I guess one of my last tweets will be a desperate reaching out to my twitter friends for some help towards the costs of our cat’s surgery. More on this link https://t.co/yZ4vU2DPhG
The Israel lobby claims UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs is an antisemite. Someone who knows about antisemitism, the Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos, begs to differ. Here he is with Francesca after her recent speech at SOAS university, London
#IsraelLobby#GazaGenocide
@AntonHur I am on ProZ, I get daily emails from several companies asking me to provide MTPE, donate my voice to AI, translate for AI training, etc. so many.
Academics will organise a workshop hosted in the global north, attended by the global north, and citing the global north, and call it "connecting with the global south"
@vanessahauf Uma amiga minha tem uma irmã que é enfermeira. Disse que uma vez os Windsor visitaram o hospital pra um evento e todos os enfermeiros comentaram depois que ela tinha todos os sinais (fisicos) de um distúrbio alimentar sério, pensei que pudesse ser algo relacionado.
Upon signing a book contract today, this poem speaks to me in so many ways. Mutti Gisela, pretending she isn’t dead, is very proud of lil nobody Lucia. ❤️
I haven't tweeted much in 2023... the exodus (more talked about than actually acted upon) kinda killed my mood. I am still here though. 2023 was a year full of disease and stress, here's to a better 2024!
@vanessahauf Se precisar fazer, a cirurgia é bem de boa e a vida volta ao normal depois :) enquanto não fizer, o segredo pra evitar crises é comer uma dieta super restrita de baixíssima gordura, é o que tive que fazer enquanto esperava cirurgia.
If there is something I am not surprised about is random white privileged literary translators thinking their experience of the industry is the default and being dismissive of criticism. Nothing new here.
Here’s some self-righteous scolding for you, sweetie. Many translators believe that Charco Press has a bias against L2 translators, or translators translating into their second language (English). This is a classic White Publishing bias, by the way. You guys should do better?