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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 11d
Today, we celebrate International Translation Day! 🎊
In these tumultuous times, human translators & interpreters offer trust and reconciliation. 🙌 The 2025 ITD theme is: "Translation, shaping a future you can trust."
— @fiteurope.bsky.social 🫶 Read more 🔗
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#1nt #xl8
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 1d
They made it to the finals! 🤩 Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov and #NWLiteraryTranslator Shelley Fairweather-Vega are on the National Book Award shortlist for their latest ✨ BRILLIANT ✨ collab: “We Computers: A Ghazal Novel.” Eeee!
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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 3d
🎉 The finalists for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature have been announced! Congratulations to all on the list, including ALTA members Shelley Fairweather-Vega, David McKay, and Robin Myers! @nationalbook.bsky.social
2025 National Book Awards Finalists Announced
Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature
www.nationalbook.org
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 1d
Big names there! We're on the edge of our seats, all abuzz.
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats! 🙌
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Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) @cchicertify.bsky.social · 2d
💛 Our profession, captured in detail.

The new Global Workforce Survey report reflects the voices and realities of healthcare interpreters across the U.S. and worldwide.

See how your experience compares with colleagues everywhere.

📖 Read now: https://monkeylink.co/019751
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Mid-America Chapter of the American Translators Association @micataorg.bsky.social · 2d
The latest article that just dropped on the @atanet.org Savvy Newcomer blog is chock-full of helpful advice for newcomers to the profession!

Independent Contracting from A to Z: Everything Translators & Interpreters Need to Know www.atanet.org/starting-you...
Independent Contracting from A to Z: Everything Translators & Interpreters Need to Know - American Translators Association (ATA)
Starting your career as a freelance translator or interpreter is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. Beyond your linguistic skills, you’re stepping into the world of independent contracting: ...
www.atanet.org
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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 2d
‘A City Beyond History’: New Poetry by Doha Kahlout

"Press your body to the sea— / it comes out cool, unharmed— / and let tears move across your hidden grief."
‘A City Beyond History’: New Poetry by Doha Kahlout
"Press your body to the sea— / it comes out cool, unharmed— / and let tears move across your hidden grief."
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 3d
📣 Coming soon: #LEO12 Elevate Your Human Game 💪 🦾
Join interpreters, translators & language access leaders worldwide!
📅 Dec 4–5, 2025 💻 100% virtual 🎓 CEUs available
🎟️ Early Bird from $75 (ends 10/15) — Register now!
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Join LEO's 12th International Online Conference – Earn CEUs for Translators & Interpreters | Dec 4-5, 2025- Linguist Education Online
Tailored for translators, interpreters, and other language professionals, LEO's affordable conference offers CEUs, networking with industry leaders, job opportunities, and an engaging experience. Regi...
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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 3d
Really excited for Seattle’s own Shelley Fairweather-Vega for being named, together with the Uzbek-language author Hamid Ismailov, a finalist for the 2025 National Book Awards (in the Translated Literature category). www.nationalbook.org/books/we-com... @nationalbook.bsky.social
We Computers: A Ghazal Novel - National Book Foundation
In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon‑Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Enchanted by snippets of Persian poetry he lea...
www.nationalbook.org
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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 4d
How #Greek Shaped #Coptic, Egypt’s Final Ancient Language
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#language #history #langsky
How Greek Shaped Coptic, Egypt’s Final Ancient Language - GreekReporter.com
The Greek influence on Egyptian-Coptic transformed Egypt’s native language through loanwords, verb changes, and dialectal shifts.
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 8d
Shelley Fairweather-Vega strikes again ⚡️ Of her latest #translation, @antonhur.com writes: "History dreamily echoes throughout Sultan Raev's Castigation as the serpentine narrative, [in Shelley's] 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝔂 𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓹 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, draws the reader into a surreal desert rich with delusion & truth." 🐍🍏💦🦂
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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 9d
In case you missed National Translation Day, Tobias Carroll has selected six must-reads for your TBR pile. Fiction from Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, and Croatia, short stories from Japan, and poetry from Afghanistan! Check out our website for more details: buff.ly/L5uvWRs
The September Watchlist by Tobias Carroll. Fiction from Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, and Croatia, short stories from Japan, and poetry from Afghanistan. Image: Blue with black text, features 6 book covers at the top left of the image.
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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 9d
My God, what a magnificent, thoughtful, heart-wrenching piece.
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 9d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 9d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social · 8d
“These are ten important books that will help you understand Ukraine – and why this country stands and will stand.”
Ten Titles in Translation That Celebrate Ukraine
For decades, Ukraine remained in the shadow of the Russian imperial discourse. Foreign readers had access to only a limited number of translations of Ukrainian literature. Today, fortunately the nu…
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 10d
🥉 SPONSOR SHOUT-OUT 🥉 A big thanks to #NOTIS2025 Bronze Sponsors Bellevue College Continuing Education for their generous support! 🙌 Bellevue College Continuing Education offers quality T&I courses at competitive prices. Learn more at 🔗 www.bellevuecollege.edu/ce/professio... #xl8 #1nt
Professional Education
Navigating a career change? Looking to accelerate your current career? Bellevue College Continuing Education Professional Development offers non-credit technical writing certificate, IT tech, human re...
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 11d
🥈 SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT🥈 Tons of gratitude to Seattle Central College Cont. Ed. — #NOTIS2025 silver sponsors — for their ongoing support. @seattlecentral.bsky.social offers quality T&I training at competitive prices 🙌
🔗 Learn more at ce.seattlecentral.edu/job-skills/t... #xl8 #1nt #continuingeducation
Translation and Interpretation Professional Development Classes | Continuing Education
With the continual increase in globalization in recent decades, the demand for translation and interpretation services has grown significantly across many industries. Professional translators and inte...
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Northern California Translators Association @ncta.bsky.social · 11d
🎊 Happy International Translation Day to all of our wonderful language professionals in this incredible industry! 🎊
#InternationalTranslationDay
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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 11d
Happy International Translation Day!

