Catharine Cellier-Smart | Smart Translate
@smart-translate.bsky.social
French 🇫🇷 to English 🇬🇧 sworn translator.
Brit-born resident of 🇷🇪, traveller, scuba diver, tea drinker.
Blog: http://asmarttranslatorsreunion.wordpress.com/
Website: https://smart-translate.info/
Brit-born resident of 🇷🇪, traveller, scuba diver, tea drinker.
Blog: http://asmarttranslatorsreunion.wordpress.com/
Website: https://smart-translate.info/
⚠️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
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November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
⚠️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
tranquality.info/risk-survey
📉 In trouble? The collapse of RWS: facts, cash, and the cost of evasion
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📉 In trouble? The collapse of RWS: facts, cash, and the cost of evasion
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November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
😶🌫️ #Language attrition: can you forget your first #language?
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October 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
😶🌫️ #Language attrition: can you forget your first #language?
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🥳 Today is International Translation Day 2025!
🤝 In these turbulent times, where peace often hangs in the balance, and global communications and relations are strained by a lack of trust, this year's theme is more important than ever.
#InternationalTranslationDay2025
#ITD2025
#ITD25
#JMT2025
#JMT25
🤝 In these turbulent times, where peace often hangs in the balance, and global communications and relations are strained by a lack of trust, this year's theme is more important than ever.
#InternationalTranslationDay2025
#ITD2025
#ITD25
#JMT2025
#JMT25
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🥳 Today is International Translation Day 2025!
🤝 In these turbulent times, where peace often hangs in the balance, and global communications and relations are strained by a lack of trust, this year's theme is more important than ever.
#InternationalTranslationDay2025
#ITD2025
#ITD25
#JMT2025
#JMT25
🤝 In these turbulent times, where peace often hangs in the balance, and global communications and relations are strained by a lack of trust, this year's theme is more important than ever.
#InternationalTranslationDay2025
#ITD2025
#ITD25
#JMT2025
#JMT25
🌎 Today, September 15, marks the start of National Hispanic American Heritage Month
www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov
(H/T @becauselanguage.com)
www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov
(H/T @becauselanguage.com)
September 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌎 Today, September 15, marks the start of National Hispanic American Heritage Month
www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov
(H/T @becauselanguage.com)
www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov
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📆 Today is United Nations International Literacy Day.
This year's theme is “Promoting literacy in the digital era"
www.unesco.org/en/days/lite...
#LiteracyDay
#ILD
🎉 And a on a different note, it's also Ampersand Day! (H/T @becauselanguage.com)
www.checkiday.com/8f43a7dbd7b4...
This year's theme is “Promoting literacy in the digital era"
www.unesco.org/en/days/lite...
#LiteracyDay
#ILD
🎉 And a on a different note, it's also Ampersand Day! (H/T @becauselanguage.com)
www.checkiday.com/8f43a7dbd7b4...
September 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
📆 Today is United Nations International Literacy Day.
This year's theme is “Promoting literacy in the digital era"
www.unesco.org/en/days/lite...
#LiteracyDay
#ILD
🎉 And a on a different note, it's also Ampersand Day! (H/T @becauselanguage.com)
www.checkiday.com/8f43a7dbd7b4...
This year's theme is “Promoting literacy in the digital era"
www.unesco.org/en/days/lite...
#LiteracyDay
#ILD
🎉 And a on a different note, it's also Ampersand Day! (H/T @becauselanguage.com)
www.checkiday.com/8f43a7dbd7b4...
🏴 The answer to whether Scots is a #language or a dialect is not as cut and dried as it may first appear
noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/blogue-bl...
noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/blogue-bl...
August 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🏴 The answer to whether Scots is a #language or a dialect is not as cut and dried as it may first appear
noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/blogue-bl...
noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/blogue-bl...
💡A lot of these (nostalgic?) advantages of life as a copy editor can be applied to life as a #translator too!
johnemcintyre.blogspot.com/2025/06/adva...
