isabeltranslates
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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. 🦔
…tour de force though it undoubtedly is, and it took me a bit of time to get into Flights, but the effort was absolutely worth it!
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
…tour de force though it undoubtedly is, and it took me a bit of time to get into Flights, but the effort was absolutely worth it!
I love them all. I think House of Day, House of Night (newly reissued by Fitzcarraldo, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones) was my favourite (don’t make the recipes!) but I also really enjoyed Primeval & Other Times and The Empusium. I’d probably recommend not starting with The Books of Jacob
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November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I love them all. I think House of Day, House of Night (newly reissued by Fitzcarraldo, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones) was my favourite (don’t make the recipes!) but I also really enjoyed Primeval & Other Times and The Empusium. I’d probably recommend not starting with The Books of Jacob
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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…
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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....
Nothing that I can think of, unfortunately. I'm not very well up on that sort of thing (actual literature, that's different...) – sorry!
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Nothing that I can think of, unfortunately. I'm not very well up on that sort of thing (actual literature, that's different...) – sorry!
I hadn't thought of that! 😆I'm just having a spectacularly unproductive week and I wanted to make myself accountable to something, somehow. I did manage to get some stuff done yesterday, though, so maybe it worked...!
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I hadn't thought of that! 😆I'm just having a spectacularly unproductive week and I wanted to make myself accountable to something, somehow. I did manage to get some stuff done yesterday, though, so maybe it worked...!
Just recording what I read and giving an honest opinion!
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Just recording what I read and giving an honest opinion!