Orator, Thinker, Networker, Tech & geopolitics commentator, 13th President of International Federation of Translators FIT (2014-17), Tanguero, Opera lover.
Joined February 2015
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Was it one author, book, or event that propelled Korean literature onto the global stage?
Korean-French translator Choi Mi-kyung and frequent contributors Anton Hur and Deborah Smith consider the question and demand greater autonomy for translators: tinyurl.com/2n3bkudr
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“GenAI shares a few traits with consultants. Both are ubiquitous, both embed themselves in business & both ingest information from elsewhere & sell it back to users as tailored solutions to specific questions.” The FT View on new AI challenges to consultants’ model as.ft.com/r/04bea27d-3643-4a…
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“For Ukrainians of today, war is neither an adventure nor a political game where they are someone's pawns."
Past contributor Oksana Lutsyshyna explores how three contemporary authors bear witness to war—from the front lines to volunteer convoys.
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This is the best podcast I've listened to about prediction markets. A tiny fraction of users make almost all the profit? Why?
youtube.com/watch?v=CTUqmUHv…
To understand how predictions work in the real world, get Prophecy:
US: a.co/d/05wgYdCf
UK: amzn.eu/d/037r1bLS
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🤔 "How long will humans be needed for #translation?"
The BBC covers the shift toward AI in our field. While automation is everywhere, quality, safety, and cultural resonance still rely heavily on human professionals
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🇲🇽 Mexico’s Supreme Court rules Indigenous people entitled to #interpreters from first contact with authorities
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Join us for a conversation about Three Stories of Forgetting (Macmillan Publishers 2025) alongside Portuguese author Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida and translator Alison Entrekin at our 25th online event in November. For details and registration: pintbookclub.com/event-detai…
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Thank you Nicole Krauss for reading my translation of Énard's Perfecting the Shot so beautifully ❤️
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"Edgeworth’s intellectual honesty is one of many reasons to welcome Ms. Smialek’s biography, 'The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth: How a Nineteenth-Century Novelist Taught the World Economics.'"
@WSJBooks review by @DFR_Economics
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J'ai la joie de vous annoncer la parution de mon nouveau livre, _Infodémie_, dont vous pouvez consulter l'introduction et la table des matières à cette adresse en cliquant sur "Découvrir un extrait" : tallandier.com/livre/infodem…
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🪖 Indiana University has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to expand intensive #language instruction for U.S. service members
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Local success is no guarantee for wider appeal—so what is?
Egyptian publisher Sherif Bakr explores why Arabic literature remains overlooked internationally and works out a formula to help Arabic-language books traverse borders: tinyurl.com/s68x4thv
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Beloved French New Wave director Éric Rohmer wrote one novel in his lifetime, newly translated by Aaron Kerner.
In Élisabeth, we find the origins of Rohmer’s characteristic visual elements and preoccupation with complicated interpersonal dynamics: tinyurl.com/3z73vart
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What can happen when #translators are given something increasingly rare: uninterrupted time to work? Reflections from the inaugural #Translating Ukraine Residency, which recently brought together 4 seasoned #Ukrainian-to-English translators
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via @UAlberta
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Gebru "sees the calls to decelerate AI development as 'clever messaging because the messaging is not: ‘We’re on the wrong track; this way of building tech is bad.’ They’re saying: ‘We should be on this path. We should just slow down'" @timnitGebru
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🇺🇸 The longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature has been announced
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via @nationalbook
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'To censor is to lie to the reader and make them believe the past was better'
#Translator Carlos Fortea rejects softening the classics to fit modern sensibilities and explains what a novel loses when interpreted by a machine
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via @todo_alicante
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My latest on The Antidote: On the culture baked in language, the pleasures of Spanglish, and infuriating automatic AI translations. Isn’t it incredible that we can preserve some sayings word for word through centuries? What does that tell us?
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