Monika Kokoszycka
@monikakokoszycka.bsky.social
conference interpreter AIIC, EU-accredited • founder & editor of Skilliga🪁 & InterpreterSoapbox🎧 • posting about languages, #xl8, #1nt, #terplife, and training opportunities • Londoner 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺 supporting 🇺🇦 • pics: work, travels, London life
Kent, near Sevenoaks
May 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Kent, near Sevenoaks
A bob of seals 🦭 near Beachy Head, Sussex Coast (along the English Channel). We've had amazing weather in the last few days ☀️
May 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A bob of seals 🦭 near Beachy Head, Sussex Coast (along the English Channel). We've had amazing weather in the last few days ☀️
New take on a blind date..
@ The Book Elephant - lovely independent bookshop & café, Elephant & Castle, London
@ The Book Elephant - lovely independent bookshop & café, Elephant & Castle, London
May 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
New take on a blind date..
@ The Book Elephant - lovely independent bookshop & café, Elephant & Castle, London
@ The Book Elephant - lovely independent bookshop & café, Elephant & Castle, London
Greenwich Park
April 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Greenwich Park
One of my favourite corners of the world: Cornwall
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One of my favourite corners of the world: Cornwall
Very good advice.
Padstow, Cornwall, UK
Padstow, Cornwall, UK
April 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Very good advice.
Padstow, Cornwall, UK
Padstow, Cornwall, UK
Westminster underground station, Jubilee line. I've always liked it. Futuristic, industrial, some say it looks like a setting for a dystopian movie.
March 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Westminster underground station, Jubilee line. I've always liked it. Futuristic, industrial, some say it looks like a setting for a dystopian movie.
If you're in London, don't miss "Son of a Bitch". It's absolutely brilliant. Darkly funny. Great performance (and writing!) by comedian Anna Morris. About motherhood, relationships, social media... On until 15 March.
March 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If you're in London, don't miss "Son of a Bitch". It's absolutely brilliant. Darkly funny. Great performance (and writing!) by comedian Anna Morris. About motherhood, relationships, social media... On until 15 March.
Crocuses = cheer-givers. Spring is coming!
(Photos by my daughter)
(Photos by my daughter)
February 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Crocuses = cheer-givers. Spring is coming!
(Photos by my daughter)
(Photos by my daughter)
US Secretary of State:
"[W]ith Putin you got to have these translators and it just takes forever back and forth. With Zelenskyy, he speaks fluent English, and they’re able to... communicate more directly and it moves a lot faster."
Well, consecutive interpretation... 🤷♀️
www.state.gov/secretary-of...
"[W]ith Putin you got to have these translators and it just takes forever back and forth. With Zelenskyy, he speaks fluent English, and they’re able to... communicate more directly and it moves a lot faster."
Well, consecutive interpretation... 🤷♀️
www.state.gov/secretary-of...
February 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
US Secretary of State:
"[W]ith Putin you got to have these translators and it just takes forever back and forth. With Zelenskyy, he speaks fluent English, and they’re able to... communicate more directly and it moves a lot faster."
Well, consecutive interpretation... 🤷♀️
www.state.gov/secretary-of...
"[W]ith Putin you got to have these translators and it just takes forever back and forth. With Zelenskyy, he speaks fluent English, and they’re able to... communicate more directly and it moves a lot faster."
Well, consecutive interpretation... 🤷♀️
www.state.gov/secretary-of...
Missed last week's Interpreting Europe Conference 2025: AI x AI Artificial Intelligence for Augmented Interpretation?
Catch the recordings here:
commission.europa.eu/get-involved...
Catch the recordings here:
commission.europa.eu/get-involved...
February 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Missed last week's Interpreting Europe Conference 2025: AI x AI Artificial Intelligence for Augmented Interpretation?
Catch the recordings here:
commission.europa.eu/get-involved...
Catch the recordings here:
commission.europa.eu/get-involved...
February 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is fun: textfx.withgoogle.com play with words; alliteration, collocations, acronyms...
February 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is fun: textfx.withgoogle.com play with words; alliteration, collocations, acronyms...
