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Paula GordonTonight! Reading #2 of PEN's celebration of Women in Translation Month! This reading series was initiated by Meytal Radzinski in 2014 to raise awareness of translated literature by women, queer, and nonbinary authors, and promote gender and cultural diversity in publishing. <a href="https://pen.org/event/women-in-translation-month-reading-series-2025-session-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pen.org/event/women-in-translation-month-reading-series-2025-session-2/</a> Five pairs of writer/translators working across: Brazilian Portuguese Chinese (Tailwan) German Russian (Ukraine) Vietnamese <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WIT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryTranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiteraryTranslation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Readings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Readings</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/literarytranslation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@literarytranslation</a>

Amadeus PaulussenI currently use DeepL Translate (free) for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> and LanguageTool (premium) for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grammar</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>. I am curious to hear what other <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> users use. 🤓 I would like to replace DeepL with something that, like LanguageTool, is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a>. And ideally I would prefer to run everything locally.

jeancfSomething got lost in translation here between Croatian at the top and French at the bottom. Glasses somehow morphed into course. My guess is that it happened between Polish and German. Can you figure out what happened? <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/quizz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quizz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/polish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/german" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#german</a>

Susannethat although I had been thinking of retiring, but recent developements lead to the necessity of trying to improve our financial situation - so I am again looking for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> s who would like to publish their English books in German language. My portfolio (only very few of the books I translated, just to give you an idea) can be found in the blog linked in my bio - you could ask any of my clients for references or ask me for a sample.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publishing</a>

FictionableWho watches the watchers? Pete Segall captures some unsettling footage in Bolex Man:<a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/bolex-man-pete-segall" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/bolex-man-pete-segall</a>Image: Alexander Andrews<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShortStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Vic 🇪🇺<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Translator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Translator</a> anxiety dream: you sit on a train next to someone reading the book whose <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> you just (IRL) submitted. "I translated, this," you tell them. They ignore you. Then you notice paragraphs on the page that you never saw before, and sure as sh*t never translated. Wake up screaming.😱

FictionableA stranger comes to town, but there’s more than just the dish of the day on the menu in Sheyla Smanioto's short story Intruder, translated from Portuguese by Laura Garmeson and Sophie Lewis:<a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/intruder-sheyla-smanioto-translated-by-laura-garmeson-and-sophie-lewis" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/intruder-sheyla-smanioto-translated-by-laura-garmeson-and-sophie-lewis</a>Image: Mínimo<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

FictionableTab and Martin have gone upstate to walk in the woods. AL Kennedy examines the terrain in her short story Expedition Skills:<a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/expedition-skills-a-l-kennedy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/expedition-skills-a-l-kennedy</a>Image: Patrick Mueller<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShortStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Jacob SaundersMother 2 4-Koma Manga Theatre 2 - page 70 translation <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EarthBound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EarthBound</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mother2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mother2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nintendo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a>

🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸I played Baroque for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SegaSaturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SegaSaturn</a> for the first time and it it the most unsettling nightmare fuel imaginable. Everything about it is anxiety inducing, the sounds, the colors, the characters, the control scheme. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BoomerShooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoomerShooters</a> where you can't look up or down always make me feel claustrophobic, but this one is *trying* to give you a panic attack.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videoGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retroGaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/survivalHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#survivalHorror</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sega</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#saturn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japanese</a>

TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<a href="https://neopaquita.es/@CroquetaPeligro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@CroquetaPeligro</a> Interesting. LibreTranslate has difficulty with alternating capitalization.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LibreTranslate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreTranslate</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Translation</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/@FinchHaven" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FinchHaven</a> <a href="https://friendica.bachgau.social/profile/olaf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@olaf</a> @sciencerag@moresci. <a href="https://piaille.fr/@adelinej" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@adelinej</a>

Project GutenbergThe Dust of Her Bones: An Interview with Inés Bellina, Alejandra C. Quintana Arocho, and Anne Freeland on Gabriela Mistral’s Queernessby Alton Melvar M Dapanas<a href="https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a>

FictionableOn the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fictionable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> we get to know how female friendship powers Ali McClary’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ali-mcclary-proper-magic-friendship-short-story" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ali-mcclary-proper-magic-friendship-short-story</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShortStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

FictionableWho’s the man behind the camera? Pete Segall steps into the frame on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fictionable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/pete-segall-frame-picture-story-bolex-man" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/pete-segall-frame-picture-story-bolex-man</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShortStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Martin Rundkvist<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Goodmorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Goodmorning</a> from sunny Djurö. Today: more Stevenson <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a>, new guests. And you?

b.carrotMy book 'Uitweg' (Way out) is coming out in Japan this month! Very exciting and very special :) The graphic novel follows Magda, a young Polish woman who is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. What are her options and what does she have to deal with seeing as abortion is (almost fully) illegal in Poland? <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/uitweg?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uitweg</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/wayout?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wayout</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/japan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/japanese?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japanese</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/graphicnovel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphicnovel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/translation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/abortionishealthcare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortionishealthcare</a>

Jacob SaundersMother 2 4-Koma Manga Theatre 2 - page 69 translation <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EarthBound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EarthBound</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mother2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mother2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nintendo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a>

Arabic for NerdsA CLASSIC ︱How Do You Say LGBTQI in Arabic? The Answer is in the UN's Database UNTERM Standard Arabic dictionaries often miss modern and specialized terms. This article introduces UNTERM, the United Nations' multilingual terminology database, as a powerful tool for accurate Arabic translations, covering complex and sensitive topics.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tools</a> and Apps <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Translation</a> <a href="https://yalla.li/vj27i" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yalla.li/vj27i</a>

Ben HardillOK, LibreTranslate just made a mistake that could have been dangerousGiven: من فارسی صحبت میکنم تو میتونی؟ It replied with: The Persian association would be al-QaedaGoogle translate replied with: I speak Persian, can you?In context the second is obviously correct....<a href="https://bluetoot.hardill.me.uk/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a>

FictionableOn the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fictionable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> AL Kennedy argues that the empathy powering fiction puts politics at its heart:<a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/a-l-kennedy-fiction-politics-expedition-skills" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/a-l-kennedy-fiction-politics-expedition-skills</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShortStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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