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*major grammar klaxon* The Economist is changing its style guide on “data” allowing BOTH plural and singular 😵 economist.com/culture/2022/0…

I’m quite late reading this 1940 novel by Dino Buzzati, “The Tartar Steppe” (a mistranslation IMHO, “desert” would have been better). The ultimate metaphor of a life spent swaddled in familiar routines, waiting for something that might never come. A kick up the 🍑

Let’s not fool ourselves: sustainability in the case of #milanocortina2026 seems to be just a buzzword 😢 ildolomiti.it/montagna/2022/…

I love this language-driven interactive analysis of music tastes across the 🌍 economist.com/interactive/gr…

Puffins around the British Isles – in pictures theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

What does it really mean to translate? On International Translation Day, we explore what this practice really entails. Check it out —> on.unesco.org/3LPo9FX #TranslationDay

The Financial Times's 404 page still sets the benchmark😂

RIP Bruno Latour. I feel very lucky to have met him earlier this year. This is a great thread to know more about him and his work.

"The fact that we’re interested in translated literature shouldn’t be remarkable, but in this publishing landscape, it is" 👏👏👏 Fitzcarraldo Editions theguardian.com/books/2022/oct…

So happy to launch our latest project today – Well-Being Cities is a collaboration with C40 Cities using sound to explore what sustainability and well-being mean for our cities. It launches at the #C40Summit in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷, and you can explore it here:

It's not just the pandemic or the energy crisis 🤫 ft.com/video/91b8a350…

This is spot on. I've made this kind of comparisons myself but this goes beyond the stereotype. I eagerly await my subscriber-only 'Cover story' email to see how The Economist and Zanny Minton Beddoes justify this. #Britaly

Remember this (v old) article when someone tells you that machines will make translators redundant. #translation newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

“If somebody says, you changed my life […] I thank them and try to remind them that I’m just a stepping stone to themselves.” ❤️ Patti Smith theguardian.com/music/2022/nov…

Another excellent Translation Day OCCT 🙌 Great to hear from some of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize shortlist. I also really enjoyed starting the day with @JennyTranslates’s insightful workshop on translating gender.

Proud that one of my first projects as a freelancer - this beautiful BBC Ideas💡 film about periods 🩸- has just won a #Webby Award! Great to work with the team at BBC Ideas and OxfordSocialSciences Angel Sharp Media Dr Gabriella Kountourides bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/f…

Similar timeline, similar feelings.

Thank you Merci Gracias شكرا 谢谢 Cпасибо On Monday’s International #TranslationDay, we thank all language professionals whose work helps bring people & nations together. un.org/en/observances…