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A website for finding freelance translators, placing a strong emphasis on matching the translator's fields of expertise with the subject matter of the work.

[Thomas Zurbuchen @Dr_ThomasZ]

Coolest @nasa mug ever! In American Sign Language. @RITtigers

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Anybody else find it helpful to turn subtitles on even when the subtitles are not your native language 🙋

[YouGov @YouGov]

Most young people now watch TV with the subtitles on

18-24yr olds: 61%
25-49yr olds: 31%
50-64yr olds: 13%
65+yr olds: 22%

https://t.co/5WFFhdcfDB

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Former NASA astronaut @astro_g_dogg appeared in Israel for #israelispaceweek and the translator added "cute" in reaction to his kid picture.
Necessary for context? Or did the translator interfere with the content 😜? 🤔

[Danna Linn Barnett @Golans_mom]

Translator to Hebrew also excited to see @astro_g_dogg at age 13
( Hebrew translation added (cute!) In Hebrew)

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@LangPol_JER @wccubbison For שור 😉

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

We live in a culture in which many of the most celebrated people occupying the highest perches believe that words are violence. In this, they have much in common with the Iranian Ayatollah who issued the first fatwa against Salman Rushdie: https://t.co/po7YSWvKLC

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Interesting article and interesting lesser known theory that spoken language evolved second, after sign language.

[CCHI Certification @CCHIcertify]

When was talking invented? 🤔 A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved https://t.co/ygJK9gQdLj

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Welcome Antoni!

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@AntoniTweets Do you mean that some of the meaning gets lost when using subtitles?

It's interesting that Europe prefers dubbing while in other places (eg: here in Israel) subtitling is the preferred & common form of localizing movies and television (except for children's programs).

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@AntoniTweets Subtitles are a great way to learn a language!

That and we think that more of the "feeling" in a movie comes through with subtitles rather than dubbing.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

A bunch of English words gained or lost a leading "n" due to a/an confusion.

e.g. "apron" was once "naperon"—but "a naperon" sounds like "an apron" so the n went away.

Others:
an oche > a notch
an ekename > a nickname
a noumpere > an umpire
a naranj > an orange
an ewt > a newt

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Can the same be said about machine translation 🤔

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@RedaMansour ☮️✌️

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Don't forget catty-corner.

Also, is the "at" illustration helping anyone 🤔

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For all the flak that machine translation gets from critics and even industry experts, some might forget that it is a pretty amazing tool with benefits.

Here is a portion of an interview with Mark Zuckerberg on the subject of machine translation:
https://t.co/C7r3xzaPb8

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Interesting use of punctuation

[Thoughts of Dog @dog_feelings]

my morning nap ran over. so i am a few minutes late. for my midday nap. this probably means. i will be a little late. for my early afternoon nap. and my post dinner snooze. this is why buffers are necessary. between events on your schedule

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Subject-matter experts vs ...

[TwistedDoodles @twisteddoodles]

Balanced news reporting

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On an etymological note, "Sellotape" is heard in some countries but not in others.

It appears Sellotape was the brand of choice for adhesive tape in the U.K. and its colonies/mandates, while "Scotch Tape" was dominant in the U.S.

https://t.co/wKdHKprgtN

[White House History @WhiteHouseHstry]

@librarycongress @JFKLibrary From 1978 until her death in 1994, Jaqueline Kennedy worked in NYC as an editor for Doubleday. At her funeral her son, John Jr., described three of her attributes: “love of words, the bonds of home and family, and her spirit of adventure.” 

Image: WHHA

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@AlinaCincan

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How old-timey

[Alina Cincan @AlinaCincan]

There's a first time for everything, I suppose. I have just received a handwritten CV, in a language I don't speak, by post.