Ginny Tapley Takemori
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
Literary translator from Japanese
Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
A very knowledgeable and thoughtful review - thank you so much!
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A very knowledgeable and thoughtful review - thank you so much!
Thank you! Will check it out now!
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thank you! Will check it out now!
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🚨 “A court in Munich has ruled that OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by using hits from musicians to train its language models”
A landmark European ruling!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A landmark European ruling!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🚨 “A court in Munich has ruled that OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by using hits from musicians to train its language models”
A landmark European ruling!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A landmark European ruling!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Btw, are you here now? Let’s meet!
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Btw, are you here now? Let’s meet!
Right? It’s truly amazing ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Right? It’s truly amazing ❤️
No, it’s only recently been published in Japanese and it’s over 800 pages, so I’m afraid it’ll take a while…
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
No, it’s only recently been published in Japanese and it’s over 800 pages, so I’m afraid it’ll take a while…
It took her over three years to write it - and it is a masterpiece. It’s wonderful to see it getting such great recognition!
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It took her over three years to write it - and it is a masterpiece. It’s wonderful to see it getting such great recognition!
I’m absolutely delighted that Sayaka Murata has won the Noma Literary Prize for 「世界99」 (World 99), the novel published earlier this year that started as a serialized story in Subaru magazine and turned into a bigger beast than anyone had anticipated, including Sayaka herself.
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m absolutely delighted that Sayaka Murata has won the Noma Literary Prize for 「世界99」 (World 99), the novel published earlier this year that started as a serialized story in Subaru magazine and turned into a bigger beast than anyone had anticipated, including Sayaka herself.
Excellent essay by Dorothy Potter Snyder
Notes on AI: The Master’s Tool, by D. P. Snyder
“If we reassign our role as language creators to AI, we will lose what makes us human.”
worldliteraturetoday.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Excellent essay by Dorothy Potter Snyder
Many sad stories from other countries around that time too. Whenever there is war, there are going to be a lot of sad stories. Not all of them will be told, but it’s important that some are.
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Many sad stories from other countries around that time too. Whenever there is war, there are going to be a lot of sad stories. Not all of them will be told, but it’s important that some are.
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Something we did a little while ago has finally gone live
#translation #japanesewomenauthors #literarytranslation #japanesefiction
#booksky
#translation #japanesewomenauthors #literarytranslation #japanesefiction
#booksky
Empowering Women’s Voice through Translating Japanese Fiction | The University of Sheffield Player
Discover the rise of contemporary Japanese women’s writing in translation with leading authors, translators, and publishers.
player.sheffield.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Something we did a little while ago has finally gone live
#translation #japanesewomenauthors #literarytranslation #japanesefiction
#booksky
#translation #japanesewomenauthors #literarytranslation #japanesefiction
#booksky
Yay! I have a deadline this month, but come November let’s party!
October 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yay! I have a deadline this month, but come November let’s party!
When are you next here?
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When are you next here?
I feel you sister!!!
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I feel you sister!!!
Tokyo friends, this is happening on Saturday - please come and join us!
#translation #literarytranslation #booksky
peatix.com/event/4568298
#translation #literarytranslation #booksky
peatix.com/event/4568298
Parallel Words: Celebrating the Translation Boom!
Event Description
Over the past few years, the English-language publishing market has witn...
peatix.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Tokyo friends, this is happening on Saturday - please come and join us!
#translation #literarytranslation #booksky
peatix.com/event/4568298
#translation #literarytranslation #booksky
peatix.com/event/4568298
I don’t think I ever saw your review of it. Did my translation change your view of it somehow? I should remember to check your website more often!
October 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I don’t think I ever saw your review of it. Did my translation change your view of it somehow? I should remember to check your website more often!
I guess my job is secure for a while, then!
Japanese literature shows why human translation still counts
AI and translation tech lower barriers to global communication, but literary translation requires the ability to convey tone, rhythm and cultural context.
www.weforum.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I guess my job is secure for a while, then!
I have some thoughts, but I’m thinking more of having a section on the website to air them - this would suit me better really, as I don’t plan to air them in a regular schedule, just when I feel like it.
September 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I have some thoughts, but I’m thinking more of having a section on the website to air them - this would suit me better really, as I don’t plan to air them in a regular schedule, just when I feel like it.
Not really, but I’ll have a look. I intend to get a website up one of these days (been saying that for years ha ha!).
September 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Not really, but I’ll have a look. I intend to get a website up one of these days (been saying that for years ha ha!).
Reposted by Ginny Tapley Takemori
“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement.
YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.
YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement.
YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.
YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.
I’d been thinking about starting a Substack, but I guess I won’t after all!
Since people have asked why I don't start a Substack:
I have one; it's called a blog and it's at brainvsbook.com. Why would I let some company slap its brand all over my writing?? Especially when that company is fascist and transphobic! (Great summary of why Substack sucks in case you're unaware)
I have one; it's called a blog and it's at brainvsbook.com. Why would I let some company slap its brand all over my writing?? Especially when that company is fascist and transphobic! (Great summary of why Substack sucks in case you're unaware)
Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I’d been thinking about starting a Substack, but I guess I won’t after all!
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What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Come join us! #translation #booksky
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Come join us! #translation #booksky