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Katy Derbyshire

@katyderbyshire.bsky.social

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Literary translator from German to English, occasional publisher, Berlin lover, appreciator of wallets on chains. She/her. Photo © Nane Diehl

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1h

I see.

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 2h

Plus, who says anyone will watch the stupid fake teachers?

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 2h

Being a translator is great. I made this description exist in English:

“a multiply married Muslim on the lookout for a buxom Saxon to add to his harem”

It’s a rumour spread by locals in an East German town about a newly arrived stranger, in Clemens Meyer’s The Projectionists. #amtranslating

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 19h

(Don‘t laugh, because poor guy, but:) AI killed the market for what he was previously doing.

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 1d

Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins

Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm

www.theguardian.com

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1d

Oooooh, @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social !

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1d

Please keep putting in the effort, if you can stand it!

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1d

Wow

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1d

Dishwashing.

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, usually that’s not a good thing. But in this case, I don’t want this low-effort dude as my colleague.

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I had that confidence. Luckily, it’s really fucking hard to get into literary translation.

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to use you as a dumping ground, but I just talked to a guy who’s thinking about getting into literary translation by “using software” and post-editing. Because it would be too time consuming the long way. He was also unimpressed by my suggestion that good translation takes practice.

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 2d

Ja, ich wahrscheinlich auch.

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 3d

*Breuninger. Gibt’s nicht in Berlin = kenn ich nöscht. But I’ve been waiting for people to take the piss and I guess everyone got mature now (or no one cares).

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 3d

Kaufhaus, das ich nach 29 Jahre Berlin nicht kenne,* macht Werbung mit Schriftsteller:innen! Die meisten kommen aus der Schweiz. Ich bin so verwirrt. Writers are cool now? Writers wear expensive clothes? Writers are stylish? No offence, but these have not been my observations.

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Michael Albert @michlalbrt.bsky.social · 4d

Seit Mai 2025 werden auf Weisung von Alexander Dobrindt an der deutschen Grenze Asylsuchende (widerrechtlich) zurückgewiesen.

Habt ihr auch schon bemerkt, wie dadurch die Wirtschaft aufblüht, wie Lebensmittel, Mieten und Strom wieder bezahlbar werden und ihr mehr Geld in der Tasche habt?

Eben.

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 6d

Ugh!

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 8d

Not really, beyond Initiative Urheberrecht, who are good. I do know class action lawsuits aren’t possible here, so maybe it’s a way to go to court.

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 10d

Pragmatically, I’d just call it a jacket, since what we wear in winter is coats.

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 10d

😱

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 10d

As my mum would say: What are you all going to wear once it gets cold? #BerlinSeptember

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 13d

Terrifying

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FiJ @feeflefifski.bsky.social · 13d

Enjoy this trip
Enjoy this trip
Enjoy this trip
And it is a trip

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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 13d

Oh, I remember this one well. Caused havoc in our family… so much pinching, so much shame.

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Kolonie10 @kolonie10.bsky.social · 14d

Die erste Fassung unseres Vergesellschaftungsgesetzes ist da.

Es ist das erste Gesetz zur konkreten Anwendung von Artikel 15 des Grundgesetzes – Ein historischer Moment!

In einem Gesetzesvolksentscheid können die Berliner*innen über das Gesetz abstimmen. 💜💛

Aktuelle Ankündigung des Berliner Vergesellschaftungsgesetzes, welches von den Juristen der Initiative DeutscheWohnen&Co. Enteignen erarbeitet wurde.

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