Connie MT

Coffee connoisseur and language lover

[Connie MT @connathan]

@NBG_sarah Potentially the Kindle app? If you email the PDF to your kindle email address with “convert” in the subject line, it should convert it to kindle format. I don’t think I’ve tried with with a non English PDF though.

[Connie MT @connathan]

Lovely event this evening, was great to hear Laura Vogt and Caroline Waight talk about writing/translating What Concerns Us/Was Uns Betrifft

[Héloïse Press @HeloisePress]

Now in @WaterstonesRose

Laura Vogt, @A_B_Morgan & translator Caroline Waight joining from Estonia 🎉🍾

[Connie MT @connathan]

@jo_mccalmont I really enjoyed No Such Thing As An Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura (trans. Polly Barton) 😊

[Connie MT @connathan]

@rebeccashorrock @JoeWTranslation How about “a pittance”? Although don’t know if that’s too linked to being paid…

[Connie MT @connathan]

@hypnotic @Gemmilala I think I did an alright job! It was the right kind of shape at least 😂

[Connie MT @connathan]

There’s nothing quite like being yelled at by an imperious toddler to create out of Duplo something that exists solely in their imagination to force some creativity out of your brain… 😅

[Connie MT @connathan]

@Gemmilala Eventually managed to come up with an acceptable Duplo “combine harvester” 🤣

[Connie MT @connathan]

@groveregg @PeirenePress 👏🏻 congratulations Jo!

[Connie MT @connathan]

Worlds collide - my two year old has been getting me to read this (very detailed!) book about tractors and farm machines on repeat for the last week, and today I'm translating a patent about a manure spreader 😂

[Connie MT @connathan]

@hypnotic So the Emma Thompson storyline - Alan Rickman is cheating on her with a younger woman. The woman who is a carer for her brother misses out on a date with the guy she fancies. Those are the main two that spring to mind, it’s been a while since I’ve watched too!

[Connie MT @connathan]

@hypnotic I also just find a lot of the storylines miserable/depressing haha! Definitely Home Alone for me.

[Yvette Siegert 🦜 @TheChronotope]

‘In the process of establishing order, we risk losing the very thing for which we seek to create that order.’ – Asal Dardan @asallime @KatyDerbyshire #German #LiteraryNonfiction #bclt2021 #BCLT2021TranslationMetaphors

[Connie MT @connathan]

@charliewuehrer @asallime @KatyDerbyshire Yes! And good job on the presentation everyone! A satisfying end to an inspiring, rewarding week.

[Dr Tara Talwar Windsor @TTW1984]

Still struggling to find the words to describe this experience, tbh. Which is either fitting or ironic, since we've been working and playing with words all week! Humbling, invigorating, inspiring. Such a pleasure and a privilege all round! 💜#bclt2021

[Connie MT @connathan]

A productive and inspiring session in the German translation workshop this afternoon, where I seem to have become the resident comma expert 😅 #BCLT2021 #literarytranslation

[Connie MT @connathan]

@katefromberlin Ah okay, I’ve just had a corrected link for my meeting so might join once I’ve finished eating.

[Connie MT @connathan]

@charliewuehrer @groveregg @katefromberlin anyone else unable to get into their next Zoom meeting haha? Mine keeps telling me there’s a meeting already in progress…

[Connie MT @connathan]

@charliewuehrer Yeah fair enough! I think I’ll just give it a miss and eat my lunch 😋