstupom do budovy Fakulty chemickej a potravinárskej technológie STU postavenej podľa projektu Jozefa Liščáka a Juraja Luptáka v roku 1984.
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Frisch vom Blog: Freiberufliche #Übersetzer *innen sind keine Leibeigenen, auch wenn manche #Übersetzung sagenturen das gern so hätten #xl8 #translation
cotelangues.com/de/freiberuf...
cotelangues.com/de/freiberuf...
Freiberufliche Übersetzer*innen sind KEINE Leibeigenen – ein Rant
Als Übersetzerin vom Französischen ins Deutsche bin ich deine zuverlässige Partnerin für mehr Sichtbarkeit und Content, der überzeugt.
cotelangues.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Frisch vom Blog: Freiberufliche #Übersetzer *innen sind keine Leibeigenen, auch wenn manche #Übersetzung sagenturen das gern so hätten #xl8 #translation
cotelangues.com/de/freiberuf...
cotelangues.com/de/freiberuf...
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The idea that political neutrality is possible is a) not actually possible, and b) is *definitely* political.
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The idea that political neutrality is possible is a) not actually possible, and b) is *definitely* political.
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Rekordalarm für unseren Planeten: 2024 gab es den größten Anstieg von CO₂ seit Beginn der Messungen.
Wir erleben gerade den Anfang eines Klimakipppunktes, während wir gleichzeitig den Klimaschutz zurückfahren.
Wir erleben gerade den Anfang eines Klimakipppunktes, während wir gleichzeitig den Klimaschutz zurückfahren.
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Rekordalarm für unseren Planeten: 2024 gab es den größten Anstieg von CO₂ seit Beginn der Messungen.
Wir erleben gerade den Anfang eines Klimakipppunktes, während wir gleichzeitig den Klimaschutz zurückfahren.
Wir erleben gerade den Anfang eines Klimakipppunktes, während wir gleichzeitig den Klimaschutz zurückfahren.
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The bank:
"To protect you from fraud and errors, all money transfers will now require an exact name match."
People with diacritics in their name:
😬
"To protect you from fraud and errors, all money transfers will now require an exact name match."
People with diacritics in their name:
😬
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The bank:
"To protect you from fraud and errors, all money transfers will now require an exact name match."
People with diacritics in their name:
😬
"To protect you from fraud and errors, all money transfers will now require an exact name match."
People with diacritics in their name:
😬
learned more about the realities of working as a translator from it than from multiple university degrees (which isn‘t in competition against the thrill and importance of academic approaches, just very different!) #xl8
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
learned more about the realities of working as a translator from it than from multiple university degrees (which isn‘t in competition against the thrill and importance of academic approaches, just very different!) #xl8