@alexzucker.bsky.social
@alexzucker.bsky.social
@racheltranslates.bsky.socialIs there a name in English for this kind of puppet: veli-handpuppen.com/collections/...? Or do I turn it into a jack in the box? #amtranslating
@tristiger.bsky.social
@isabeltranslates.bsky.socialLanguage pals: I need a word/ short phrase that combines sneakiness, shamelessness & stealing. Context: a teenage girl from a poor family who uses shop samples to do her makeup, and so often that the sales assistants know her – so it also needs to be feminine-skewed. TIA!
#AmTranslating #xl8
@isabeltranslates.bsky.social@isabeltranslates.bsky.socialThe final round of edits!
I am *so* excited about this book – it is one of the most gorgeous books I have ever read, and it was a pleasure and a privilege to translate it!
@isabeltranslates.bsky.socialBack at my desk after a long weekend away and starting the final round of edits (barring any feedback from the author, which hasn't yet arrived) of my current book.
@prettytranslator.bsky.socialおはよう
rise and shine
@alexzucker.bsky.socialWe need more polarization. We should all start separating ourselves into sides based on how we clasp our hands. I'm phenotype R. How about you?
| #amTranslating, obviously |
@mollymay5000.bsky.socialIt's been a busy translation day that I spent mostly learning about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and then translating in-depth explanations about it.
I feel like I've learned a second undergraduate degree's worth of knowledge on this project and it's not quite done yet 😂
@isabeltranslates.bsky.social„Měly jsme štěstí.“
Translation: "We were lucky."
But... the Czech makes it clear that "we" here are all female. There's no way of rendering this in English. If I say "we women", that implies that at least one man was not lucky... and the text does not support this.
@isabeltranslates.bsky.socialListening to my current current book as (this time) the penultimate stage of editing. I've just had "Street John's Wort" in a list of plants!
@alexzucker.bsky.social
@isabeltranslates.bsky.socialDone. Yes, it was depressing, but I can at least cross it off my to-do list. Though there are so many other things on said list that it will barely make a difference...
@libripotens.bsky.socialjust switched "hamming it up" for "overegging it" #amtranslating
@isabeltranslates.bsky.socialDrink, anyone?
