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Adara Astin<p>TIL</p><p>The phrase "en bananbattur" in Tamil means "my brother-in-law"</p><p>but "en banan båttur" in Norwegian means "banana boat ride".</p><p><a href="https://supervolcano.angryshark.eu/tags/Tamil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tamil</span></a> <a href="https://supervolcano.angryshark.eu/tags/Inlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inlaws</span></a> <a href="https://supervolcano.angryshark.eu/tags/Translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Translation</span></a> <a href="https://supervolcano.angryshark.eu/tags/Norwegian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norwegian</span></a> <a href="https://supervolcano.angryshark.eu/tags/BananaBoats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BananaBoats</span></a></p>
Nicole Hennig<p>AirPods Reportedly Getting Live Translation Gesture — Curb Cuts <a href="https://www.curbcuts.co/blog/2025-8-12-airpods-reportedly-getting-live-translation-gesture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.curbcuts.co/blog/2025-8-12-airpods-reportedly-getting-live-translation-gesture</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AI" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23translation" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23accessibility" target="_blank">#accessibility</a></p>
Nicole Hennig<p>AirPods Reportedly Getting Live Translation Gesture — Curb Cuts <a href="https://www.curbcuts.co/blog/2025-8-12-airpods-reportedly-getting-live-translation-gesture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">curbcuts.co/blog/2025-8-12-air</span><span class="invisible">pods-reportedly-getting-live-translation-gesture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Fictionable<p>The heat is stifling as Min and Hazel head to the park. But it’s not just tennis at stake in Proper Magic by Ali McClary:</p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/proper-magic-ali-mcclary" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/stories/prop</span><span class="invisible">er-magic-ali-mcclary</span></a></p><p>Image: Spencer Davis</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Saarland Informatics Campus<p>📥 Last month, DFKI’s Prof. Josef van Genabith &amp; Simon Ostermann spoke to t-online on how Gmail's auto translate could've altered words on their newsletter and disrupted the reporting of recent events: sic.link/tonline</p><p>In the age of misinformation, we thank them for speaking out about the issue! 🙏</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dfki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dfki</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saarlanduniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saarlanduniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saarlandinformaticscampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saarlandinformaticscampus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/responsibleai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>responsibleai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languagemodels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagemodels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nlp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nlp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/machinelearningnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearningnews</span></a></p>
David Llewellyn-Jones<p>Apologies to all harbour-newpipe translators,</p><p>I seem to have messed up the Weblate repository.</p><p>This is a bit new for me, but I'm learning and working on fixing it. Hopefully today!</p><p><a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/harbour-newpipe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hosted.weblate.org/projects/ha</span><span class="invisible">rbour-newpipe/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewPipe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SailfishOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SailfishOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weblate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weblate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a></p>
Fictionable<p>Who watches the watchers? Pete Segall captures some unsettling footage in Bolex Man:</p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/bolex-man-pete-segall" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/stories/bole</span><span class="invisible">x-man-pete-segall</span></a></p><p>Image: Alexander Andrews</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Fictionable<p>A stranger comes to town, but there’s more than just the dish of the day on the menu in Sheyla Smanioto's short story Intruder, translated from Portuguese by Laura Garmeson and Sophie Lewis:</p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/intruder-sheyla-smanioto-translated-by-laura-garmeson-and-sophie-lewis" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/stories/intr</span><span class="invisible">uder-sheyla-smanioto-translated-by-laura-garmeson-and-sophie-lewis</span></a></p><p>Image: Mínimo</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Fictionable<p>Tab and Martin have gone upstate to walk in the woods. AL Kennedy examines the terrain in her short story Expedition Skills:</p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/expedition-skills-a-l-kennedy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/stories/expe</span><span class="invisible">dition-skills-a-l-kennedy</span></a></p><p>Image: Patrick Mueller</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>I played Baroque for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SegaSaturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SegaSaturn</span></a> for the first time and it it the most unsettling nightmare fuel imaginable. Everything about it is anxiety inducing, the sounds, the colors, the characters, the control scheme. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BoomerShooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoomerShooters</span></a> where you can't look up or down always make me feel claustrophobic, but this one is *trying* to give you a panic attack.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videoGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/survivalHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>survivalHorror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sega</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saturn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japanese</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>The Dust of Her Bones: An Interview with Inés Bellina, Alejandra C. Quintana Arocho, and Anne Freeland on Gabriela Mistral’s Queerness</p><p>by Alton Melvar M Dapanas</p><p><a href="https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025</span><span class="invisible">/08/07/the-dust-of-her-bones-an-interview-with-ines-bellina-alejandra-c-quintana-arocho-and-anne-freeland-on-gabriela-mistrals-queerness/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K24P5V404FDAM95TV63BRB8F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a></p>
