ITI Scottish Network
@itiscotnet.bsky.social
Scottish Network of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, offering CPD, networking events and support to our members, mainly translators and interpreters based in Scotland. Our directory helps clients find professionals working in 25 languages.
The Department of Languages at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social is facing serious cuts with a proposal to make 11 of its staff redundant, stop offering undergraduate Chinese and German and eliminate intercultural studies courses.
Please sign this petition: heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...
Please sign this petition: heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...
Save LINCS petition
To Principal Richard Williams, the University Executive and Court
The Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University is under threat to lose a third of its staff, f...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Department of Languages at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social is facing serious cuts with a proposal to make 11 of its staff redundant, stop offering undergraduate Chinese and German and eliminate intercultural studies courses.
Please sign this petition: heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...
Please sign this petition: heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...
It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming!
On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo.
Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...
On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo.
Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming!
On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo.
Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...
On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo.
Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...
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Our next event will be a session by Chartered Accountant Alison Bowyer on the new HMRC 'Making Tax Digital for Income Tax' scheme (20 Feb, 5:30pm GMT). Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 21 Jan, with reduced prices for IDN members.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Our next event will be a session by Chartered Accountant Alison Bowyer on the new HMRC 'Making Tax Digital for Income Tax' scheme (20 Feb, 5:30pm GMT). Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 21 Jan, with reduced prices for IDN members.
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Our planned events for 2026: pub gatherings in Edinburgh (last Thursday of each month); Spring workshop in Edinburgh on 21 March (about indigenous language); Walking Weekend in the Spey Valley on 8-10 May; Autumn workshop in Edinburgh (early October); AGM and Christmas lunch in Glasgow, 12 December.
January 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Our planned events for 2026: pub gatherings in Edinburgh (last Thursday of each month); Spring workshop in Edinburgh on 21 March (about indigenous language); Walking Weekend in the Spey Valley on 8-10 May; Autumn workshop in Edinburgh (early October); AGM and Christmas lunch in Glasgow, 12 December.
Happy New Year, @Scotnetters and followers! May 2026 be joyful and heathy, and bring you enjoyable and profitable work and learning opportunities, a clear mind to find them and lots of networking with clients and colleagues! 🤗 📅
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Happy New Year, @Scotnetters and followers! May 2026 be joyful and heathy, and bring you enjoyable and profitable work and learning opportunities, a clear mind to find them and lots of networking with clients and colleagues! 🤗 📅
First event of the year award goes to @itinortheast.bsky.social 😁
Happy New Year! Who's coming along to our get-together at The Head of Steam in Durham on Wednesday 14th? See you from 6.30pm
January 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
First event of the year award goes to @itinortheast.bsky.social 😁
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Greatly enjoyed today's @itiscotnet.bsky.social AGM and Christmas lunch. I love our get-togethers, if that's the right word for an AGM. Such lovely people!
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Greatly enjoyed today's @itiscotnet.bsky.social AGM and Christmas lunch. I love our get-togethers, if that's the right word for an AGM. Such lovely people!
#CPD for consecutive interpreters
26–27 March 2026: two-day workshop on note-taking for consecutive interpreting at Westminster University in London led by Andy Gillies. Organised by @iti-lrg.bsky.social.
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Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting
Workshop led by Andy Gillies
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December 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#CPD for consecutive interpreters
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Did you know that the North East is home to the biggest Festival of Languages in the United Kingdom? The 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 is back from 6 January to 31 March 2026 expressyourselfne.com/2025/10/05/2... #xl8 #1nt #mfl
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Did you know that the North East is home to the biggest Festival of Languages in the United Kingdom? The 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 is back from 6 January to 31 March 2026 expressyourselfne.com/2025/10/05/2... #xl8 #1nt #mfl
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The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc...
The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy
The government needs to signal its demand for elite foreign language skills before more universities leave provision to inferior alternatives, says Ian Proud
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November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc...
One of the perks of waking up at silly o'clock to attend a ScotNet event
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
One of the perks of waking up at silly o'clock to attend a ScotNet event
CPD
This International Translation Day, we're thrilled to announce two events with Anton Hur in London!
Anton will deliver a workshop and lecture on translation, Korean literature, literary prize culture, and more.
Click here for full details and registration: buff.ly/uQNOJRb
Anton will deliver a workshop and lecture on translation, Korean literature, literary prize culture, and more.
Click here for full details and registration: buff.ly/uQNOJRb
October 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
CPD
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Next up: drinks/food at The Forth, Pink Lane, Newcastle from 5:45pm on Friday 26 September.
This is a joint social event with the Medical Network after their Newcastle workshop. Please comment below if you plan to come along
This is a joint social event with the Medical Network after their Newcastle workshop. Please comment below if you plan to come along
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Next up: drinks/food at The Forth, Pink Lane, Newcastle from 5:45pm on Friday 26 September.
This is a joint social event with the Medical Network after their Newcastle workshop. Please comment below if you plan to come along
This is a joint social event with the Medical Network after their Newcastle workshop. Please comment below if you plan to come along
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When you struggle to find the equivalent of a word or phrase in another language, do you sometimes find yourself opening Wikipedia, searching for it then navigating to the "languages" section to get its title in the other language?
Well, I do, and I got tired of it, hence:
#linguistics #xl8 #xl9n
Well, I do, and I got tired of it, hence:
#linguistics #xl8 #xl9n
WikiXl8
Look up Wikipedia pages across languages
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August 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When you struggle to find the equivalent of a word or phrase in another language, do you sometimes find yourself opening Wikipedia, searching for it then navigating to the "languages" section to get its title in the other language?