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August 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
💡A lot of these (nostalgic?) advantages of life as a copy editor can be applied to life as a #translator too!
johnemcintyre.blogspot.com/2025/06/adva...
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by @johnemcintyre.bsky.social
📈 From plague to prestige: How the Black Death empowered the English #language
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August 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
📈 From plague to prestige: How the Black Death empowered the English #language
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🗺 This interactive world map explores the most loved books written by local authors in every country, selected from Goodreads reviews and reader ratings bookrecommendationgenerator.com/world-book-m...
June 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🗺 This interactive world map explores the most loved books written by local authors in every country, selected from Goodreads reviews and reader ratings bookrecommendationgenerator.com/world-book-m...
📢 #Traductrices, #traducteurs : dernière semaine pour donner votre avis sur les 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗿𝗲́𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗲́𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 en France.
👉 Participez ici : formulaire.unige.ch/outils/limes...
👉 Participez ici : formulaire.unige.ch/outils/limes...
June 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📢 #Traductrices, #traducteurs : dernière semaine pour donner votre avis sur les 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗿𝗲́𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗲́𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 en France.
👉 Participez ici : formulaire.unige.ch/outils/limes...
👉 Participez ici : formulaire.unige.ch/outils/limes...
June 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🐈 After years of translating human #language, I have decided to take on a new challenge: #translating cat language!
🐱 Make way for my #translations of ‘Meow’, ‘Purrr’ and other sounds with mysterious meanings!
😺 Joking aside (it's April Fool's Day, of course 😉), can *you* understand your pet?
🐱 Make way for my #translations of ‘Meow’, ‘Purrr’ and other sounds with mysterious meanings!
😺 Joking aside (it's April Fool's Day, of course 😉), can *you* understand your pet?
April 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🐈 After years of translating human #language, I have decided to take on a new challenge: #translating cat language!
🐱 Make way for my #translations of ‘Meow’, ‘Purrr’ and other sounds with mysterious meanings!
😺 Joking aside (it's April Fool's Day, of course 😉), can *you* understand your pet?
🐱 Make way for my #translations of ‘Meow’, ‘Purrr’ and other sounds with mysterious meanings!
😺 Joking aside (it's April Fool's Day, of course 😉), can *you* understand your pet?
👩❤️💋👨 Fruit of my heart, Egg with eyes, Mousebear: the cutest terms of endearment people call their significant others from around the world
skyparksecure.com/blog/pet-nam...
[Jan 2019]
skyparksecure.com/blog/pet-nam...
[Jan 2019]
March 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
👩❤️💋👨 Fruit of my heart, Egg with eyes, Mousebear: the cutest terms of endearment people call their significant others from around the world
skyparksecure.com/blog/pet-nam...
[Jan 2019]
skyparksecure.com/blog/pet-nam...
[Jan 2019]
🤖 AIs flunk #language test that takes #grammar out of the equation
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March 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🤖 AIs flunk #language test that takes #grammar out of the equation
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🍺 From Beowulf to "beer snakes": the #linguistic evolution of beer and beer-drinking traced by the OED
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March 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🍺 From Beowulf to "beer snakes": the #linguistic evolution of beer and beer-drinking traced by the OED
oed.com/discover/rev...
oed.com/discover/rev...
🤖 What happens when artificial intelligence tries to #translate #LaReunion's place names?
🇷🇪 The island has a plethora of highly descriptive place names. Unfortunately machine #translation often doesn't take into account that they shouldn't be #translated, and #translates each word literally.
🇷🇪 The island has a plethora of highly descriptive place names. Unfortunately machine #translation often doesn't take into account that they shouldn't be #translated, and #translates each word literally.
March 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🤖 What happens when artificial intelligence tries to #translate #LaReunion's place names?
