Sleepy linguist
@sleepylinguist.bsky.social
☕☕ Transylvanian, Cisatlantic, {lingu-; philolog-; oriental}ist by education, playground translanguageress by vocation. Translator German/English <> Hungarian < Italian. Interpreter in training.
Constant spell check user (but it doesn't always help).
Constant spell check user (but it doesn't always help).
The mini decided that he wants to be able to read & write Hungarian as well and started copying a book he likes... that too during his autumn break 😊
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The mini decided that he wants to be able to read & write Hungarian as well and started copying a book he likes... that too during his autumn break 😊
POV how to prepare for an interpreting assignment - coffee and cold drinks are apparently bad for your voice, dry wine and cognac, however....🤔🤔🤔
(I can't drink milk fwiw)
(I can't drink milk fwiw)
October 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
POV how to prepare for an interpreting assignment - coffee and cold drinks are apparently bad for your voice, dry wine and cognac, however....🤔🤔🤔
(I can't drink milk fwiw)
(I can't drink milk fwiw)
This is what's happening (let's start the 3rd school year here, shall we ^^)
September 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is what's happening (let's start the 3rd school year here, shall we ^^)
Truth
(but only theoretically, as I have cooked proper food and done quite some laundry today 😿)
(but only theoretically, as I have cooked proper food and done quite some laundry today 😿)
July 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Truth
(but only theoretically, as I have cooked proper food and done quite some laundry today 😿)
(but only theoretically, as I have cooked proper food and done quite some laundry today 😿)
I've almost managed to lock me out of this site 👀
Must be an effect of being in ...
Must be an effect of being in ...
July 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I've almost managed to lock me out of this site 👀
Must be an effect of being in ...
Must be an effect of being in ...
So today I sit at the kitchen table trying to study while he is writing on his story at his desk right in front of me, but he doesn't come and ask about anything at all...
...till he appears and says," look mummy, I wasn't sure how to write Ärger but looked it up in the book and copied it out" 😆
...till he appears and says," look mummy, I wasn't sure how to write Ärger but looked it up in the book and copied it out" 😆
June 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So today I sit at the kitchen table trying to study while he is writing on his story at his desk right in front of me, but he doesn't come and ask about anything at all...
...till he appears and says," look mummy, I wasn't sure how to write Ärger but looked it up in the book and copied it out" 😆
...till he appears and says," look mummy, I wasn't sure how to write Ärger but looked it up in the book and copied it out" 😆
We've just levelled up today, I think, all thanks to the superhero"pacifier-man" 😄
The mini needed to bring a book to a school picnic today and decided to go with this one.
Struggled through reading all three stories the day before cause he was supposed to have read at least a bit of it himself...
The mini needed to bring a book to a school picnic today and decided to go with this one.
Struggled through reading all three stories the day before cause he was supposed to have read at least a bit of it himself...
June 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We've just levelled up today, I think, all thanks to the superhero"pacifier-man" 😄
The mini needed to bring a book to a school picnic today and decided to go with this one.
Struggled through reading all three stories the day before cause he was supposed to have read at least a bit of it himself...
The mini needed to bring a book to a school picnic today and decided to go with this one.
Struggled through reading all three stories the day before cause he was supposed to have read at least a bit of it himself...
"dolgozzon csak, mit mind ingyenélősködik"
(exhibit #344543 of AI not jobbing correctly 😆)
(exhibit #344543 of AI not jobbing correctly 😆)
June 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"dolgozzon csak, mit mind ingyenélősködik"
(exhibit #344543 of AI not jobbing correctly 😆)
(exhibit #344543 of AI not jobbing correctly 😆)
My mom went to visit my sister who's just had a baby to help a bit w/ the other kids.
Brought the older ones some biscuits to snack.
She did not understand why my sister kept cracking up while they were munching on it 🤣
Brought the older ones some biscuits to snack.
She did not understand why my sister kept cracking up while they were munching on it 🤣
June 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My mom went to visit my sister who's just had a baby to help a bit w/ the other kids.
Brought the older ones some biscuits to snack.
She did not understand why my sister kept cracking up while they were munching on it 🤣
Brought the older ones some biscuits to snack.
