Oh boy, Google. You really should be able to afford a German human translator...

Just sent this to a German client for info. Google Search Console is a useful tool, but it's not making a great impression in this help manual.

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Fedi #GNU #Linux community: Do any of you know how to get a Mandinka language keyboard option on Android, ideally to be used in Signal?

The site anythingtranslate.com is so far the only site I've found that can do English to Mandinka translation.

I want to help a friend in the Gambia set up his phone such that he can switch the keyboard from English to Mandinka (the symbols in Mandinka are not in the same alphabet).

Czech, please! GBIF.org adds support for another Slavic language!

Through the dedicated efforts of a single #volunteer - Jiří Podhorecký - Czech translations are now available throughout the GBIF website.

Read more and explore the Czech language across GBIF.org!https://gbif.link/czech-language

Interested in becoming a volunteer #translator? https://bit.ly/gbif-volunteer-form

#Translator J. #Kalmer in #EasternEurope + #England

#biography #books #literature
#BaJin #LuXun #MaoDun #XiaoQian
#London #Prague #WWII

Ein Übersetzer in Grenzgebieten: #JosephKalmer (1898-1959)
Kalmer, der ursprünglich Josef #Kalmus hieß, wuchs in einem Dorf an der polnisch-ukrainischen Grenze auf und ging in #Czernowitz nahe der ukrainisch-rumänischen Grenze zur Schule.

Vereinfacht gesagt: er lebte damals in Galizien und #Bukowina ...

https://www.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie/shan/nl-archiv/2022_NL110_8.html

wenn ich so etwas lese geht mir auch nach Jahren immer noch das Herz auf: 'Wenn sich die Software des Video-Grabbers verklemmt, kann das System zurückgesetzt werden, indem Sie einen Stift oder ein ähnliches Objekt in das kleine Loch auf der Rückseite des Geräts einführen...'
#Video #Digitizer #Translator

UK creatives: please take a few minutes to say "NO" to giving up copyright protection. You only have until 25th February to complete the UK government's AI consultation survey.

The good news: you won't have to complete all 52 questions! Only nine are essential, and I've found some templates you can use if you don't have time to think of your own responses.

Don't make life easy for those who couldn't care less about our work.

https://againstthebox.substack.com/p/time-to-have-your-say

Help! My eyes are bleeding:-( So you’re trying to save time by using machine translation (or AI, or both??) that’s fine. But please, don’t skip post editing. #translation #MTPE #language #French #English #translator #editor #proofreadingfail

#Introduction with a billion #hashtags...

I'm Alba, a #trans #nonbinay #bisexual #autistic #vegan #antifascist #activist from #Nijmegen, #NL. In addition to my #autism, I've also got #ADHD, #hyperlexia, related auditory processing and executive function issues, #aphantasia and #SDAM (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory). I'm an IT #tech at a large #international company, a volunteer for the #radical #intersectional #anticapitalist #political party #BIJ1 and a freelance #translator. I speak #Nederlands, #français, #English, #Deutsch and #Esperanto. I play #saxophone - I have a bari sax, a tenor sax and a soprano sax. I also have a #flute and a #ukelele but I don't play those nearly as well as the saxes. I love playing #TTRPG like #DnD5e and #PF2e, and I have two #cats, an orange slonk called Hobbes and a void chonk called Nita.

I used to hang out on mastodon.lol until early 2023 when that instance shut down. I then moved to todon.nl and recently decided to hop on to blahaj.zone ​​

@trunksapp My contribution to #GlobalSwitchDay? I've just finished the translation to Dutch of the magnificent #trunks for #Mastodon app . So glad to reach the 100% mark this Sunday evening!

Become a #translator as well! Check out https://crowdin.com/project/trunkssocial. The #Crowdin interface is user-friendly and offers translation suggestions to speed up the process. I spread the translation over multiple weeks. You could also look for a partner in crime .

Happy tooting!

Business speak in German seems to be 75% English these days. Or, well, "Denglisch".

https://www.kplx.art/meilenstein

Yesterday, I turned down a fairly lucrative job offer. No way will I write German prompts for AI tools!

Fun fact: the agency emphasised that people working on this job would NOT be allowed to use AI writing tools themselves. Wonder why! /s

Somewhat-delayed #introduction time! #HelloWorld #NewHere (ish)

I'm Jinx, a #songwriter before all else. I also sing, and try to play #guitar and #keyboard.

I'm a trained #translator and worked as a #translation editor for 10 years.

I'm a voracious reader of #books, I like #writing #fiction too, and I love #learning. (1/4)

Slice of life of a translator is a word randomly popping into your head and you decide to research its roots. Then ensues a 3-day voyage down a rabbit hole. #translator #translation #language #linguistics #research #history #WordsMatter

Last year I worked with a lovely neurodivergent client, Tahlee Rouillon, and her partner, Harley, on localizing their app to Brazilian Portuguese.

Restful is an app that helps you to relax effortlessly. There are both free and paid versions.

Check it out here: https://www.restfulapp.co/

One of the things I enjoyed the most about the project was to learn more about a CAT tool called POEditor.

I'd never translated .arb files before, and my offline CAT tool apparently doesn't recognize ARB as a valid translatable file, so I had to look for a different one, and there it was, and for free! POEditor does have a premium version, but I didn't have to purchase it because the project contained a moderate amount of words.

I'll soon add this project to my online portfolio. You can check out my latest entertainment projects here: https://renatafernandestranslation.com/entertainment/

When I got into the localization business, I'd never in a gazillion years would have thought I'd want to work with game loc.

I wasn't a gamer per se as a kid. I had a mini game, but that was it. I hated losing, and I didn't have fun with games because of all of that pressure to succeed.

But here we are! Beginner cozy gamer, fresh out of a fun, informative game loc course. Kinda addicted to The Sims 4.

One main takeaway from the course:

There's lots of kinds of games out there! Including educational games, which is often not a path most translators think of pursuing when they consider game loc.

Below is my certificate

Hi! Renata here. I'm a Brazilian English-Portuguese (and Portuguese-English) translator based in the Greater Rio de Janeiro area. I'm autistic, and my brand new goal in life is to work with more neurodivergent business owners. I specialize in audiovisual content and health & wellness, and I've been at it since 2017. This is my account to talk biz, sometimes in all seriousness, at times not. If you're a neurodivergent entrepreneur, I'd love to connect

“I don't know why I thought of my brother's voice,
miles and miles of it. And I turned
from the past because I had none.
Dear reader, whoever you are, remember,
among all, remember.”
—Michael Burkard

Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/poemperdiem/p/thursday-december-26

(The wonderful #poetry #newsletter of #poet and #translator #RobinMyers)

Hivemind,
Can someone help me with a #legal term, please?
German "Kompetenztitel". I can't for the life of me find a proper translation into English. Context: EU legislation.
Sample sentences: "Auf diesen Kompetenztitel gestützt kann die EU verbindliche Vorgaben zu ... aufstellen."
"Kein eigenständiger Kompetenztitel ist dagegen Artikel 13 ... ."
#translator #translationHelp #rechtsanwalt #verwaltungsrecht #lawyer
Feel free to tag someone who may know.
Ta!

Today, I learned that the English word "Hello" is quite new. It doesn't go back further than the 1800s.

Instead, people in the 16th century would say something like: "How, Peter?"

A bit like "Alright, Peter?" in informal speech these days.

Mind blown.

https://youtu.be/6j18ZdlBSBs?si=wX_sCWEueVpPxUBQ