Elizabeth Heighway
@ehtranslates.bsky.social
I translate from French & Georgian, but sometimes you’d hardly know it.
Exhausting day peering at hedges outside Leeds Student Union (RHS course revision), drinking coffee x3 with youngest (invested, caffeine-focussed parenting), photographing ornate air bricks (free fun) and contemplating lamb börek. The best of days.
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Exhausting day peering at hedges outside Leeds Student Union (RHS course revision), drinking coffee x3 with youngest (invested, caffeine-focussed parenting), photographing ornate air bricks (free fun) and contemplating lamb börek. The best of days.
Desperate scenes in my Arabic grammar class last night as classmates struggle to find some plausible explanation for word endings.
September 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Desperate scenes in my Arabic grammar class last night as classmates struggle to find some plausible explanation for word endings.
Oh MY GOD. I swear I disabled this thing. Very close to re-disabling it by hurling the laptop at the wall.
August 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Oh MY GOD. I swear I disabled this thing. Very close to re-disabling it by hurling the laptop at the wall.
My parents left Germany in 1971 but I’m still unearthing old stationery supplies
June 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My parents left Germany in 1971 but I’m still unearthing old stationery supplies
Will nobody play with this poor, neglected cat?
May 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Will nobody play with this poor, neglected cat?
Was Leeds on drugs when it named its roads?
April 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Was Leeds on drugs when it named its roads?
Thank heavens we have cat tummies to keep us sane.
April 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thank heavens we have cat tummies to keep us sane.
Checking date of upcoming gig at my local (Hare and Hounds) and thank god we have AI to clear things up 🙄
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Checking date of upcoming gig at my local (Hare and Hounds) and thank god we have AI to clear things up 🙄
She took this herself.
March 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
She took this herself.
This may be an error, but it’s certainly an economical use of language.
March 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This may be an error, but it’s certainly an economical use of language.
Hard at work again I see, earning her keep.
February 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hard at work again I see, earning her keep.
Bloomin’eck, Santa, a bit of effort with the wrapping would’ve been nice 🙄
December 25, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Bloomin’eck, Santa, a bit of effort with the wrapping would’ve been nice 🙄
I mean, surely May was *everyone’s* Apocalyptic Abstract Underground Hip Hop phase, no?
December 4, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I mean, surely May was *everyone’s* Apocalyptic Abstract Underground Hip Hop phase, no?
Spent HOURS colouring this in for my friend’s kid, only for him to credit it to some donny named Uzman.
#translatorinvisibility even when I’m not translating, sheeesh.
#translatorinvisibility even when I’m not translating, sheeesh.
November 23, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Spent HOURS colouring this in for my friend’s kid, only for him to credit it to some donny named Uzman.
#translatorinvisibility even when I’m not translating, sheeesh.
#translatorinvisibility even when I’m not translating, sheeesh.
In happier news, I came home to this!
November 18, 2024 at 4:57 PM
In happier news, I came home to this!
Yay, Georgian night! *gets popcorn*
November 7, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Yay, Georgian night! *gets popcorn*
Eldest has bitten the second-heritage bullet and is learning Georgian, and I’m right there to encourage them when they text me plaintively mid-lesson
October 24, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Eldest has bitten the second-heritage bullet and is learning Georgian, and I’m right there to encourage them when they text me plaintively mid-lesson
Missing my youngest quite a bit, so have been entertaining myself by sending him poorly put-together photos of whoever I’m taking for coffee instead of him
September 12, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Missing my youngest quite a bit, so have been entertaining myself by sending him poorly put-together photos of whoever I’m taking for coffee instead of him
I used to really hate roses. What a muppet.
September 7, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I used to really hate roses. What a muppet.
Action shot of Mr Spider bungee-jumping away from his paramour before she has a chance to eat him.
August 17, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Action shot of Mr Spider bungee-jumping away from his paramour before she has a chance to eat him.
What, these two? Surely not.
August 13, 2024 at 9:02 AM
What, these two? Surely not.
Is this some kind of harmless persicaria, or do I need to flame-thrower the entire garden?
August 7, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Is this some kind of harmless persicaria, or do I need to flame-thrower the entire garden?
