Heather D. Davis

Writer. Translator. Fruit tart enthusiast. Jpn ➡️ Eng freelance subtitle 🎞️ and literary 📖 specialist. 文芸や映像翻訳やってます〜

[Heather D. Davis @H_D_Davis]

#逆ダボス会議
アイドル徴兵制度

[Heather D. Davis @H_D_Davis]

はるこん、行くぞゥゥ！

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

Embark on Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan’s journey, tracing its inception in 1963 to global recognition at Nippon 2007.

From feminist cyberpunk leadership to the establishment of awards and publications, discover the evolution of Japanese SF:https://t.co/gZgdmGWumP

[publishers brunch 🥂 @pubbrunch]

Sally Rooney on Gaza: https://t.co/zUO8jD61rP

[Congresswoman Cori Bush (Archived) @RepCori]

The majority of people in this country want a ceasefire.

Yet, the U.S. shamefully vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

This is a failure of global leadership and a rejection of the will of the people. We need a #CeasefireNow.

[Amal El-Mohtar @tithenai]

Good morning, here are the ten books I was most struck & moved by this year.

https://t.co/pOBo0eWnad

[Benjamin Pope @fringetracker]

A good day to contemplate the war crimes we could stop right now

[Heather D. Davis @H_D_Davis]

A perfect christmas present for the booklover in your life! 5 new books delivered throughout 2024

[Honford Star @honfordstar]

Our 2024 Bundle is available until tomorrow - the 31st of October! https://t.co/40bR6CwaqN

[Heather D. Davis @H_D_Davis]

I’m thrilled to be nourishing you all with some more playfully creepy, always unforgettable Kaori Fujino @fujinono fiction! Enjoy my translation of her short story “My Heart is Yours” out today from @Gulf_Coast
https://t.co/UcstBRK3kL

[Gulf Coast Journal @Gulf_Coast]

Online Exclusives Issue 36.1 is now LIVE!

It was a joy assembling this issue and we are so thrilled to be able to share this incredible and thought-provoking work with you.

Dive in here! ⬇️

https://t.co/DEVklE2RPW

(Art: Kaneem Smith)

[Alex Turrall @ImReadinHere]

"The oppressor makes his violence part of the functioning society. But the violence of the oppressed becomes disruptive... because it is disruptive it's easy to recognize, and therefore it becomes the target of all those who in fact do not want to change the society" - Kwame Ture

[Heather D. Davis @H_D_Davis]

So its pronoun 弊機 means both “bad/evil robot” and “this second-rate, humble company machine”🤯 NOW THAT’S TRANSLATION BABYYYY. Big props to translator Nakahara Naoya 5/5🧵

[Heather D. Davis @H_D_Davis]

So in Japanese there are many first-person pronouns (compared to the lonely english “I”), and these pronouns convey gender. I just found out that they created a neopronoun for #Murderbot in the Jpn translation! 「弊機」This is a STELLAR choice 1/🧵

[Heather D. Davis @H_D_Davis]

The second character used in Murderbot’s neopronoun is the character 機 meaning (among other things) “machine” or “device.” 4/🧵