Here’s part of my translation manifesto, which can be found in full at the end of Fair: The Life-Art of Translation.

(Written out in replies)
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 11d
Today, we celebrate International Translation Day! 🎊
In these tumultuous times, human translators & interpreters offer trust and reconciliation. 🙌 The 2025 ITD theme is: "Translation, shaping a future you can trust."
— @fiteurope.bsky.social 🫶 Read more 🔗
en.fit-ift.org/internationa...
#1nt #xl8
Tall rectangle graphic features dark grey-blue background with a light grey-bluish green keyhole overlay and a graphic of two open hands, painted with the globe and surrounded by white doves, as well as the following copy: "INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY" in large block off-white lettering; plus the date and the quote: "Human translators, interpreters, and terminologists: 'shaping a future you can trust'" in smaller, off-white serif font; a simple version of the NOTIS logo in off-white.
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 15d
🏅 SPONSOR FEATURE 🏅 Our heartfelt gratitude to 𝗦𝗢𝗦𝗶, #NOTIS2025 Gold Sponsors! 🤩 SOSi is actively seeking skilled #interpreters & #translators. If you’re passionate about bridging language barriers and making a meaningful impact, learn how to apply at: www.sosi.com/freelance/ 🙏 #1nt #xl8
Sponsor feature for SOSi. Square graphic with abstract background photo of icy blue water surface. The second layer features a gold medal illustration in the center and the NOTIS logo on the bottom left (dark blue lettering with dark green pine tree above left and blue and white mountain to the right). Top layer, centered in the gold medal, are the words "Thank you for your support" in a cursive white font with a black shadow, followed by the SOSi logo in black and purple, and "NOTIS 2025 Gold Sponsor" in uppercase sans-serif lettering in the same color pattern as above.
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 17d
🤗 Thank you for the good work you do! When you've got a moment free, check out our WFSE sponsor shout-out: bsky.app/profile/noti... 🙌
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 19d
💎 SPONSOR FEATURE 💎 A huge thanks to 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗙𝗦𝗘/𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗖𝗠𝗘, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors!

