isabeltranslates
@isabeltranslates.bsky.social
Translator of Czech, Slovak, German & occasionally French into English. European, wordsmith, word nerd, foodie, reader, yogi and chocoholic. Childless not by choice. New Glaswegian. She/her. 🦔
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A year in reading! 📚💙
I've been meaning to do this for a while; January is a good time to start. I may not include everything, but I intend to track the books I read in 2025, professionally or for fun.
Thanks to @paulkaye.bsky.social & @georgiarybanks.bsky.social for the inspiration!
I've been meaning to do this for a while; January is a good time to start. I may not include everything, but I intend to track the books I read in 2025, professionally or for fun.
Thanks to @paulkaye.bsky.social & @georgiarybanks.bsky.social for the inspiration!
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 238: Za mlýnem, named in 1938.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 238: Za mlýnem, named in 1938.
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A year later, I still think I wrote the single best take on Han Kang’s Nobel win. I especially loved taking this essay away from the New York Times and the Atlantic and giving it to @wasafirimag.bsky.social
We Have Arrived: Anton Hur on Han Kang’s Nobel Win
In this moving and revealing essay…
www.wasafiri.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A year later, I still think I wrote the single best take on Han Kang’s Nobel win. I especially loved taking this essay away from the New York Times and the Atlantic and giving it to @wasafirimag.bsky.social
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 237: Zelinářská, built in 1935.
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 237: Zelinářská, built in 1935.
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2) Until 1947, the street was called Pod vinicí (Under the vineyard), which takes us back to the trilogy of streets which started on whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/13/p....
Prague 4, day 228: Pod vinohradem
Pod vinohradem was named in 1911. Until 1947, the street was known as ‘Dolní’, which translates as ‘lower’. There’s still a street in Prague 4 called this ( and presum…
whatsinapraguestreetname.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
2) Until 1947, the street was called Pod vinicí (Under the vineyard), which takes us back to the trilogy of streets which started on whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/13/p....
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 235: Pobřežní cesta, named in 1938.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 235: Pobřežní cesta, named in 1938.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
I couldn’t find a street sign, so here’s the nearby tram stop instead.
WHAT a privilege to feature @hmelehy.bsky.social, reading from his translation of EQUINOX ISLAND, Mauritian poet Jean Fanchette's collection of verse "filled with dimly lit landscapes, and seaside expanses." Enjoy this masterful rendering of a haunting, rarely-heard voice.
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Hassan Melehy reads from Jean Fanchette's EQUINOX ISLAND: POEMS 1954-1991 (Spuyten Duyvil, 2025)
YouTube video by Translators Aloud
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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Support your local independent bookshop!
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November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Support your local independent bookshop!
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Very pleased with this: correct language family etc in the first guess, correct language in the second!
#Lingule #1314 "-ngxama": 2/6
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#langsky #linguistics
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Lingule
A fun little language game
lingule.xyz
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Very pleased with this: correct language family etc in the first guess, correct language in the second!
#Lingule #1314 "-ngxama": 2/6
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
College ignores translator's advice because - as we all know - when it comes to education, marketing and branding are much more important than grammar.
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
Dublin college re-branded with nonsense Irish name after officials ignored translator's advice
The City of Dublin Education and Training Board went ahead with the change regardless.
www.thejournal.ie
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Can we have just one button that applies to everything?
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Can we have just one button that applies to everything?
Another reason to ditch Kindle.
Readers: please check for the "Kindle Translate" label and DON'T BUY THESE BOOKS.
www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Readers: please check for the "Kindle Translate" label and DON'T BUY THESE BOOKS.
www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Amazon introduces Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service for authors to reach global readers
The service translates between English and Spanish, and from German to English, expanding opportunities for Kindle Direct Publishing authors.
www.aboutamazon.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Multi-factor authentication, keeping my stuff safe, mostly from me.
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Multi-factor authentication, keeping my stuff safe, mostly from me.
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This is how to respond to an "invitation" to contribute to Extruded Word Product.
No I will not be in your goddamn Kindle Translate beta programme.
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is how to respond to an "invitation" to contribute to Extruded Word Product.
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I can remember discussions on Mumsnet years ago about this - but haven’t seen the argument presented as compellingly.
The section on language register is particularly interesting.
The section on language register is particularly interesting.
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I can remember discussions on Mumsnet years ago about this - but haven’t seen the argument presented as compellingly.
The section on language register is particularly interesting.
The section on language register is particularly interesting.
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 234: Nad vinohradem, named in 1911.
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 234: Nad vinohradem, named in 1911.
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and if your going to Scotland at any time there is a list of 117 Independent Bookshops (it does need updated and checked) to visit or buy from their website
#BookSky #Bookshop #IndieBookshop 📚💙 #ChooseBookshops #BuySmallBuyLocal
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/bookshops-sc...
#BookSky #Bookshop #IndieBookshop 📚💙 #ChooseBookshops #BuySmallBuyLocal
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/bookshops-sc...
Bookshops: Scotland – Big Bearded Bookseller
bigbeardedbookseller.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
and if your going to Scotland at any time there is a list of 117 Independent Bookshops (it does need updated and checked) to visit or buy from their website
#BookSky #Bookshop #IndieBookshop 📚💙 #ChooseBookshops #BuySmallBuyLocal
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/bookshops-sc...
#BookSky #Bookshop #IndieBookshop 📚💙 #ChooseBookshops #BuySmallBuyLocal
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/bookshops-sc...
Fitzcarraldo have a sale on.
I have been *very* restrained!
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I have been *very* restrained!
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❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
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Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Fitzcarraldo have a sale on.
I have been *very* restrained!
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I have been *very* restrained!
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💙📚 #xl8 #literarytranslation 🌐
‘The Last Thing’ by Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been longlisted for the inaugural 2026 Freuedenheim Translation Prize!
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Here’s a newly published translation of “Siren”, a story by Margo Rejmer from her collection “The Burden of Skin”. I find this story haunting, beautiful but unsettling, which is fairly typical of Rejmer’s powerful writing. fourwayreview.com/the-heart-of...
THE HEART OF A SIREN by Margo Rejmer, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
From the recent collection The Burden of Skin. The sea was groaning like a wounded beast. Is the sea hungry? Or thirsty? Is it afraid? Dawn was slipping through holes in the thin curtains. L…
fourwayreview.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done...
(...and not waste time on social media...!)
#xl8 #amtranslating #notactuallytranslatingbutshouldbe
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done...
(...and not waste time on social media...!)
#xl8 #amtranslating #notactuallytranslatingbutshouldbe
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done...
(...and not waste time on social media...!)
#xl8 #amtranslating #notactuallytranslatingbutshouldbe
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done...
(...and not waste time on social media...!)
#xl8 #amtranslating #notactuallytranslatingbutshouldbe
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I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
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Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 233: Branická, built in 1911.
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 233: Branická, built in 1911.
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1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 232: U staré pošty, built in 1911.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 232: U staré pošty, built in 1911.