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Translator of Czech, Slovak, German & occasionally French into English. European, wordsmith, word nerd, foodie, reader, yogi and chocoholic. Childless not by choice. New Glaswegian. She/her. 🦔

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · Jan 22

A year in reading! 📚💙

I've been meaning to do this for a while; January is a good time to start. I may not include everything, but I intend to track the books I read in 2025, professionally or for fun.

Thanks to @paulkaye.bsky.social & @georgiarybanks.bsky.social for the inspiration!

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Christopher Hughes MBE @chrislinguist.bsky.social · 20h

I'm proud to be described as a 'linguist', because that means that I'm curious about other cultures, welcoming of other traditions, eager to discover more of the world, open to diverse perspectives, excited about new experiences. There's a whole lot more to linguists than vocab and grammar.

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 20h

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 191: Příkrá, built in 1925.

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Rachel Ward @racheltranslates.bsky.social · 1d

Hi to new followers, via the translators starter pack and the ETN discussion! #amtranslating #literarytranslation and #booksky are useful for finding likeminded people too... Let's keep the chat going :)

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 1d

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Meme – black background, white text, no images.
"You read so much. You're going to lose touch with reality!"

OF COURSE I AM, GREG. Have you seen the world we live in? That's precisely what I'm trying to do!

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 1d

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 190: U pražských lomů, named before 1938.

I’m not too sure if it has a street sign, and it definitely fits into the ‘street? really?’ category.

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#BookSky moderator 💙📚 @booksky.club · 21d

Current list of all the ad free #BookSky feeds! 🫡

📚 main BookSky
🔥 trending BookSky
📖 Fiction Mega Feed
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🪐 SciFi / Fantasy / SpecFic / WeirdFic

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 2d

Another of the greats has gone.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 2d

Ivan Klima has died at the age of 94.

Ivan Klima, the best Czech novelist of his generation, has died.

One of the great Czech writers of the 20th century, Ivan Klima, died over the weekend at his home in Prague, at the age of 94. Klima lived an incredible, principled life, having survived both the N…

buff.ly

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 3d

It's been a productive few days in the kitchen. This is the first pumpkin spice latte cake of the season, and yes, it does contain pumpkin (OK, butternut squash!) and coffee and spice.

#bakingsky #homebaking 🧁

A pumpkin spice latte cake – round and dark brown in colour, with cream cheese frosting, on a white plate on a wooden table.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 3d

Quite a lot less than ideal.

Not that the British government is anything to write home about!

isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 3d

Summing up my life in one meme...

Missing from the image: the snowstorm representing new books arriving on the TBR.

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Meme.

A large, flat, snow-covered rooftop. In the bottom left corner stands a figure with a broom. A very small section of the roof has been cleared, showing that the snow is maybe 2-3 feet deep. The cleared section is marked 'BOOKS READ THIS YEAR' and the uncleared section 'TO BE READ'.

Missing from the image: the snowstorm representing new books arriving on the TBR.

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 3d

Yes.

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 4d

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 189: U háje, built in 1925.

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 3d

I needed cheering up.

This is cranachan #icecream. Cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert made of crowdie and cream mixed with oats, flavoured with honey and whisky and topped with raspberries. It lends itself very well to icecream – I will totally make this again!

#homemadeicecream 🍜🍦

A bowl containing three scoops of icecream. The icecream is yellow with a red ripple through it and is scattered with toasted oats. There is also a spoon sticking out of the bowl.

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 4d

@ElleGray@mstdn.social

me: screaming into the abyss*

the abyss: who gave you this number

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 3d

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 5d

Dear Czech Republic,

The 'Stupidest Nation in Europe' prize has already been definitively won by the UK. There's no point in even trying to compete. So please don't elect a 'Trumpist', you won't overtake us if you do!

Thanks,

Your greatest fan.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

East or west? Czechs split over where possible return of ‘Trumpist’ could lead

Former populist PM Andrej Babiš is eyeing a triumphant comeback days before the country goes to the polls

www.theguardian.com

isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 4d

No, I really wouldn't expect you to vote for the face-eating leopards party! (But the number of people who do, then complain when yes, their face gets eaten by a leopard...! 🤦‍♀️)