Fictionable<p>On the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fictionable</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> we get to know how female friendship powers Ali McClary’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ali-mcclary-proper-magic-friendship-short-story" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/podcasts/ali</span><span class="invisible">-mcclary-proper-magic-friendship-short-story</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Fictionable<p>Who’s the man behind the camera? Pete Segall steps into the frame on the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fictionable</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/pete-segall-frame-picture-story-bolex-man" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/podcasts/pet</span><span class="invisible">e-segall-frame-picture-story-bolex-man</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Ben Hardill<p>OK, LibreTranslate just made a mistake that could have been dangerous</p><p>Given: <br>من فارسی صحبت میکنم تو میتونی؟<br>It replied with:<br>The Persian association would be al-Qaeda</p><p>Google translate replied with:<br>I speak Persian, can you?</p><p>In context the second is obviously correct....</p><p><a href="https://bluetoot.hardill.me.uk/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a></p>
Fictionable<p>On the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fictionable</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> AL Kennedy argues that the empathy powering fiction puts politics at its heart:</p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/a-l-kennedy-fiction-politics-expedition-skills" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/podcasts/a-l</span><span class="invisible">-kennedy-fiction-politics-expedition-skills</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Fictionable<p>Is there really such a thing as summer reading? Diana Evans investigates:</p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/diana-evans-summer-reading-weather-books" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/blogs/diana-</span><span class="invisible">evans-summer-reading-weather-books</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2301277/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2301277/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Report Finds Language Access Gap Leaves Immigrants Behind <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ESL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESL</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LanguageAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageAccess</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LanguageServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageServices</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a></p>
athmane mokraoui [BoF] ⏚ꝃ⌁⁂<p>Mail from Odoo moving to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@weblate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>weblate</span></a></span></p><p>Link : <a href="https://translate.odoo.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">translate.odoo.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/l10n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>l10n</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/i18n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i18n</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>localization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/weblate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weblate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/Odoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odoo</span></a></p>
Shantell Powell<p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/africantranslationproject" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/africantranslationpr</span><span class="invisible">oject</span></a></p><p>Help fund translations from non-colonial African languages into English. </p><p>Book 1: Bengithi Lizokuna (I thought it was going to rain) by Nakanjani G. Sibiya, translated from isiZulu by Sifiso Mzobe </p><p>Book 2: Zvinobvinza (The Crocodile Doesn't Hunt) by Pauline Chirata-Mukondiwa, translated from Shona by Zukiswa Wanner </p><p>Book 3: From Kiswahili, announced if we reach $5000 by the end of August, with translation starting if we reach $7500 by the end of August </p><p>Why? <br>- In all times and especially these times, authentic global storytelling is essential. <br>- There is stark near-absence of modern fiction translated from non-colonial African languages. <br>- New communities will be able to read these stories, written from perspectives they have not before seen, and that are not created by requiring stories to be told in English. <br>- Our languages are as essential to our being and our culture as are our stories. <br>- Support to translation work raises awareness and support to so many global, human, art forms. <br>- We are our stories. Translations help us connect.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/AfricanBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanBooks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteratureInTranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteratureInTranslation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a></p>
Rowan Brad Quni<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> as interlingual <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a>, a crosswalk between anything you know and want to know: <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a>, and someday much of all <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> (think <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/sensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sensor</span></a> data + <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/vibes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vibes</span></a>)</p>