Sarah - WordNerds

// WordNerd // German - English translator and interpreter in Berlin //

[Margarete Stokowski @marga_owski]

Warum darf Soja-/Hafer-/Reismilch nicht Milch heißen aber Scheuermilch darf so tun als käms ausm Euter oder was

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

@FBaillie I like my colleagues just fine, but I like my husband better 😂

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

After becoming an in-house translator over a year ago, I've missed working from home! How soon until I regret saying that?!

[Shit Duolingo Says @shitduosays]

everyone: hurry, grab all the toilet paper and purell you can

duolingo: wouldn't it be nice to express your covid-19 fears in german AND dutch

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

Loved watching okja last night - animal rights and interpreter ethics in one film 😍 #translationsaresacred #okja

[Lucy Worsley @Lucy_Worsley]

I am unutterably delighted to learn that when a Portuguese person wants to express the thought ‘a bad workman blames his tools,’ she says instead that ‘A BAD DANCER BLAMES HIS TROUSERS.’

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

@VKDimBDUE I wonder why 😉

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

It's me! #didthatreallyhappen

[John O’Shea_Jurtrans Ltd @Jurtrans_Ltd]

#BDÜKonf19 Sarah Fisher on the rise of technology use by interpreters and exploring whether interpreters have concerns about tech

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

@Dolm_in_NRW Thank you!!! 😍

[Christopher Klix @theklixman]

Quote of the talk: „Let’s be a little bit more like Beyoncé.“ #BDÜKonf19
#xl8, #1nt

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

Keynote on Day 2 @BDUeKonf19 I'll be speaking here at 12 ... no pressure ...

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

Nobody knows ...

[Shit Duolingo Says @shitduosays]

🤔🧐😬

[Sofia Anysiadou @SofiaAnysiadou]

Will advanced technology revolutionise the interpreting industry? Do new technologies threaten the future of interpreters? Hosted by @kirstyinterpret and Nathaniel Elcock from @UCLan @UCLanLGS @ITIUK #LanguageShow @LanguageShow

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

@LRBbookshop Please tell me this is a true story!

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

This comment thread is golden

[London Review Bookshop @LRBbookshop]

"dog" is to "hound" as "cat" is to...... what???? (customer query)

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

But I'm also the kind of person who will get ready to leave and say "Let's make like a rock..."

"... and roll."

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

This weekend I mostly read The Tattooist of Auschwitz in one sitting. What about the rest of you?
#bookworm

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

@adrechsel Well it made me laugh...

[Sarah - WordNerds @SarahWordNerd]

@ademfer @wortmachtklang @Aufbau_Verlag Eigentlich mein Lieblingsbuch auf deutsch <3