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#translator (german/english #translation), focus on #music #culture #arts #gameofgo. into #koreancinema and #koreanliterature, learning #korean. background in #linguistics. in #berlin. #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋 #electronicmusic #soundart #fieldrecording #djing

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Established translators to newbies everywhere, for years: never👏translate 👏 a 👏 full 👏 manuscript 👏 without 👏 a 👏 contract Publisher, this morning: guess what guys! We've established a new prize! for full-length unpublished translation manuscripts! 😑
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
sep 2026
"berlin berlin / du muffiger hobbykeller" (berlin berlin / you musty basement hobby room)
handpainted billboard posters in berlin kreuzberg
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I eat too much and I miss my desk, 2026 rewind
Rothaus eveningRothaus morning
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
einatmen ausatmen
end of #WITmonth with "the end of august" by yu miri, translated by morgan giles, on a local train seat in freiburg
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... from the abstract: "Couples consistently demonstrated greater similarity in music preferences than pseudo-couples, and these effects exceeded those observed for values and personality traits."
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
how do we tell him
cmd + left or right arrow
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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 07/08/2026
ICYMI: Award-winning novelist Yu Miri, a Zainichi Korean born and raised in Japan, met a wave of online abuse after criticizing anti-foreigner politics. Critics said her heritage disqualified her from speaking up, reigniting a debate over who counts as Japanese.
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Award-Winning Author Yu Miri Harassed Online After Criticizing Japanese Government
Yu Miri is one of Japan's most celebrated authors. Yet some feel that, due to her background, she has no right to criticize the country.
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
아침 나들이
white fire wall with greenSayaka Chatani with KumHee Cho: A Nation Within. North Korean Zainichi in Postimperial Japan, with banana bread and capucchinowhite fire wall with blue
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
my favourite!
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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 28/07/2026
I love translating, but "being a translator" is awful
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Library Bear 📚 @adklibrarybear.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Hell yes we are. My people 🙏🫡🥰📚 techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/l...
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Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Terrific essay — a must if you’ve read any philosophy translated from German, and even more so if you’ve translated, or think you might soon translate, philosophy from any language at all — thinking about how different languages treat language differently wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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Translating Philosophy: The Case of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus - Words Without Borders
Damion Searls considers his new translation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus and argues for a literary approach to translating rigorous philosophical texts.
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Very interesting article that may be relevant to some AI discussions these days. I am somewhat surprised that despite all the AI advances since Alphago people are able to compete with AI in go, albeit with a handicap. Interesting! www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/pe...
koreatimes.co.kr
Humans strike back: Shin Jin-seo defeats top Go AI KataGo 2-1 - The Korea Times
World No. 1 Go player Shin Jin-seo defeated KataGo, the world's strongest Go artificial intelligence (AI), in a historic exhibition match Tuesday,...
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Kabeldebakel
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“It’s two or three times harder than pure translation work, and they have the barefaced cheek to pay you half as much.” - fascinating on how AI has changed translators' work @sarahoconnorft.ft.com and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com:
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How AI has de-skilled translation
A specialist knowledge-work job has become fragmented and routine
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nozomihoribe.bsky.social @nozomihoribe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Hey! I’ll be exhibiting my taz comics at the FEZ from May 31 to July 31 – along with some really badass artists. Made possible by Cuong from Cuongs Creative Market❤️
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A student who sets out to write a research paper will now encounter chatbots who will offer to do their work in their word document, in their learning management system, in their email, in their web browser, and in certain library database interfaces.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Google DeepMind employees in London have voted to unionize, in a bid to prevent the lab from providing its tech to American and Israeli militaries:
wired.com
Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
UK staff of Google's AI research lab hope to block the use of the company's artificial intelligence models in military settings.
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
stories from pyeongyang while waiting for my baduk buddy
"patterns of the heart" by choe myeongik, translated by janet poole, columbia university press 2024. sambe bookmark by p_p_hobbies.
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
ari @ zk/u
night-time portrait of ari, berlin’s statue of peace, at the zentrum für kunst und urbanistik
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
one my hobbies as a child was learning foreign languages. i was fascinated by language sounds and writing systems. one day my aunt suggested i study linguistics at university. i didn't really know what that was, but i enrolled. the intro course focused on phonetics and phonology...
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
ten years ago today, lee sedol scored his only victory against alphago #otd #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋 this article sheds light on alphago's transformative impact on the world of go – including a potentially surprising one: the rise of stronger female players www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/27/1...
technologyreview.com
AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think
Ten years after a milestone victory, AI now dominates Go training. Players are figuring out what that means for the game.
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
pleased to announce the berlin baduk cup 2026! 6–7 june 2026 at the korean culture center berlin. grand prize: participation in the 2026 korean prime minister cup in korea. details and registration: turniere.govb.de/bbc/ #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋
korean culture center berlin, front entrance
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
ten years ago today, lee sedol lost his first game against alphago #otd #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋
photo of the live stream of the first google deepmind challenge match between alphago and lee sedol, projected onto a living room wall, including the board situation after move 26 and a shot of lee sedol contemplating how to handle the emerging first battle
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
yim soonrye retrospective in berlin 11–13 feb 2026, 10 am each #koreanfilm capitol cinema in berlin dahlem is showing a mini-retrospective of three works by korean filmmaker yim soonrye: her groundbreaking but hard-to-find debut feature “three friends” (1996), her celebrated follow-up 1/3
three film posters: “three friends”, “waikiki brothers”, “little forest”.
each of them showing a group of people: first the three friends sitting in front of an empty skiy seen from behind, then the four band members walking down an alley, again seen from behind but one of them turning to face the viewer, and lastly a group of three friends sitting and facing the viewer.
