#Apple is preparing a live #translation feature for #AirPods running #iOS19, citing sources familiar with the matter, technology journalist for #Bloomberg News Mark #Gurman says.
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/23/ios-19-will-offer-yet-another-reason-to-wear-airpods-all-day/
Have you ever been in a real relationship? Fríða Ísberg talks it out in a story translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer.
https://fictionable.world/stories/fingers-frida-isberg-translated-by-larissa-kyzer
#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #podcast #bookstodon @bookstodon
At long last, Sakura Wars 2 is playable in English thanks to years of work by a fan translation team! Get the details and find out where to get it in our story:
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/04/25/sakura-wars-2-fan-translation-is-out-now/
Susanna Clarke returns to the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – and The Raven King – in The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City.
#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #podcast #bookstodon @bookstodon
We released the last, third installment of the post about László Krasznahorkai as a world author, and what Krasznahorkai's example reveals about world literary circulation in the 21st century. Here, we think about the Matthew-effect, about the importance of literary prizes, and finally, about what translation patterns can reveal about the reception of individual works. https://translationpatterns.substack.com/p/what-prizes-and-translations-reveal #bibliodata #BibliographicData #translation
#Spring is here, with exclusive #ShortStories from Susanna Clarke, Fríða Ísberg translated by Larissa Kyzer, Bronia Flett, Jeremy Wikeley and PR Woods.
And Woodrow Phoenix gives us a glimpse of his sketchbook.
Catch it all at https://fictionable.world
#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon @bookstodon
See the fields, Neera—
green. Wonder if
the day’ll come whun
I canna see thaim onymair…
—Colin Bramwell, “See the Fields”
from FOWER PESSOAS – translations into Scots of poems by Fernando Pessoa (or by four of his aliases/heteronyms), Carcanet Press, 2025
So here's a brief taste of the amazing #ShortStories for #Spring2025 with Susanna Clarke, Bronia Flett, Jeremy Wikeley, PR Woods and Fríða Ísberg, translated by Larissa Kyzer.
Catch them all at https://fictionable.world
#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon @bookstodon
I'm giving my first-ever solo presentation on translating speculative fiction on May 24, 2025 at Cascades Library in Loudoun Co., VA! I'll talk about how I became a speculative fiction translator, my process, publishing insights, recommended reading, and more!
EVENT DETAILS: https://loudoun.libnet.info/event/12962793
(PS: Local writing friends, I'm still recovering from surgery, i.e., no RavenCon or Balticon this year)
And here's another mystery contributor for our #spring issue – or at least their mysterious writer's desk.
This one's a wholesome scene: bananas at the ready, plants and trees in full view and a copy of The Lore of the Land within easy reach. But who is it?
#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon @bookstodon
Another mystery contributor, but a slightly less cheery vibe. It's a classic two-screen set-up, with the traditional piles of #books used as props.
But are they trying to tell us something?
#reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon @bookstodon
Heute feiern wir den Welttag des Buches! 
Nennt uns ein Buch, das euch zu Tränen gerührt hat. 
@unimainz
#WelttagDesBuches #Books #Translation
Facing US State Department Grant Terminations, Christopher Merrill Wins the 2025 Ottaway Award
Christopher Merrill in March reported the termination of US State Department grants for Iowa's International Writing Program, which he directs.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/words-without-borders/
#BookPrize #Nonfiction #OttawayAward #Poetry #Translation
@indieauthors
Our second mystery author for Spring 2025 has taken up residence on the kitchen table.
Pen — check. Notebooks — check. Toast rack — OK. But what's with the fish?
#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon @bookstodon
To get things started, here's our first mystery author, saying it in Post-Its: 'CARPENTER, After Dinner Conversation, The Wife… LAND! PICNIC BY THE AUTOBAHN, LYDIA, STONES, THE FOYER ON STAGE.'
But what could it all mean?
#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon @bookstodon
https://www.alojapan.com/1253300/translation-screens-a-godsend-for-overseas-tourists-in-japan/ Translation screens a godsend for overseas tourists in Japan #godsend #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #Overseas #screens #tourists #Translation TOKYO — Transparent displays made by Toppan Holdings that can translate spoken queries into Japanese are proving a godsend to overseas visitors. The devices, which can instantaneously translate sentences spoken in a number of foreign languages into Japanese, are being installed at trai…
Spring is in the air – how about a new issue?
Just a few days until Spring 2025 blooms at https://fictionable.world
So here's some beautiful blossom from Aamyr.
#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon @bookstodon
WhatsApp Beta Gets Translation For Messages, Channel Updates #messaging #meta #socialmedia #translation #whatsapp
https://www.lowyat.net/2025/348816/whatsapp-beta-gets-translation-for-messages-channel-updates/
At least they got the circumflex accent right. Do you think they asked for a long weekend and when it was refused, they did this 
whatever the case may be, they need a break.
#TranslationFails #FunnyTranslations
#TranslationGoneWrong #LanguageFails #TranslationMistakes #LostInTranslation #TranslatorLife #translation #traduction #français #anglais #Québec #Montréal
