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Catharine Cellier-Smart | Smart Translate
@smart-translate.bsky.social
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French 🇫🇷 to English 🇬🇧 sworn translator.
Brit-born resident of 🇷🇪, traveller, scuba diver, tea drinker.
Blog: http://asmarttranslatorsreunion.wordpress.com/
Website: https://smart-translate.info/
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🤖 What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another #language
theconversation.com/what-ai-earb...
by @gaguillen.bsky.social & Thor Sawin
via @us.theconversation.com
What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language
AI-fueled technologies make communicating in other languages easier than ever, but it still can’t replace the transformative value of learning a new language.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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💬 Ever caught yourself copying someone's accent? When we interact with others, we may adjust our speech, sometimes by adopting their accent or speech patterns, and other times by diverging from them. Here's a look at the subtle ways our brain adapts
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Ever caught yourself copying someone's accent? Here's why
As we speak, our brain unconsciously tweaks our speech and accent. Find out why and how that happens.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🤖 Books cannot be #translated in a click: @ceatl.bsky.social
& the @europeanwriterscouncil.eu call on the global book sector, incl. writers, agents, publishers & readers, to stand in solidarity with human literary #translators after Amazon’s launch of Kindle #Translate
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Books cannot be translated in a click!
CEATL and EWC call on the global book sector, including writers, agents, publishers and readers, to stand in solidarity with human literary translators after the announcement of Amazon to launch Kindl...
ceatl.eu
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🔟 kinds of happiness: joyful words from around the world
merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
via @merriamwebster6.bsky.social
Ten Kinds of Happiness
Joyful words from around the world
merriam-webster.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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🏆 The Oxford Word of the Year 2025 is "rage bait"; the two other shortlisted contenders were "aura farming" and "biohack"
corp.oup.com/news/the-oxf...
via @oupacademic.bsky.social
The Oxford Word of the Year 2025 is rage bait - Oxford University Press
The Oxford Word of the Year crown for 2025 has gone to 'rage bait', with our experts noting that its usage had tripled over the past 12 months.
corp.oup.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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📰 November was a busy month! Here's my round-up for the month with the biggest stories from the world of translation and language
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Around the web – November 2025
Here’s your November 2025 round-up of the most interesting news, articles, and blog posts about translation and language over the past month. Not just a translator: why professional identity …
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November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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⚠️The Translation Consumer Labels Project is looking for documented examples of automatic #translation that will help illustrate errors that could have caused harm if not corrected by a professional translator before the translation reaches the end users
tranquality.info/risk-survey
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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🤖 Colleague Isabelle Nanni shared some AI-translated book titles and their back #translations.
🤷‍♀️ Some of these authors think professional #translators are "costly & untrustworthy", others have been scammed by 3rd parties.
But what's the cost in terms of reputation?! 🤦‍♀️
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It has come to my attention that indie author Roxanne St Claire commented the news of Amazon launching their AI translation service with these words: “For decades, indie authors have been unable to… |...
It has come to my attention that indie author Roxanne St Claire commented the news of Amazon launching their AI translation service with these words: “For decades, indie authors have been unable to fi...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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😬 Belitting, not affectionate: blurring the line between comedy and condescension; when #linguistic policies affecting Chinese ethnic minorities means mocking regional accents (a problem we all know is not limited to China ...)
economist.com/china/2025/1...
via @economist.com
The way Uyghurs speak Mandarin is now a joke
For many it’s not funny, given the political heat around language choices
economist.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🔡 The NATO phonetic alphabet is not a phonetic alphabet and wasn't invented by NATO. However, it has a fascinating story to tell
youtu.be/UAT-eOzeY4M
by @robwords.bsky.social
The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
YouTube video by RobWords
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November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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🩻 How old anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusion. But perhaps the future of anatomy is not about erasing them but understanding the stories they carry and deciding which ones are worth keeping.
theconversation.com/how-anatomic...
via @uk.theconversation.com
How anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusion
Why is your ankle named after a Greek hero and your uterus after a Renaissance anatomist? The answer says as much about power and memory as it does about medicine.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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🦒 Hopefully you don’t have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words)
babbel.com/en/magazine/...