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
as his 2022 election competitor Yoon received a death penalty recommendation in court, Lee Jae-myung was playing the drums with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi, a heavy metal enthusiast, in their summit in Nara
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
EXTREME WARNING OF MODERATE COLD
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
album of the year (2nd place) "just like any other day (어느날)" by okkyung lee on shelter press
vinyl album leaning against snow-covered balcony railing
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
play the move you want to play. this is my favourite motto as a go player, coined by takemiya masaki, one of the most inspiring players in modern go history. it’s his 75th birthday today. お誕生日おめでとう! #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋
Takemiya Masaki: Cosmic Go, translated by Malcolm Schonfield, on top of a go board, pencil next to it. parts of go bowls and a cup also visible.
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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Things are Terrible, but this isn't. Be weird.
A social media post recounts a story about helping an older lady with limited English, reflecting on how having pink hair signaled trustworthiness and individuality.
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
new article by claudiu papasteri on the import of hajin lee’s "outside the board: diary of a professional go player" in the unique perspective and insight it offers. also available in german translation from brett und stein verlag. #gogame #gameofgo #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋 gomagic.org/outside-the-...
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Learning from Pro autobiographies #3: Outside the Board: Diary of a Professional Go Player by Lee Hajin (a.k.a. Haylee)
A review of Hajin Lee’s Outside the Board—an honest diary of a Korean pro. Mindset vs. results, a playful daily-study “Baduk formula,” balancing life and Go, and how to avoid wishful thinking.
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
prof. chihyung nam (dept. of go studies, myongji univ., south korea) will give a lecture on the origin of the game of go, on tuesday, 9 december, 11–12 am cet. details and zoom link at the event page: www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/origin... #gogame #gameofgo #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋
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The Origin of the Game of Go | MPIWG
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science comprises scholars across all Departments and Research Groups, as well as an Administration team, IT Support, Library, Digital Humanities, and Research Communication and Management team.
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Heavy Chase (huch, wo ist mein Job Era) @spectre7.org · 26/11/2025
Ein Comic, auf dem ein Mann mit einem Kochtopf in der Haustür steht. Ein anderer geht vorbei. Der mit dem Topf sagt 'Das gibts heute bei uns zu essen. Krass, oder?' - Darunter steht 'Vor Social Media'
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espiekermann @espiekermann.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/bz...
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Werft Springer aus dem Fenster!
[Deutsch] Liebe BVG,  wir haben genug! Jeden Tag werden wir in euren U-Bahnen beschimpft, beleidigt und herabgewürdigt. Als „Faulenzer“, wenn wir unseren Job verloren haben oder als „illegale Mig...
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
another book gift, from my chinese go friend: a pirated copy of chihyung nam’s groundbreaking go dictionary, a survey of english, japanese, chinese and korean go terminology with illuminating and helpful definitions. with the original edition, which i bought extra #gogame #gameofgo #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋
contemporary go terms: definitions & translations. by chihyung nam. oromedia, 2004
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
한국을 여행한 친구가 준 선물 – 내가 가장 좋아하는 한국 책. 책을 읽는 건 아직도 너무 어렵지만, 열심히 공부할게요!
百의 그림자, 황정은. 2010, 2판 2022. 창비.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
did you know we’re having a monthly go game lounge at the japanese-german center berlin? whenever it’s their open monday, we’re there to introduce you to the game! first monday of the month, since 2022. that's today! drop by! #gogame #gameofgo #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋 jdzb.de/de/veranstal...
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#OPENMONDAY@JDZB
Am 3. November wird in Japan der „Tag der Kultur“ begangen. Im Herbst werden die Tage immer kürzer, und es steigt die Lust, Kunst, Literatur und Filme zu genießen. Daher zeigen wir bei diesem #OpenMon...
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boomkat.com @boomkat.com · 09/10/2025
this all day www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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Tommmr @trohde.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Want to waste an hour with a #font? I think I’ve shared this before, but it is good enough to share a second time, even if you’re not a #typophile like me. aresluna.org/the-hardest-... #typography
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The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/09/2025
We have it as a contract point that translations of my work have to be performed by actual humans, I think actual human readers deserve to have actual humans translating and making the works as excellent as they can be regardless of language
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
a day, without trouble by hwang jungeun, tr. janet hong klwave.or.kr/klw/magazine...
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 05/09/2025
They want to turn us all into collaborators, and they want to keep us from opting out.
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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 21/08/2025
I used to believe, as a longtime legal translator, that no one would be foolish enough to machine translate a contract. I have been proven wrong recently. I never should’ve underestimated how foolish people can be.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I'm preparing to publish the next installment of AI Killed My Job. This time, the focus will be on translators. If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me
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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Au fait, en parcourant quelques disques de ma collection, j'ai enfin retrouvé le morceau qui sample la bande originale de 기픈 밤 갑자기 – il s'agissait bien d'un morceau Frenchcore : il figure sur la compilation Gangstar Toons Industry 002 !
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