The only legally recognized interpreters union in WA State, WFSE serves "the many, not the few"—and their support means the world to all of us. Thank you, WFSE! 🙏
ℹ️ interpretersunited.wfse.org #1nt
Sponsor feature for Interpreters United WFSE/ASCME with icy/cloudy backdrop and a watercolor diamond looming large in the center with the copy and logo centered on top. From top to bottom: "Thank you for your support!" in white italic lettering with a black shadow; the IU Local 1671 logo (bold white lettering in a green rectangle with a stylized shooting star sitting atop the "AFSCME" letters; and"NOTIS 2925 Diamond Sponsor" in white block lettering with a black shadow. The square, color version of the NOTIS logo adorns the bottom right corner.
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 19d
💎 SPONSOR FEATURE 💎 A huge thanks to 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗙𝗦𝗘/𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗖𝗠𝗘, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors!

The only legally recognized interpreters union in WA State, WFSE serves "the many, not the few"—and their support means the world to all of us. Thank you, WFSE! 🙏
ℹ️ interpretersunited.wfse.org #1nt
Sponsor feature for Interpreters United WFSE/ASCME with icy/cloudy backdrop and a watercolor diamond looming large in the center with the copy and logo centered on top. From top to bottom: "Thank you for your support!" in white italic lettering with a black shadow; the IU Local 1671 logo (bold white lettering in a green rectangle with a stylized shooting star sitting atop the "AFSCME" letters; and"NOTIS 2925 Diamond Sponsor" in white block lettering with a black shadow. The square, color version of the NOTIS logo adorns the bottom right corner.
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 18d
💎 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT 💎 Three cheers for Universal Language Service, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors! 🙏

A "leading provider of #1nt and #xl8 services, trusted by healthcare, govt, and businesses nationwide," ULS is hiring #freelanceinterpreters, bilingual CSRs, etc. Details at ulsonline.net 👀
Square graphic in blues and whites features an abstract background illustration resembling the surface of water, rippled and glistening, a foreground illustration of a teal-toned diamond, and, front and center, the ULS logo (navy blue circle with name and icon). Above the logo, copy reads "Thank you for your support" in a handwritten cursive font, white with navy shadow; below the logo, copy reads "NOTIS 2025 DIAMOND SPONSOR" in white block lettering with navy shadow. The NOTIS logo, featuring Mt. Rainier and a pine tree, adorns the bottom right corner.
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AVÜ @avue.bsky.social · 18d
Rising prices AND declining quality in translation??🤔
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 18d
💎 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT 💎 Three cheers for Universal Language Service, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors! 🙏

A "leading provider of #1nt and #xl8 services, trusted by healthcare, govt, and businesses nationwide," ULS is hiring #freelanceinterpreters, bilingual CSRs, etc. Details at ulsonline.net 👀
Square graphic in blues and whites features an abstract background illustration resembling the surface of water, rippled and glistening, a foreground illustration of a teal-toned diamond, and, front and center, the ULS logo (navy blue circle with name and icon). Above the logo, copy reads "Thank you for your support" in a handwritten cursive font, white with navy shadow; below the logo, copy reads "NOTIS 2025 DIAMOND SPONSOR" in white block lettering with navy shadow. The NOTIS logo, featuring Mt. Rainier and a pine tree, adorns the bottom right corner.
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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) @notisnet.bsky.social · 19d
💎 SPONSOR FEATURE 💎 A huge thanks to 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗙𝗦𝗘/𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗖𝗠𝗘, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors!

The only legally recognized interpreters union in WA State, WFSE serves "the many, not the few"—and their support means the world to all of us. Thank you, WFSE! 🙏
ℹ️ interpretersunited.wfse.org #1nt
Sponsor feature for Interpreters United WFSE/ASCME with icy/cloudy backdrop and a watercolor diamond looming large in the center with the copy and logo centered on top. From top to bottom: "Thank you for your support!" in white italic lettering with a black shadow; the IU Local 1671 logo (bold white lettering in a green rectangle with a stylized shooting star sitting atop the "AFSCME" letters; and"NOTIS 2925 Diamond Sponsor" in white block lettering with a black shadow. The square, color version of the NOTIS logo adorns the bottom right corner.
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