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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · 12d

I got a covid shot last weekend at CVS... but I don't recall for certain which it was... so possibly this comment is 100% unhelpful.

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · 27d

In addition to the conference, I'm reconnecting with some family I haven't seen in 22 years who just happen to live in the next town over from the conference. 💚

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · 27d

Happy to be in the greater Seattle area for the @notisnet.bsky.social conference. Looking forward to four hours of workshops on consecutive note-taking on Saturday!

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Sep 4

or, wait, Switzerland?!

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Sep 4

that was going to be my second guess!

Original Latin text written in what geographical region... France?

(I'm going to fail at guessing but at least have some fun in the meantime.)

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Sep 4

topic area... natural history?

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Robert G Lee @robertglee.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hello! I have started a website for information about the role-space model of interpreting - www.rolespace.online
Hopefully it will be of use to interpreters, students, and others! Please visit and spread the word! #xl8 #interpreting

Role-Space.online

Welcome! Click below to access various types of resources!

www.rolespace.online

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Aug 29

The past two weeks have been A. Lot. (understatement.), but today I started off the long weekend by spending several hours hanging out with my five year old buddy, including making cookies and a trip to the playground. eleventy-billion/10 stars, can recommend.

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Aug 29

After weeks of many library books on hold, but none becoming available, I suddenly have 7 available and checked out to me at once. Possibly the universe is sending me a signal.

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · Aug 26

1. quick deepl/human comparison for you. This is from my current project on state sexual violence against Greenlandic women, which is obviously pretty sensitive stuff.

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · Aug 22

It might not look like it, but translation is often a safety-critical industry. Problem is, you can't tell where the danger is unless you're an expert, and AI is stripping expertise out at a rate of knots.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Aug 21

Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.

This is how AI is killing translation work:

AI Killed My Job: Translators

Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Aug 10

CfP by Christopher D. Mellinger & Elisabet Tiselius on Evolving approaches to Cognitive Interpreting Studies: From psychological to socio-cognitive perspectives
incontextjournal.org/index.php/in...

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Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · Aug 3

Are there social impacts of relying on AI for translations? Are AI translations neutral and inclusive? I discuss these and more in this very insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...

The Social Impact of Automating Translation

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot, Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Universitat Jaume I in Catalun…

www.languageonthemove.com

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Jul 20

Inputting changes into the book draft from the handwritten comments on the hardcopy manuscript that @tulkur.bsky.social and I worked on together three weeks ago in Leeds, and having happy memories of how much fun and how hard we laughed while working on them 🥰🥰.

The book's not half bad, either. 😎

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · Jul 16

Minnesota schools are waiting on $74M in funds withheld by the Trump administration, adding strain to already stretched district budgets. minnesotareformer.com/2025/07/16/h...

Here's how much Minnesota school districts are each losing after Trump cuts • Minnesota Reformer

With Minnesota facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit in the next biennium, and schools already making significant cuts, districts will struggle to replace lost federal money with state and local...

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Esther Monzó-Nebot @monzoneta.bsky.social · Jul 9

👉🏽 Interpreters and Vicarious Trauma: Prevention and Selfcare
🎙️Miranda Lai (RMIT University)
📅 July 10, 2025, 10:00 AM CET
📍 Hybrid: Germà Colon Graduate Hall and GMeet
🔗 Register: bit.ly/RTI-MirandaLai
MA program Researching Translation and Interpreting. Don't miss it! bit.ly/MA-RTI-info
#xl8 #1nt

RTI Lecture: Interpreters and Vicarious Trauma – Prevention and Selfcare - Miranda Lai | Notion

Made with Notion, the all-in-one connected workspace with publishing capabilities.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · Jul 5

I see the "we cured deafness" injection is making the rounds in the UK now. Let's discuss 🧵

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Jun 30

Had an early morning walk around the University of Leeds campus, and can now find my way (hopefully reliably...) to breakfast and the #EST2025Leeds conference venues. 😎

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Tulkur - Elisabet Tiselius @tulkur.bsky.social · Jun 28

Are you coming to the Editathon at the @estleeds25.bsky.social congress? Check out our wiki-page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
#EST2025Leeds #TranslationStudies #Wikipedia

Wikipedia:Editathon/EST2025 Translation Studies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Jun 27

Morning runners/walkers at #ESTCongress Leeds! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

I'm organising informal runs/walks during the congress to start the day!

📍 Exhibition Centre
⏰ 6:45 AM
📅 Starting July 1st

Planning loops around Woodhouse Moor. Local route tips welcome! Just show up if interested 🌅

#MorningRun #Translation

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EST Congress Leeds 2025 @estleeds25.bsky.social · Jun 27

The EST Congress 2025 kicked off today with the Online Pre-Congress Day, featuring 81 speakers!

Great engagement and a fantastic way to begin the Congress!

Huge thanks to attendees and chairs who kept the conversation flowing.

#EST #ESTCongress #EST2025Leeds #TranslationStudies

A montage of Teams meeting screenshots from different online panels at the EST Online Pre-Congress Day, hosted by the Centre for Translation, Interpreting and Localisation Studies at the University of Leeds.

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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · Jun 26

Full English breakfast, here I come.

(Hi, I am in Leeds! Where I will spend four days writing with @tulkur.bsky.social and then attend @estleeds25.bsky.social!)

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MPR News @mprnews.org · Jun 16

In his first interview since the shootings, Walz previewed a much larger remembrance to come. He told MPR News that he’s notified his team to prepare for the possibility of Hortman and her husband to lie in state at the Capitol.

‘It feels different in here’: Walz returns to the Capitol after death of friend and colleague

Gov. Tim Walz called Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was fatally shot Saturday, his “closest ally” and praised her bipartisanship as a model for a divided country. Walz told MPR News he has asked his staff ...

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MPR News @mprnews.org · Jun 17

Rep. Demuth spoke with MPR News senior politics reporter Clay Masters about how she and the rest of the Legislature is processing Hortman’s death and what comes next.

Demuth says this is ‘not a time for partisanship’ as the House processes loss of Hortman

The Minnesota House of Representatives is reeling from the loss of Rep. Melissa Hortman. Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth spoke with MPR News senior politics reporter Clay Masters about how she and th...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · Jun 17

Sophie and Colin Hortman, the children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, issued a statement, asking people to do an act of kindness to honor their parents’ memory. “Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear.”
minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/17/c...

Children of Melissa and Mark Hortman release statement on their deaths • Minnesota Reformer

Sophie and Colin Hortman, the children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, issued a statement Monday calling on people to honor their parents’ legacy by doing “something, whether big or sma...

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