Calling all translators and interpreters!
The UK government is trying to ditch human interpreters and translators for AI systems - the mistakes made by which could be critical, and literally life-altering. Please sign this petition.
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Portrait of "St Jerome in his Study" (1480) by Domenico Ghirlandaio, showing the saint with his head resting on his left knuckles, elbow on his desk. Overprinted with the text "Be a translator, they said. It'll be fun, the said."
It's International Translation Day, also known as the feast of St Jerome, patron saint of translators!
#internationaltranslationday #xl8 #translatorslife
Always invest in decent translation, folks.
Here, a 'provisional' (unchecked machine/automatic?) translation using the term 'medical insurance' instead of 'travel insurance' has escaped into the wild and caused all sorts of problems.
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What better place to work on translating a stage play into English than in the Drama Book Shop in New York? Soaking up the creative energy...
#TranslatorsLife #translation #theater #theatre
In the past, when I gave lectures based on a book, it was always one I had written and I knew the content inside out. But now, in the US, I'm the public face of a 600-page book written by someone else, which I translated into English.
#TranslatorsLife #translation #PublicSpeaking
This week's fun mix of translation-into-English projects: two TV scripts, a private client's academic record, and then back to the stage play I've been translating. 😎 #translation #TranslatorsLife
Abstract background with quote reading "All translating seems to me to be simply an attempt to accomplish an impossible task". Attributed to Wilhelm Von Humboldt.
A very happy Monday to all the translators and interpreters who will be accomplishing the impossible this week!
#ITICommunity #translatorslife #mondaymotivation
I just want to translate things so they sound nicely in Italian I don't want to care about office politics #translatorslife
The signed title page of Tiffany Reisz's The Angel with the inscription "To Gabriella my translator - you are an angel!"
It's from some years ago, but this is one way to make your translator quite happy
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One of the best moments of #AX2018 was probably when, in an elevator full of translators, someone said "hands up who has impostor syndrome?" and every single person put their hands up. #translatorslife