The Longest Word In The World: Which One Holds The Record?
From the longest word in English to giant German compounds, discover the longest words in the world and why they’re so fascinating.
babbel.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🏈 One key to the NFL’s global growth? #Translating its lingo. As the Commanders meet the Dolphins in Madrid, context is as important as #language for #Spanish fans to understand an American game
washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
by @tomschad.bsky.social
via @washingtonpost.com
One key to the NFL’s global growth? Translating its lingo.
How do you say “no-huddle offense” in Spanish? As the Commanders meet the Dolphins in Madrid, the context matters as much as the language of the game.
washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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🤖 The costs of instant #translation: AI might soon rob us of the thrill and challenge of cross-cultural conversation
theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
via @theatlantic.com
The Costs of Instant Translation
AI might soon rob us of the thrill and challenge of cross-cultural conversation.
theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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🇮🇸 Today is #Icelandic Language Day, but former Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir says the #language is in danger of dying out in as little as a generation because of AI and English-language media
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
by @mirandeee.bsky.social
via @theguardian.com
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its future
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🇬🇧🇺🇸 "Why are UK kids using so many Americanisms?"
British teachers report hearing schoolchildren using US terms such as ‘candy’ and ‘diaper’ – and even speaking in an American accent
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
via @theguardian.com
Trash talk: why are UK kids using so many Americanisms?
British teachers report hearing more and more schoolchildren using US terms such as ‘candy’ and ‘diaper’ – and even speaking in an American accent. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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📉 In trouble? The collapse of RWS: facts, cash, and the cost of evasion
loekalization.com/blog/blog/20...
by @loekalization.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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☕ September and October’s best #language stories are here — so grab a cuppa (or perhaps something stronger, as research referred to in the round-up suggests alcohol helps you speak foreign #languages better!)
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Around the web – September & October 2025
Here’s your September and October 2025 round-up of the most interesting news, articles, and blog posts about translation, interpreting and language over the past month. This series of three p…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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🤖 ‘They wanted me to make myself obsolete’: #translators find themselves at the sharp end of AI; here, one linguist talks about the challenges of working in an industry most at risk from automation
ft.com/content/50b1...
via @financialtimes.com
‘They wanted me to make myself obsolete’: translators find themselves at the sharp end of AI
One linguist on the challenges of working in an industry most at risk from automation
ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🎓 New @ox.ac.uk graduate course, led by Prof. @karenleeder.bsky.social, launched for next generation of creative #translators; at a time when they are facing unprecedented challenges faced with AI, it will explore & celebrate #translation as a creative endeavour.
ox.ac.uk/news/feature...
New course launched for the next generation of creative translators |
ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Today is World Day of the Romani #Language
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_D...
(H/T @becauselanguage.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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🤬 Once dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked
theguardian.com/science/2025...
via @theguardian.com
Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world
Once swearwords were dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, now researchers argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked
theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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☕ September and October’s best #language stories are here — so grab a cuppa (or perhaps something stronger, as research referred to in the round-up suggests alcohol helps you speak foreign #languages better!)
wp.me/p2brSS-1is
Around the web – September & October 2025
Here’s your September and October 2025 round-up of the most interesting news, articles, and blog posts about translation, interpreting and language over the past month. This series of three p…
wp.me
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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☢️ Not enemies, but people: Why the world needs to rethink the #language of war
theconversation.com/not-enemies-...
via @us.theconversation.com
Not enemies, but people: Why the world needs to rethink the language of war
Using the term ‘war’ when fighting alleged drug traffickers or terrorists serves to justify killing them without proof they’ve committed any crimes.
theconversation.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🍓Spoiler alert: dragon fruit doesn't come from dragons. How 7 fruits and vegetables got their names
merriam-webster.com/wordplay/fru...
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How 7 Fruits and Veggies Got Their Names
Spoiler alert: dragon fruit doesn't come from dragons
merriam-webster.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM