Languaging on BlueSky
A starter pack of interesting people in translation, interpreting, editing, linguists and language(s) more generally
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@linguistforsail.bsky.social
@erikhansson.bsky.social
German-Swedish translator since 1995. Keynote speaker here & there. Member of SFÖ-SAT (SE), founding & honorary member of DVÜD (DE). 3rd last Curator of Sweden in 2018. That guy who founded TTNS on FB. Escaped from the blue bird. Prefers beer to wine. #xl8
@tlacamazatl.bsky.social
#linguistics #neography #conlang #langsky #orthography a #dad, and professional #language creator https://youtube.com/@neographyatoz
@vickyloras.bsky.social
Educator and linguist since 1997. #firstgen PhD researcher at @UZH_en. Canadian-Greek 🇨🇦🇬🇷Researching Canadian English/Indigenous Englishes. Read my Meet the PhDs newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/vickyloras
@gretchenmcc.bsky.social
Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.bsky.social, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. she/her 🌈 Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦 gretchenmcculloch.com
@brynnquick.bsky.social
Linguistics PhD Researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Co-producer and frequent host of the Language on the Move Podcast. Big fan of languages. She/her. #Sociolinguistics #AppliedLinguistics https://www.languageonthemove.com/podcast/
@hollyannewhyte.bsky.social
Human rights and sustainable development translator, editor and consultant. Working to build stronger partnerships through understanding and respectful language. 🖊️ French and Spanish to English. Vegan 💚
@benbarclay.bsky.social
Translator and textbook writer. Post on climate, energy, health, Spain, Brexit and other stuff. Produce VoiceMap audio tours of Andalucía: https://voicemap.me/publisher/ben-barclay#tours Substack: https://thegreentransition.substack.com/
@annagunin.bsky.social
Translator from Russian of Svetlana Alexievich, Pavel Bazhov, Oleg Pavlov and others 🍉 💙💛
@shreedaisy.bsky.social
Artist, writer, Hindi-Urdu translator, etc. http://www.daisyrockwell.com 🍉🍉🍉
@data.ft.com
The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories. https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
@cbavington.bsky.social
Translation (Fr-Eng) and teaching English for a living. Music (rock/metal), sport (football), history (ignorant dabbling) for fun. Politics if I feel my mood dropping below incandescent & I need a fury booster. Seldom, if ever, actually gruntled.
@dalestranslator.bsky.social
日英化学特許翻訳者 Probably the best Japanese-English chemical patent translator in the Yorkshire Dales. Cricketer. Biker. Photographer. Keeper of @CousinScrappy
@heddwen.bsky.social
I write the monthly (ish) newsletter English in Progress. Slang, neologisms, fresh articles on language https://englishinprogress.substack.com/ English teacher at Bielefeld University (EAL & ELA) Dutch English World Englishes AI English Lexicography
@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
Reader. Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈 He/él I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
@ciol-linguists.bsky.social
For languages and linguists. The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) serving linguists and language professionals in the UK and worldwide since 1910.
@sarahorcas.bsky.social
(Sworn) Translator (ella/she). Translation teacher at Universitat Rovira i Virgili. PhD student; diss. on translation teacher's competence in Spain. yogini [email protected]
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | Lay Canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @cambridgeup.bsky.social
@paulkaye.bsky.social
Translator with the EU (into 🇬🇧 from 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱🇭🇺🇪🇪🇫🇷🇺🇦, learning 🇬🇷). Runner, climber, cyclist, cross-country skier. Ex-hack. Lancastrian, Notlobber in Brussels/London. MCIL, FRGS, BWFC.
@wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social
Recently retired Cornish-born Spanish>English translator in the Basque Country. Puns, posts about language, music & photos, mostly of birds. Se habla castellano.