Well, I do, and I got tired of it, hence:
#linguistics #xl8 #xl9n
Well, I do, and I got tired of it, hence:
#linguistics #xl8 #xl9n
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I'm looking for another authenticity/sensitivity reader, this time for dissociative identity disorder.
It's for feedback on a character in a graphic novel I'm translating.
Ideally they'd have experience with SR, comics, and historical fiction.
Got any recs?
#BookSky #Comics #xl8 #DIDSky
It's for feedback on a character in a graphic novel I'm translating.
Ideally they'd have experience with SR, comics, and historical fiction.
Got any recs?
#BookSky #Comics #xl8 #DIDSky
August 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses?
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
Autumn Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet
11/10/2025 @ 09:30 - 13:00 - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its autumn workshop: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses? with LYNDA HEPBURN To be held at The Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh o...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses?
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses?
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses?
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.
Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
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#xl8 🌐 #literarytranslation 💙📚
Hello. Glacier Bay is looking for a Portuguese (European) → English translator to consult on a project.
Relevant candidates, please reach out to
[email protected]
with the subject line: "Portuguese Translation"
and details of your relevant (comics) translation background + experience.
Relevant candidates, please reach out to
[email protected]
with the subject line: "Portuguese Translation"
and details of your relevant (comics) translation background + experience.
August 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#xl8 🌐 #literarytranslation 💙📚
It's never too late to bring your attention to our latest newsletter, published in June. A most refreshing read for these hot summer days! And a good way to catch up with what our members have been up to lately. 😁
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ScotNet Newsletter | June 2025 - ITI ScotNet
Bursting the Bubble If you’re reading this newsletter, the chances are that you spend a reasonable amount of your time working solo – and for many of us, that’s just the way we like it. However, I’m s...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It's never too late to bring your attention to our latest newsletter, published in June. A most refreshing read for these hot summer days! And a good way to catch up with what our members have been up to lately. 😁
itiscotland.org.uk/17991/newsle...
itiscotland.org.uk/17991/newsle...
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Delighted to have my translation of a short story by Laura Ferrero included in this issue!
Issue 27 of The Manchester Review is Now Live!
We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe.
We hope you enjoy reading our new issue.
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We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe.
We hope you enjoy reading our new issue.
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk
Issue 27 - The Manchester Review
Image: © Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries Editorial Róisín Leggett Bohan, 3 poems Livi Michael, ‘Signs’ Immanuel Misfud, ‘Rue Garenne’ (trans. Ruth Ward) Cormac Culkeen, ‘My Dog Ate the Sun’ Laur...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Delighted to have my translation of a short story by Laura Ferrero included in this issue!
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Unsure how to translate а, то, да, ведь, вообще, вот, уж, то, тут, там, же and other pesky #Russian words? @iti-uk.bsky.social's Russian Network is holding an event with Michele Berdy on 21 June in London: Little Words, Many Meanings, Big Problems www.tickettailor.com/events/itiru... #xl8 #1nt
Buy tickets – An afternoon with Michele Berdy – Blue Lounge, St Paul’s, Robert Adam Street, London
The Russian Network of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting is thrilled to be hosting Michele Berdy, the renowned Russ...
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June 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Unsure how to translate а, то, да, ведь, вообще, вот, уж, то, тут, там, же and other pesky #Russian words? @iti-uk.bsky.social's Russian Network is holding an event with Michele Berdy on 21 June in London: Little Words, Many Meanings, Big Problems www.tickettailor.com/events/itiru... #xl8 #1nt
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This has just popped up in my faceache memories, and I know my fellow word-nerds here will love it too.
I particularly like 'againster'; what's your favourite?
#langsky #linguistics #words
I particularly like 'againster'; what's your favourite?
#langsky #linguistics #words
June 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This has just popped up in my faceache memories, and I know my fellow word-nerds here will love it too.
I particularly like 'againster'; what's your favourite?
#langsky #linguistics #words
I particularly like 'againster'; what's your favourite?
#langsky #linguistics #words
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Alert to greenwashing after a great day's @itiscotnet.bsky.social summer workshop! Looking forward to the ceilidh...
June 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Alert to greenwashing after a great day's @itiscotnet.bsky.social summer workshop! Looking forward to the ceilidh...
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Don't miss this corker of a reading from the always-brilliant @isabeltranslates.bsky.social, from THE TRUE WAY OUT (CEEOLPress, 2024), #Czech journalist and musician Patrik Banga's raw and open account of growing up in 1990s Prague as part of the #Roma community.
Isabel Stainsby reads from Patrik Banga's THE TRUE WAY OUT, (CEEOL Press, 2024)
YouTube video by Translators Aloud
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January 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Don't miss this corker of a reading from the always-brilliant @isabeltranslates.bsky.social, from THE TRUE WAY OUT (CEEOLPress, 2024), #Czech journalist and musician Patrik Banga's raw and open account of growing up in 1990s Prague as part of the #Roma community.
An interesting podcast about exploring identity and origins.
Where are you REALLY from? Have you been asked this question?
We explore this sensitive topic in a podcast series where our community shares their experiences of dealing with other people's perceptions about their diverse and complex origin stories. Check it out! globalvoices.org/special/wher...
We explore this sensitive topic in a podcast series where our community shares their experiences of dealing with other people's perceptions about their diverse and complex origin stories. Check it out! globalvoices.org/special/wher...
Where are you REALLY from? · Global Voices
In each episode, we invite our guests to reflect on the assumptions that lie behind the question, “But where are you really from?“ and how they respond.
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June 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
An interesting podcast about exploring identity and origins.