New language/country in the Skilliga🪁 "Buzzword of the Week" series on trending names, words & expressions in different countries. 💃 Our #AIIC Greece & Cyprus colleagues debut with 🇬🇷 "Getting the straits… straight: Iσθμός, πορθμός, διώρυγα": blog.skilliga.com/buzzword-of-... 👏
#xl8 #1nt #langsky
#xl8 #1nt #langsky
February 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New language/country in the Skilliga🪁 "Buzzword of the Week" series on trending names, words & expressions in different countries. 💃 Our #AIIC Greece & Cyprus colleagues debut with 🇬🇷 "Getting the straits… straight: Iσθμός, πορθμός, διώρυγα": blog.skilliga.com/buzzword-of-... 👏
#xl8 #1nt #langsky
#xl8 #1nt #langsky
My new favourite pastime. (Not.) Not a good day to be a train. Delayed or cancelled because of dodgy tracks, breakdowns, or… vandalism!! And other 🚃 line-hogging and slow-rolling (slow coaches... 😂🫣 sorry, couldn't resist puns!). All that in the space of… 60 mins!
February 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My new favourite pastime. (Not.) Not a good day to be a train. Delayed or cancelled because of dodgy tracks, breakdowns, or… vandalism!! And other 🚃 line-hogging and slow-rolling (slow coaches... 😂🫣 sorry, couldn't resist puns!). All that in the space of… 60 mins!
Amazing day today ☀️
February 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Amazing day today ☀️
🇩🇪Buzzword of the Week is "Zustrombegrenzungsgesetz" (@theguardian.com: “influx limitation law”). Plus "Brandmauer" ("firewall"), I suppose. Here's an explainer by a German journalist and linguist (in German): blog.skilliga.com/buzzword-of-...
February 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🇩🇪Buzzword of the Week is "Zustrombegrenzungsgesetz" (@theguardian.com: “influx limitation law”). Plus "Brandmauer" ("firewall"), I suppose. Here's an explainer by a German journalist and linguist (in German): blog.skilliga.com/buzzword-of-...
Delayed by being late. Simples!
January 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Delayed by being late. Simples!
When I first started working here, I really struggled finding my booth! The place is impressive, but not super easy to navigate.
European Parliament, Strasbourg, building named after 🇫🇷 politician Louise Weiss. Glass = transparent democracy; seemingly unfinished roof = ongoing-ness of the 🇪🇺project.
European Parliament, Strasbourg, building named after 🇫🇷 politician Louise Weiss. Glass = transparent democracy; seemingly unfinished roof = ongoing-ness of the 🇪🇺project.
January 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
When I first started working here, I really struggled finding my booth! The place is impressive, but not super easy to navigate.
European Parliament, Strasbourg, building named after 🇫🇷 politician Louise Weiss. Glass = transparent democracy; seemingly unfinished roof = ongoing-ness of the 🇪🇺project.
European Parliament, Strasbourg, building named after 🇫🇷 politician Louise Weiss. Glass = transparent democracy; seemingly unfinished roof = ongoing-ness of the 🇪🇺project.
Odd but cool. A nondescript hotel in Strasbourg, bland and grey. But if you take the stairs instead of the lift, a different world appears, with more colour and character.
January 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Odd but cool. A nondescript hotel in Strasbourg, bland and grey. But if you take the stairs instead of the lift, a different world appears, with more colour and character.
Latest in 🤖 #AI in interpreting:
Meta’s new #xl8 model, SeamlessM4T, can translate speech directly to speech, without having to go through text first: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... It's claimed to be 23% more accurate than its rivals. 🤔 "Nearly a Babel Fish": spectrum.ieee.org/machine-tran...
#1nt
Meta’s new #xl8 model, SeamlessM4T, can translate speech directly to speech, without having to go through text first: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... It's claimed to be 23% more accurate than its rivals. 🤔 "Nearly a Babel Fish": spectrum.ieee.org/machine-tran...
#1nt
January 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Latest in 🤖 #AI in interpreting:
Meta’s new #xl8 model, SeamlessM4T, can translate speech directly to speech, without having to go through text first: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... It's claimed to be 23% more accurate than its rivals. 🤔 "Nearly a Babel Fish": spectrum.ieee.org/machine-tran...
#1nt
Meta’s new #xl8 model, SeamlessM4T, can translate speech directly to speech, without having to go through text first: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... It's claimed to be 23% more accurate than its rivals. 🤔 "Nearly a Babel Fish": spectrum.ieee.org/machine-tran...
#1nt
A new resource for interpreters, translators & trainers from @ec.europa.eu: Knowledge Centre on Translation and Interpretation; DG Interpretation & DG Translation's resources merged into "an all-inclusive hub" for #xl8 #1nt professionals. 👉 knowledge-centre-translation-interpretation.ec.europa.eu/en
January 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A new resource for interpreters, translators & trainers from @ec.europa.eu: Knowledge Centre on Translation and Interpretation; DG Interpretation & DG Translation's resources merged into "an all-inclusive hub" for #xl8 #1nt professionals. 👉 knowledge-centre-translation-interpretation.ec.europa.eu/en