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/) 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
@drclaireh.bsky.social
Forensic linguist | corpus linguist | @factor-lu.bsky.social director | @en-clair.bsky.social podcaster-at-large | supervillain
@lauraskh.bsky.social
Australian Senior Lecturer (=AssocProf), language, law & society. #LLIRN. External CESSMIR UGent. @languageonthemove.bsky.social member. Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed & prac, access to justice ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
@paulappleyard.bsky.social
FITI. CT. MBCS. ITI Chair once upon a time (2019-2022). ITI Interpreting Assessment Award winner (2019). Likes 🧀. Opinions my own because nobody else wanted them. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulappleyard/ https://www.appleyard.eu
@sparewriter.bsky.social
YA debut A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social Oct 25 . writer & editor . fiction & nonfiction . lover of wilderness, kindness & sunshine . winner DFB Search for a Storyteller 24 & Wells Fest of Lit Book for Children 23 . RLF Fellow 24-26
@callumwalker.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Translation Technology at the University of Leeds, Star Wars geek, father of three and husband, amateur musician, very amateur footballer
@enfrdansletexte.bsky.social
@enFRdansletexte English/Russian/Latin to French translator Traduction anglais/russe/latin-français Marketing web lifestyle boats history games @SFTfr| ITI | SecGen @FIT_Europe www.sandramouton.com
@amdtransl.bsky.social
FR to EN translator, medicine & music - book http://bit.ly/2QMXr98 | UCL teaching fellow | linguistics MA | viola player | я изучаю русский язык | Coventrian
@lordofaddersblack.bsky.social
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore cult sitcom Blackadder in all its foul and fabulous forms.
@sandersonkim.bsky.social
Sanderson Translations FR/DE-EN. Architecture, planning, advertising etc. Teach xl8on + related topics. Hexham, UK. Also on LinkedIn and https://www.sandersontranslations.com
@clairecox16.bsky.social
French & German to English translator, FITI, former ITI Board member, specialising in nuclear, energy, health & safety. Passionate gardener & cook. Loves dogs.
@libripotens.bsky.social
Professor of translation studies at the University of Geneva and academic translator. Translator history from below. Book due out end 2024: Professional Translators in 19th-c France. Now working on an industry guide for aspiring book translators.
@grammartable.bsky.social
Roving grammarian hooking up words and phrases and clauses, now in rollicking grammar road trip movie! https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/
@avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social
Interested in descriptive, historical & contact linguistics. I like Caucasian and Indo-Iranic languages, and dabble (in decreasing order of oftenity) in the languages of the Pacific Northwest, the Himalayas and along the Nile.
@becauselanguage.com
A show about linguistics, the science of language. Your hosts (in order of coolness): Hedvig Skirgård, Daniel Midgley, and Ben Ainslie (tie for 2nd).
@racheltranslates.bsky.social
FITI, Literary & creative translator, German & French to English: children's/YA and crime fiction, history; proofreader, bookworm; food, crafts, history; cats; climbing; cycling; she/her; Twitter: @FwdTranslations Mastodon: @[email protected]
@englangblog.bsky.social
English Language & Linguistics for A-Level students and teachers. One of the Lexis podcast team https://tinyurl.com/yckh3vy5 EngLangBlog: https://englishlangsfx.blogspot.com/ English & Media Centre: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/ He/him
@lynneguist.bsky.social
US linguist in UK. University of Sussex. Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/30d0ffd3a48e/separated-by-a-common-newsletter Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lynneguist
@yvanspijk.bsky.social
/'dʑowɪn/ • taalkundige | linguist • schrijver van 'Die goeie ouwe taal' | author • all graphics and videos: http://tumblr.com/yvanspijk • Patreon: patreon.com/yvanspijk • links: linktr.ee/yvanspijk • photo by Dirk-Jan van Dijk
@dannybate.bsky.social
"That etymology guy". Linguist, broadcaster on Czech Radio, writer, researcher, language fanatic, recovering PhD student. Angličan v Praze. Host of the podcast 'A Language I Love Is...'. Personal website: https://dannybate.com/
@linguistforsail.bsky.social
A translator that sails. FCIL, FITI, @CIOL_Linguists Council & membership cttee. RHBNC & Uni of Surrey alumna. Into Romansch, sax 'n' violins, amateur genealogy, books. Susceptible to rabbit holes. Posts are own views. Usually found up a Swiss alp.