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ScotNet Newsletter | June 2025 - ITI ScotNet Bursting the Bubble If you’re reading this newsletter, the chances are that you spend a reasonable amount of your time working solo – and for many of us, that’s just the way we like it. However, I’m s...

It's never too late to bring your attention to our latest newsletter, published in June. A most refreshing read for these hot summer days! And a good way to catch up with what our members have been up to lately. 😁
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Delighted to have my translation of a short story by Laura Ferrero included in this issue!

Well done, Isabel! A very interesting interview. 🤗

Unsure how to translate а, то, да, ведь, вообще, вот, уж, то, тут, там, же and other pesky #Russian words? @iti-uk.bsky.social's Russian Network is holding an event with Michele Berdy on 21 June in London: Little Words, Many Meanings, Big Problems www.tickettailor.com/events/itiru... #xl8 #1nt

Meme: Tumblr-user headspace-hotel. A random assortment of archaic/disused English words that should still be used: • brust (bristled or bristly), • coolth (coolness. We still have 'warmth' so why did this one disappear????), • ambiloquent (using ambiguous language), • downsteepy (steeply descending), • mazeful (confusing), • evulgate (to send out among the people, to publish or distribute), • toploftical (haughty), • hazardry (risk-taking), • dizzard (a fool, jester, or stupid person), • againster (someone who is habitually opposed to things or 'against' things), • loselry (behavior characteristic of a losel, which is similar to a 'loser,' except the connotation encompasses "profligate" or "scoundrel"), • plaguey, • malengine (evil intent, fraud, deceit), • beasten (of or pertaining to beasts), • wranglesome (contentious and prone to quarreling), • dwine (to waste away).

This has just popped up in my faceache memories, and I know my fellow word-nerds here will love it too.

I particularly like 'againster'; what's your favourite?

#langsky #linguistics #words

Alert to greenwashing after a great day's @itiscotnet.bsky.social summer workshop! Looking forward to the ceilidh...

YouTube video by Translators Aloud Isabel Stainsby reads from Patrik Banga's THE TRUE WAY OUT, (CEEOL Press, 2024)

Don't miss this corker of a reading from the always-brilliant @isabeltranslates.bsky.social, from THE TRUE WAY OUT (CEEOLPress, 2024), #Czech journalist and musician Patrik Banga's raw and open account of growing up in 1990s Prague as part of the #Roma community.

An interesting podcast about exploring identity and origins.

Good talk! JC Penet explores how coaching-style conversations can help translators and interpreters improve their wellbeing.

Feeling stressed or even unsure about your future? You don’t have to face the uncertainty alone.

In his insightful article, @JC Penet explores how coaching-style conversations can help translators and interpreters manage overwhelm, navigate change and face the future together.

Picture of Johnny Cash walking away from the camera and carrying his guitar case.

Greetings from our brand new Bluesky account. Spread the word if you can. 😊 #1nt #TerpLove

And don't forget, we have an event tomorrow that is all about #cash. www.ticketsource.co.uk/iti-interpre...

CPD for sustainability translators in our network?

Congratulations, Isabel! 🤗

Exactly! 🤗

Sounds like a great workshop, @sandersonkim.bsky.social! Hope you'll learn loads!

Thank you, Scotland and our weekend organisers, for (yet another) wonderfully timed and smoothly run event. 🌞 Thank you to all the beautiful souls who joined in and well done, everyone, for making it there and back in one piece! 👏 I think we've earned a well deserved week "resting" at our desks. 😅

Line of hillwalkers seated on top of a mountain overlooking the blue waters of a loch and lower hills in the distance.

People walking down a rocky mountain side with a blue sky and a big white cloud behind them.

Line of people walking up a hill on a path among heather and grassy moorland to the left and broadleaf trees on the top right side against a blue sky.

The hills are alive with the sound of... well, by the the time we made it to the top, quietly joyful #Scotnetters. 🎶 Breathtaking beauty, breathtaking heat and a breathtakingly steep path. I don't know about you, but my takeaways are tired muscles, a full soul and full belly.

Let the Eating Weekend commence! I mean, the Walking Weekend, of course! 😜 See you all shortly.

Last reminder that bookings for our summer workshop are closing in 2 days! Sorry to be a pest, but we don't want anyone to miss out if it can be helped. 😇

Bookings are open until the 16th of May!

Summer Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet 07/06/2025 @ All Day - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its summer workshop on S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y W I T H AIDA FE R R E R  A G U I L A R , M A R J O L E I N  T H I C [...]

Bookings are still open for our 2025 summer workshop on 6-8 June! 🌞
Join us to discuss sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer in Dumfries.
Tasty food 🥙, a friendly bunch to network with 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫, a joyful ceilidh💃 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny

🥺 Oh, he wins.

What? Very unreasonable. Can't he do that with a few dozens of translators around? Ceilidh and all that, come on, sir. 😄

We'll miss you! But it's a very worthy excuse. 😉 Will see you in Dumfries shortly after. 🤗

Partners/friends also welcome! But we need your bookings before this Friday, 18 April.

Email Lynda Hepburn or James Kelly (or message me here if you can't find their emails) as soon as possible to secure your space. 🤗

Costs: approx. £95 pp for 2 nights at the Bunkhouse (Glassie Farm)

Programme:
- Potluck dinner on Friday evening (bring your own dish)
- All-day walk on Saturday with three grades of effort: stenuous, moderate and relaxed
- Dinner at Ailean Chraggan
- Leisure walk on Sunday morning

The green and heather-covered slopes of the Scottish Ben Vrackie hill seen from the path, with the backs of three people walking towards it on a sunny day with clear skies.

Three free spots for our Walking Weekend on 16-18 May! 🥾🧢

Dear #Scotnetters, there are still three spaces available for our walking weekend in Aberfeldy. We cannot promise the same glorious weather we had last year, but great company, beautiful highland landscapes and networking are guaranteed. ⛰🌳

Congratulations, Mercedes! Well done for stepping up. Volunteers are the heart of our networks. 🤗

Swahili? Mandarin? The UK is increasingly multilingual – yet our politicians won’t talk about it | Laura Spinney Even the census ignores them, but multilinguals could hold the key to Britain’s social and economic future, says science journalist Laura Spinney

🌐 #xl8 #langsky #linguistics

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Do you work or foster an interest in translation? Are you based in/near Newcastle upon Tyne?

Join us for our next event, organised by @itinortheast.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social

Spanish > English Translation Slam,
Thurs 1st May 2025
Newcastle University

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Summer Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet 07/06/2025 @ All Day - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its summer workshop on S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y W I T H AIDA FE R R E R  A G U I L A R , M A R J O L E I N  T H I C [...]

Bookings are open for our 2025 summer workshop! 🌞
Join us on 6-8 June in Dumfries to discuss Sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer.
Tasty food 🥙 🥘, a friendly bunch to network 🙋 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫🧏‍♀️, a joyful ceilidh 💃 🕺 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny