Duolingo published this useful article about #Ukrainian and #Russian languages - the similarities and the differences. Thank you for supporting vital communication efforts in this difficult time for many.

How did I not know about the International Booker prize for fiction in translation? Fantastic shout out for the literary translators of the world who should share fully in the glory of their work, which has to be at least as good as the original. theguardian.com/books/2022/mar…

Translators and interpreters are heroes. The hope and the horror: my week as an interpreter on Ukraine’s border theguardian.com/global-develop…

Are scientific breakthroughs being lost in translation? Just one more reason why translators matter. theguardian.com/environment/20…

“Not word for word but sense for sense” — St Jerome describing #translating the Bible from Greek into Latin. As true today as it was in the 4th century.

I like this quote from Cicero about avoiding word-for-word translations: “I did not think I ought to count [the words] out to the reader like coins, but to pay them by weight, as it were.”

Translators deserve more credit for making books shine in another language. Let’s keep up the pressure for the recognition they deserve. #TranslatorsOnTheCover The New York Times (No paywall) nytimes.com/2022/05/29/opi…

EU border agency accused of exploiting interpreters ‘paid under €2.50 an hour’ This is shocking. Can we do something about this? theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

I just find it so interesting that people will fight for their language as the key to their identity. theguardian.com/world/2022/sep…

Translating Hamilton into German? Another example of translators rocking a really hard job. nytimes.com/2022/09/14/the…

Also great to see translators on the front page of the New York Times! The New York Times #Hamilton #translators

Forever in awe of Ukrainian librarians. Via Lori Thicke theguardian.com/books/2022/dec…

You can hear Mayan rap on the #WakandaForever soundtrack but indigenous language speakers are discriminated against in Mexico #LanguageMatters Translators without Borders (TWB) theguardian.com/world/2023/jan…

Dreams do come true! What happened after I sold my company linkedin.com/pulse/six-less… via LinkedIn

Two of the Best Translators in the Business Are Married (to Each Other) and Up For the Same Literary Award lithub.com/two-of-the-bes… via Literary Hub

Meet the people fighting for the survival of the Breton language f24.my/9F8p.T via FRANCE 24

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'Translators don’t play second fiddle to authors, it’s more like a duet.’ Read interviews with Georgi Gospodinov snd @rodel_angela, author and translator of 'Time Shelter', longlisted for the #InternationalBooker2023. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

Looking at the world with Mohawk language eyes to keep a dying language alive (Free access from The New York Times . nytimes.com/2023/04/22/wor…

Great news for those of us who speak a second language every day. nytimes.com/2024/01/16/wel… Translators without Borders (TWB)