She did not understand why my sister kept cracking up while they were munching on it 🤣
My father: see, made you some puliszka but needed to freestyle the cornmeal mix as in Hungary you only have corn flour that's too fine or corn grits that are too coarse.
Me: hold my Spritzer, gonna get you real Transylvanian style cornmeal next time 😆
Me: hold my Spritzer, gonna get you real Transylvanian style cornmeal next time 😆
June 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My father: see, made you some puliszka but needed to freestyle the cornmeal mix as in Hungary you only have corn flour that's too fine or corn grits that are too coarse.
Me: hold my Spritzer, gonna get you real Transylvanian style cornmeal next time 😆
Me: hold my Spritzer, gonna get you real Transylvanian style cornmeal next time 😆
Der Mini so: "Schau mal, ich habe eine tolle Idee"
🙈🙄😂
🙈🙄😂
May 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Der Mini so: "Schau mal, ich habe eine tolle Idee"
🙈🙄😂
🙈🙄😂
Accomplishment of the day: printed a sticker featuring my hand(writing) for my wireless headphones.
Now I can accidentally leave them in some lecture room or booth and they will be easily found again 😅
Now I can accidentally leave them in some lecture room or booth and they will be easily found again 😅
May 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Accomplishment of the day: printed a sticker featuring my hand(writing) for my wireless headphones.
Now I can accidentally leave them in some lecture room or booth and they will be easily found again 😅
Now I can accidentally leave them in some lecture room or booth and they will be easily found again 😅
For an interpreting assignment, I'm having to look up some sources on women's rights and equality in Hungary...
meanwhile, Austrian google:
meanwhile, Austrian google:
April 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
For an interpreting assignment, I'm having to look up some sources on women's rights and equality in Hungary...
meanwhile, Austrian google:
meanwhile, Austrian google:
Meanwhile in Hungary: peak lent food promotion 😆
March 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Meanwhile in Hungary: peak lent food promotion 😆
Things you can buy in Austria (and I suppose in Germany too): hot plumbers 😆
March 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things you can buy in Austria (and I suppose in Germany too): hot plumbers 😆
Exhibit #24683: AI is AI-ing 🙄
February 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Exhibit #24683: AI is AI-ing 🙄
Still trying to make editions *pretty* 😭
(vacillating between "what have I gotten myself into" and "what made people just drop a *copy* of a text in Pahlavi script into a book w/ no transliteration whatsoever"
(vacillating between "what have I gotten myself into" and "what made people just drop a *copy* of a text in Pahlavi script into a book w/ no transliteration whatsoever"
February 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Still trying to make editions *pretty* 😭
(vacillating between "what have I gotten myself into" and "what made people just drop a *copy* of a text in Pahlavi script into a book w/ no transliteration whatsoever"
(vacillating between "what have I gotten myself into" and "what made people just drop a *copy* of a text in Pahlavi script into a book w/ no transliteration whatsoever"
slowly getting there ☕️☕️☕️: combining universes
(so many night shifts though)
(so many night shifts though)
February 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
slowly getting there ☕️☕️☕️: combining universes
(so many night shifts though)
(so many night shifts though)
8 years ago, we both survived 🥳
February 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
8 years ago, we both survived 🥳
Neue Sprachen, die man so lernen könnte 🤔🤔🤔☕
February 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Neue Sprachen, die man so lernen könnte 🤔🤔🤔☕
Tegnap a húgom küldte át, ma már az itteni anyukák is megosztották több csoportban is 😂 "Ausztriában is nagyot menne" alapon
January 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Tegnap a húgom küldte át, ma már az itteni anyukák is megosztották több csoportban is 😂 "Ausztriában is nagyot menne" alapon
... the prof said we can quote whatever language w/ no extra translation of said quotes, right 🤔
January 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
... the prof said we can quote whatever language w/ no extra translation of said quotes, right 🤔
Can this winter be over, please 😔
January 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Can this winter be over, please 😔
Feeding & prepping the notepad for tomorrow's graded interpreting - makes me feel a lot less guilty about printing all my literature (which I need to do to kinda save my eyesight)
January 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Feeding & prepping the notepad for tomorrow's graded interpreting - makes me feel a lot less guilty about printing all my literature (which I need to do to kinda save my eyesight)
Lentil soup on it's way
December 31, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Lentil soup on it's way