emmabecciu

AKA Knotty Translations, the translator bitten by the wanderlust bug. She/her

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

Language dilEmma? I am the one for you, dial Emma! #SelfAdvertisement #Translator #Interpreter #Languages

[Salone Libro Torino @SalonedelLibro]

Aspettative/realtà 📚

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay with this beautiful and touching video by @CeatlNews

https://t.co/4aYsi3NF96

[Corriere della Sera @Corriere]

L’appello di 100 scienziati: «Non è solo maltempo». L’Onu: inizia l’ebollizione https://t.co/EDdSWw6QvS

[Iris C. Permuy (ella/she) @TraducArte]

Amigues, me hacen falta como mínimo 9 profesionales de la TAV más para que la muestra sea relevante 🙏

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“When an event demands you rise to the occasion, and you feel that you cannot… Well, actually, you can.”

Check out this recent @Guardian article about 2022 literature laureate Annie Ernaux, who talked with @aliceblackhurst about her career and activism: https://t.co/WsmzPYsWK0

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

Interesante artículo sobre el peligro de la domesticación en traducción literaria y el poder del traductor de presentar la cultura de partida de manera menos filtrada.

La imagen de la traducción literaria como mirilla para ver la cultura de partida me ha encantado

[Vasos Comunicantes @VVCCrevista]

Tana Oshima (@tanaoshima) reflexiona en el artículo de este viernes sobre el concepto de traducción poscolonial y el poder del traductor.
https://t.co/DPze3PmYf8

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Dorset ‘super reserve’ recreates ancient savannah habitat to boost biodiversity https://t.co/PJzhdiSpeR

[Samuel West 💙💛 @exitthelemming]

Can we please stop calling them “sewage spills”. Spills are accidents. These are deliberate acts of environmental vandalism. The cost of getting privatised utilities to clean them up will now be added to our bills.

The water industry paid £1.4bn to shareholders last year

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Moira Rose Vocabulary

pettifogging | noun | quibbling over trifles

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

In love with Dancing at Lughnasa @NationalTheatre 💚 what a treat! #TheatreNight #London

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

Interesting take on how Chat GPT can help us streamline some aspects of our job

5 Tedious Non-Translation Tasks ChatGPT Can Do Amazingly Well https://t.co/HxVBVoeeIt

[Tony Rosado @rpstranslations]

Traduction littéraire: enjeux et avenir https://t.co/ApU39BcILg

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

@tomcopy I immediately thought Australia

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

Words are important, and the choice of the verb "lending" is telling

'The museum told us it is "exploring the possibility of lending items" to Ghana.'

#WordsMatter #language

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Asante King asks British Museum to return gold to Ghana https://t.co/xsElxAYpZZ

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

Such an interesting etymology for the word #vitamin

From @NobelPrize IG account

https://t.co/FnfQuiia3M

[Make My Money Matter @MMMoneyMatter]

Our banks are in a hidden relationship with oil companies. Together, they’re fuelling climate change 🔥

Watch our powerful new film today and help them break up 💔

https://t.co/7HTG8A0wDw

[United Nations DGACM @UNDGACM_EN]

📢 @UNGeneva is hiring a Senior Editorial & Desktop Publishing Assistant (Spanish), G7

Requirements:
✅High school diploma or equivalent
✅Fluency in #Spanish (main language) + knowledge of English or French
✅10 years' experience

Apply by 14 Apr 2023 👉 https://t.co/unLLs3repi

[1News @1NewsNZ]

Waitangi Tribunal told of abuse against Māori deaf community https://t.co/GWPXCtkzny

[emmabecciu @emmabecciu]

"No language, including English, is inherently ‘good’ or ‘bad’ [...]. No language, including English, ‘does’ anything. It does not expand, it does not adapt, it does not evolve, it does not dominate. These are all shortcuts that obscure relationships between people and language."

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

"What would the decolonisation of English look like?"

From "bully" to "traveller," the English's dominance have been characterized in many ways. While some suggest appropriation as a mode of decolonisation, linguist Mario Saraceni has a more radical take:
https://t.co/FKzcYpFJTN

[★ MCMLXXVIII @SMNVNDK]

Het wordt tijd dat we een gelijkwaardige commercial in Nederland krijgen!

En ik weet dat we niet iedere vluchteling kunnen redden/herbergen, maar wij hebben als mens de morele verplichting om anderen te helpen wanneer die in nood verkeren.

Steun @VluchtelingWerk 🙏