🇷🇪 The island has a plethora of highly descriptive place names. Unfortunately machine #translation often doesn't take into account that they shouldn't be #translated, and #translates each word literally.
🇷🇪 The island has a plethora of highly descriptive place names. Unfortunately machine #translation often doesn't take into account that they shouldn't be #translated, and #translates each word literally.
⚔️ The month of March is named for Mars, the Roman war god. Here are some common English words derived from the history of war
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March 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
⚔️ The month of March is named for Mars, the Roman war god. Here are some common English words derived from the history of war
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antidote.info/en/blog/repo...
🎉 Today's a special day for me !
👷♀️ 𝟑1 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, on 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒, I founded the company that would eventually become 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.
🙏 Gratitude to all my clients and partners who have been part of this journey.
🚀 I look forward to seeing 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 thrive for many more years to come!
👷♀️ 𝟑1 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, on 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒, I founded the company that would eventually become 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.
🙏 Gratitude to all my clients and partners who have been part of this journey.
🚀 I look forward to seeing 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 thrive for many more years to come!
February 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🎉 Today's a special day for me !
👷♀️ 𝟑1 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, on 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒, I founded the company that would eventually become 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.
🙏 Gratitude to all my clients and partners who have been part of this journey.
🚀 I look forward to seeing 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 thrive for many more years to come!
👷♀️ 𝟑1 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, on 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒, I founded the company that would eventually become 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.
🙏 Gratitude to all my clients and partners who have been part of this journey.
🚀 I look forward to seeing 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 thrive for many more years to come!
🇷🇪 Today Reunion Island celebrates the abolition of slavery in 1848 and it's perhaps a good time to mention I'm halfway through a University Diploma in Reunion Creole.
Reactions have ranged from skepticism to encouragement but this only reminds us of the importance of Creoles and linguistic diversity
Reactions have ranged from skepticism to encouragement but this only reminds us of the importance of Creoles and linguistic diversity
December 20, 2024 at 6:26 AM
🇷🇪 Today Reunion Island celebrates the abolition of slavery in 1848 and it's perhaps a good time to mention I'm halfway through a University Diploma in Reunion Creole.
Reactions have ranged from skepticism to encouragement but this only reminds us of the importance of Creoles and linguistic diversity
Reactions have ranged from skepticism to encouragement but this only reminds us of the importance of Creoles and linguistic diversity
🫖 Today is International Tea Day!
🫖 C'est la journée international du thé aujourd'hui !
youtu.be/sU4gC3rfBMc
🫖 C'est la journée international du thé aujourd'hui !
youtu.be/sU4gC3rfBMc
December 15, 2024 at 4:10 PM
🫖 Today is International Tea Day!
🫖 C'est la journée international du thé aujourd'hui !
youtu.be/sU4gC3rfBMc
🫖 C'est la journée international du thé aujourd'hui !
youtu.be/sU4gC3rfBMc
✨ Beyond the Babel wish: the enduring value of human #translators in an AI world
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December 13, 2024 at 6:30 AM
✨ Beyond the Babel wish: the enduring value of human #translators in an AI world
www.economist.com/science-and-...
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www.economist.com/science-and-...
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💪 The expression "Women of a certain age" used to mean either "sexless" or "sexy", but is now being redefined as women with the professional and personal experience to ignore the rules men have historically expected women to play by
debuk.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/w...
debuk.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/w...
December 7, 2024 at 10:50 AM
💪 The expression "Women of a certain age" used to mean either "sexless" or "sexy", but is now being redefined as women with the professional and personal experience to ignore the rules men have historically expected women to play by
debuk.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/w...
debuk.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/w...
🤖User #language distorts ChatGPT information on armed conflicts, study shows
phys.org/news/2024-11...
phys.org/news/2024-11...
December 3, 2024 at 7:01 AM
🤖User #language distorts ChatGPT information on armed conflicts, study shows
phys.org/news/2024-11...
phys.org/news/2024-11...