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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 459: Pasteurova, built in 1981.

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 458: Jalodvorská, built in 1920.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For translating songs/poems, the best advice I can give is to make sure you use rhyme-words with lots of rhymes! This may mean thinking very creatively about the meaning... but the more rhyme-words at your disposal, the more successful your translation is likely to be. #literarytranslation #xl8 🌐

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY!! 🎉We're kicking off the celebration with another delicious taste of translator David McKay's reading from Daanje's glorious #Bronte inspired novel THE SONG OF STORK AND DROMEDARY, this time from Chapter 8. Enjoy--and get your copy today! #ITD2026 buff.ly/HPCylhq

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David McKay reads from Anjet Daanje's THE SONG OF STORK AND DROMEDARY - Chapter 8 (2026)

This is one in a series of readings from The Song of Stork and Dromedary by Anjet Daanje. Check out the whole series at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvwToi1IG7tIbyOABfbjnvA Inspired by the…

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

St. Jerome and his Cardinal’s hat - 15th century stained glass from St. Mary’s Church at Saxlingham Nethergate in Norfolk. 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #SaxlinghamNethergate #Norfolk

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David Scourfield @jhdscourfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30 September, Feast of St Jerome. Palazzo Reale, Palermo.

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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

St Jerome in his Study, c.1535-1545 attributed to Marinus van Reymerswale

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

St Jerome in Cologne Cathedral – labelled, fortunately, otherwise I might not have recognised him without his lion(an early CAT tool) and wyvern (the prototype of Dragon). Representations of Jerome never show him looking happy; that's what unreasonable client expectations will do to you! #xl8 🌐

Photo of a stained glass window, in Cologne Cathedral, depicting St Jerome (Hieronymus). He is wearing long, red robes, and is holding a green book, spine facing forward, under his left arm. His right hand is lying on his chest. He is bald, with a long beard, and has a halo. He is looking up, to the right, with an expression halfway between annoyance and resignation.

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Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I salute my translator friends everywhere, on this, the feast day of St. Jerome.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

St Jerome in his study 1474, by Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina 1430-1479. Doctor of Church, known for translation of Bible into Latin (Vulgate), St Jerome sits amidst books, birds & plants; his lion (right) & verdant views beyond. #InternationalTranslationDay National Gallery London

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Four Latin Doctors St Ambrose, St Gregory, St Jerome and St Augustine at Fosdyke, Lincolnshire. Probably by Clayton & Bell in the 1870s as at neighbouring Algakirk. The church was rebuilt at the expense of Basil Beridge, Lord of the Manor and Rector of Algakirk. Today's the feast of St Jerome.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"This? Oh, this is the _last_ client who mentioned ChatGPT in my presence." Happy Feast of St Jerome to all who translate.

St Jerome, by Lucas van Leyden (1521). A bearded chap pointing at a skull while wearing a very meaningful expression.

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Olivier Roth @olivierroth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Saint Jérôme, juste avant de se faire sauter dessus sournoisement par ChatGPT. Et bonne journée internationale de la traduction à tou·te·s !

Saint Jérôme, lisant allongé, avec un lion qui arrive sournoisement par derrière.

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this guy's obviously never met a translator, or a teacher, or a graphic designer, or an illustrator, or a musician, or an editor, or tried to just open a pdf, or use a search engine, or use any part of the internet without being drowned in a sea of meaningless shit

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Linguistic Discovery @linguisticdiscovery.com · 27/09/2026

In some languages, the vowels in prefixes or suffixes have to be similar to the vowels of the root or stem, a phenomenon called *vowel harmony* 🎶

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Glasgow Review of Books @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet the GRB Team: Flora Leask Arizpe @floraleask.bsky.social, Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social, Shane Strachan @shanestrachan.bsky.social, and Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social. glasgowreviewofbooks.com/about/

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 457: Trnková, named in the early 1950s.

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 456: Za dvorem, built in 1990.

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 455: V lískách, built before 1941.

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Language 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

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Glasgow Review of Books @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Keep an eye on our website and social media channels from the 1st October for updates. | Cumaibh sùil air ar làrach-lìn & na meadhanan sòisealta bho 1 an Dàmhair airson barrachd fiosrachaidh. | Keep an ee oot on oor website an social media chunnels fae the 1st o October fer updates.

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 28/09/2026

Greetings from the path from Prague to Stará Boleslav, where Czechs (and at least one Englishman) are gathering in honour of that "good king" from the carol. For the day that's in it, here's a new piece about why his name in English has an N, but not so in Czech. dannybate.com/2026/09/28/g...

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Good King Václav

Every September 28th, thanks to a brutal fratricide over a thousand years ago, the Czech Republic gives itself a day off. The victim of that crime was Wenceslaus, ruler of Bohemia from 921 to maybe…

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do I mean "flick", "shift" and "count"? No, PerfectIt, I do not! 🤣 #AmTranslating #AmEditing #xl8

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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 28/09/2026

Monday is scary here, take this teeny tiny owl

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I dreamed that I woke up and it was the weekend. Then I actually woke up, and it was Monday. Please send chocolate!

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D. Patrick Rodgers @dpatrickrodgers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Look at this absurdly well-behaved collie I met today. Looks like a book jacket author photo.

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Received the author's feedback. She is *very* happy & has made a few mostly minor suggestions. Plus she answered my questions (though I don't guarantee there won't be any more!) Now I just need to update the file with all changes, run electronic checks, & deliver. #LiteraryTranslation #xl8 🌐 💙📚 🇸🇰

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Meta's Creep Al Glasses" Cartoon: Aadvik Singh (India)

Mark Zuckerberg on a stage in front of an attentive audience presenting his "All new Meta AI glasses".

He says: "Do women also scream 'PERVERT!' anytime you stare at them? Don't let that stop you. Record them hassle-free & become an active predator today."

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 454: Šípková, built in 1972.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Using Al doesn't 'save time' ... it saves YOU time, and then everyone else has to waste THEIR time wading through endless slop, triple checking every claim, re-reading things six times because it barely makes plausible sense" keirangoddard / IG

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 453: K výzkumným ústavům, built in 1973. It translates as ‘To the Research Institutes’.

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Edits done; now I only need to update the word file. Literary translator pals: I'm curious. I feel that I was born to translate this book – how many of you feel the same about 1 of your books? Did you translate it? No need to tell me what it is if you'd rather not! #LiteraryTranslation #xl8 🌐 💙📚🇸🇰

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Sophia Jetta @werkoderko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My mum has two hedgehog feeding houses on the go and frequently the hogs gorge themselves then flop down at the bowl for a nap to stuff themselves some more after the nap. I like their dedication

A hedgehog lying on their side in a feeding station on an old newspaper. Next to them are some dried meal worms and a bowl with more meal worms

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 452: Tavolníková, built in 1990.

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The Third Wheel @thethirdwheel-mag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Submit to our second issue, The Forever Foreigner. Poetry, fiction and nonfiction in translation, and reflections on your translation process - translation diaries, drafts, correspondence with colleagues/editors or any work that explores the practice of translation and the person behind it.

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Ed Ley @edley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 451: V Štíhlách, built before 1948, maybe a long time before that.

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