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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 3d

One of the perks of waking up at silly o'clock to attend a ScotNet event

Sunrise over a wide Scottish river and grassy hillside as seen through the bus window.

ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 12d

CPD

Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 13d

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

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ITI North East Network @itinortheast.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

Photo of translators with drinks and pub food around a table at night time

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Florent Moncomble @fmoncomble.tract-linguistes.org · Aug 20

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

WikiXl8

Look up Wikipedia pages across languages

corpustools.prendrelangue.fr

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · Sep 4

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 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...

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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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 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...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · Aug 22

#xl8 🌐 #literarytranslation 💙📚

Glacier Bay Books @glacierbaybooks.com · Aug 22

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.

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · Jul 12

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...

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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Beth Fowler - Translator @bethfowler.bsky.social · Jul 4

Delighted to have my translation of a short story by Laura Ferrero included in this issue!

Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · Jul 4

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.

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...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · Jun 18

Well done, Isabel! A very interesting interview. 🤗

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ITI Interpreters' Development Network @idn-iti.bsky.social · Jun 3

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...

www.tickettailor.com

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · Jun 5

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

Meme:
Tumblr-user headspace-hotel.
A random assortment of archaic/disused English words that should still be used:
• brust (bristled or bristly),
• coolth (coolness. We still have 'warmth' so why did this one disappear????),
• ambiloquent (using ambiguous language),
• downsteepy (steeply descending),
• mazeful (confusing),
• evulgate (to send out among the people, to publish or distribute),
• toploftical (haughty),
• hazardry (risk-taking),
• dizzard (a fool, jester, or stupid person),
• againster (someone who is habitually opposed to things or 'against' things),
• loselry (behavior characteristic of a losel, which is similar to a 'loser,' except the connotation encompasses "profligate" or "scoundrel"),
• plaguey,
• malengine (evil intent, fraud, deceit),
• beasten (of or pertaining to beasts),
• wranglesome (contentious and prone to quarreling),
• dwine (to waste away).

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Kim Sanderson @sandersonkim.bsky.social · Jun 7

Alert to greenwashing after a great day's @itiscotnet.bsky.social summer workshop! Looking forward to the ceilidh...

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Jan 22

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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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · Jun 1

An interesting podcast about exploring identity and origins.

Global Voices @globalvoices.org · May 29

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...

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.

globalvoices.org

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Institute of Translation and Interpreting @iti-uk.bsky.social · Apr 15

Feeling stressed or even unsure about your future? You don’t have to face the uncertainty alone.

In his insightful article, @JC Penet explores how coaching-style conversations can help translators and interpreters manage overwhelm, navigate change and face the future together.

Good talk!

JC Penet explores how coaching-style conversations can help translators and interpreters improve their wellbeing.

www.iti.org.uk

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ITI Interpreters' Development Network @idn-iti.bsky.social · May 28

Greetings from our brand new Bluesky account. Spread the word if you can. 😊 #1nt #TerpLove

And don't forget, we have an event tomorrow that is all about #cash. www.ticketsource.co.uk/iti-interpre...

Picture of Johnny Cash walking away from the camera and carrying his guitar case.

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · May 26

CPD for sustainability translators in our network?

UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · May 26

Just a reminder of another free online seminar: Peat, Diesel and Seaweed: A Poetic Inquiry into the Green Transition in Northwest Highlands and Islands Coastal Communities by @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI Mandy Haggith.
➡29th May
➡12.00 Midday
➡ Online
tinyurl.com/ysa5c338

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations, Isabel! 🤗

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · May 20

Exactly! 🤗

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · May 19

Sounds like a great workshop, @sandersonkim.bsky.social! Hope you'll learn loads!

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · May 18

Thank you, Scotland and our weekend organisers, for (yet another) wonderfully timed and smoothly run event. 🌞 Thank you to all the beautiful souls who joined in and well done, everyone, for making it there and back in one piece! 👏 I think we've earned a well deserved week "resting" at our desks. 😅

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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · May 18

The hills are alive with the sound of... well, by the the time we made it to the top, quietly joyful #Scotnetters. 🎶 Breathtaking beauty, breathtaking heat and a breathtakingly steep path. I don't know about you, but my takeaways are tired muscles, a full soul and full belly.

Line of hillwalkers seated on top of a mountain overlooking the blue waters of a loch and lower hills in the distance.

People walking down a rocky mountain side with a blue sky and a big white cloud behind them.

Line of people walking up a hill on a path among heather and grassy moorland to the left and broadleaf trees on the top right side against a blue sky.

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