This was so much fun!
13.10.2025 18:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@rudotranslates.bsky.social
Literary translator from Spanish, bookworm, cat lover... https://ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/
This was so much fun!
13.10.2025 18:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I realise this comes comedically quickly after my announcement that I made the longlist last year, but I seem to have done it again! V tempted to make a joke about bridesmaids vs brides, but obviously I'm delighted really! Congratulations to all the winners and others on the long and shortlist.
02.10.2025 12:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Lots of interesting conversations at this @ftnetwork.bsky.social event at Cork last week!
29.09.2025 19:47 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0People keep asking me what my PhD project actually is, which reminded me I left that last blog post hanging a bit...
ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/09/23/b...
Phil, a black and white cat, asleep on a lap
A Friday helperโฆ
19.09.2025 08:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Looking forward to the FTN event at University College Cork next week, part of UCC's "Translation Week" programme for International Translation Day 2025
@olgacastro80.bsky.social @rudotranslates.bsky.social
more #kidlit recommendations for #worldkidlitmonth over at @wwborders.bsky.social
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Did I mention it's World Kid Lit month?! If you're looking for some international kidlit inspo, you might want to try one of these Scandi titles I reviewed for the @worldkidlit.bsky.social blog:
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/17/n...
A photograph of a book, La Lucha: Latin American Feminism Today, published by Charco Press
Ooh look what turned up in the post today! Thanks @charcopress.com, canโt wait to get stuck into thisโฆ
08.09.2025 12:07 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks for writing it! I really loved itโฆ slightly mental, obviously, but I like that. It never would have occurred to me to think of translation as punk!
04.09.2025 14:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Latest blog post (and a slight deviation from the advertised schedule): ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/09/04/c...
04.09.2025 09:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Katy Dycus reviews two bilingual picture books highlighting the Cree and Tlaโamin Nations in Canada and one trilingual picture book honoring Aztec culture and Nahuatl language in Mexico
#WorldKidLitMonth
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/03/b...
One overlooked benefit of declaring preferred pronouns as a social norm is that it's not just for LGBTQ but also for people w non-Anglo names. I'm a cishet woman with a very feminine name but nobody's gonna know that if they don't know Chinese.
But the anti-LGBTQ crowd are also anti-immigrant so..
Free tickets for book launch at #BhamLitFest25: tinyurl.com/2f7c8dss
Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm, The Exchange (in-person/online)
With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seรกn McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar
@theemmapress.bsky.social
@writingwestmids.bsky.social
Latest blog post (and a slightly alarmingly massive photo of my face):
ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/08/20/f...
New book purchases! Now paralysed with indecision about which to read first, obviouslyโฆ
16.08.2025 10:54 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0*slightly* delayed announcement, but my translation of Camila Valenzuela Leรณnโs โLas Durmientesโ was long listed for last yearโs John Dryden prize! bcla.org/winners-of-t...
10.08.2025 14:22 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Come along to The Exchange, Birmingham on 11th October!
16.07.2025 11:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My favourite! Those staircases on wheels ๐๐
09.07.2025 21:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Topping and co?
09.07.2025 21:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0In case you missed it:
07.07.2025 09:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That is exactly my feeling about running in nice weather!
03.07.2025 21:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Excited (and faintly terrified) to announce that Iโve been awarded a bursary to study for a PhD in feminist translation for Latin American childrenโs literature at University College Cork, starting next Tuesday! What could possibly go wrong?!
26.06.2025 15:01 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1And Hungry Paul!
30.05.2025 15:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Tonight! Come along and find out how feminist translation operates in the wild...
09.05.2025 10:03 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Find out how feminist translation works in practice at this event on 9th May
25.04.2025 11:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Congratulations to all concerned - this is a great book, brilliantly translated by Claire. Well deserved!
17.04.2025 13:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I am struggling with this on so many levelsโฆ I have to keep checking the date, to make sure itโs not an April fool
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Three books and a cat in bed!
Perfect end to a Sunday!
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