This is historic! First ever agreement on solo self-employed people’s rates in the Finland. The European Commission’s guidelines from last September on the application of competition law to collective agreements made this possible. kieliasiantuntijat.fi/historic-av-tr…

What is a word you are brave enough to admit that you mispronounced for way too long? Ours may or may not be 'epitome.' Phew, that feels good to finally say out loud...

#ChatGPT and human intelligence: #NoamChomsky responds to critics countercurrents.org/2023/05/chatgp… #LanguageLearning #EnglishLanguage

Calling all budding poets! The 2023 Stephen Spender Trust Prize for #poetry in translation is open for entries! #Translate ANY poem from ANY language into English - win publication & cash prizes! Deadline 14 July. #SSTPoetryPrize2023 #UkrainianSpotlight Link: stephen-spender.org/stephen-spende…

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2023 is ‘Time Shelter’ written by Georgi Gospodinov and translated by @rodel_angela - congratulations!

The European School of Literary Translation will be held online this year between 5 - 8 September 2023, on the theme of “Teaching #Translation as an #Ethical Practice”. #ESLT #xl8 Application deadline extended to 31 May! Find out more & apply : traduzione-editoria.fusp.it/summer-school-…

OED #WordoftheDay: milver, n. A person with whom one shares a strong interest in a particular topic, esp. that of words and wordplay. View the full entry, here: oed.com/view/Entry/245…

Getting very close to the EASE conference now - less than a week to go! Final preparations are underway, but otherwise all set with a packed schedule of presentations, discussions, group workshop session, and after-conference socialising! bit.ly/easeconf23

“Then I heard a cry such as I have never heard a sane human being make. It was as though you could distill all despair and make it into a sound.” A short story by Ernest Hemingway. nyer.cm/4pBZP84

Congratulations @TiinaKin Language Expert of the Year 2022 by Kieliasiantuntijat ry #language #professional

In #Norwich this July? Join us for two fantastic in-person #xl8 Seminars at UEA: 🗓️ 'The Reluctant Editor: Translating Unstable Originals' with Jessica Cohen — 25 July 📚 BCLT Summer School Publishers Panel — 27 July Free - Register now: eventbrite.co.uk/cc/bclt-summer…

Here’s What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyr… That lawyer should have asked a translator about the 'imaginations" of neutral networks!

AI won't destroy us in an apocalypse, it will destroy us bit by bit, starting with our credibility ... machine makes error, human takes liability. Beware, indeed!

📢 METM23 registration is open 📢 And places are filling up fast! Join us in Italy for a great line-up of workshops, conference sessions, social events and networking. Discounted rate for sister associations. 👉 metmeetings.org/en/registratio… See you there? #METM23 #conference

Audiovisual translation is a skill requiring the equivalent of 5 years of study. The average income for this level of competence is typically the salary of a middle manager, hence at least 1-2 times the median wage of their country.

We have an updated AP Stylebook Online Topical Guide with guidance on covering transgender news. We offer our latest Topical Guide free to all users. Stylebook Online subscribers get access to the archive of past guides. apne.ws/pEeMl57

Last few #METM23 tickets left... Check out the programme metmeetings.org/en/programme:1… and then register here: metmeetings.org/en/registratio…

We have a date for NEaT's annual #picnic August 19 — see you by the Sibelius monument in #Helsinki

Happy #ITD! #InternationalTranslationDay2023