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Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto July 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto Tarte πŸ₯§ and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (Γ  MontrΓ©al) IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei

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06.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🫑πŸ₯΅

05.03.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🫑πŸ₯°

05.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

who cares what job any of them have or don't have, they should all simply be in jail 🀷

05.03.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my points of pride in my life is that I've met Tawada Yoko multiple times and have a few books signed by her, including a Japanese copy of The Bridegroom Was A Dog where her vertical signature bends because the taxi we were in swerved as she was writing it

05.03.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what I was afraid of!

04.03.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

even just the subhed slits this man's throat

04.03.2026 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This is about AI in coding, but it’s also true of translation. Lately I’ve been assigned to QA a few subtitle files that I’m *pretty sure* were generated by AI, and the QA on them takes about 10x longer than human translations (but guess who doesn’t get paid 10x as much to do the QA!)

04.03.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today in things that should be illegal

04.03.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ«‘πŸ˜›

04.03.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's my first one and I admit I like it πŸ™ˆ

03.03.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Man everyone has an opinion on Wuthering Heights these days

03.03.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Manus: The Hands of Fate

03.03.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad to hear! I love these Calico collections πŸ₯°

03.03.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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03.03.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🫑πŸ₯³

03.03.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is an incredibly cool book, I’m gonna put something up on my IG about it when I get a chance

03.03.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've always called tuna salad "cat food for humans"

02.03.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.03.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ«‘πŸŽ‰

02.03.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ε½± #mcm #nsfw

02.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mainstream Japanese prose frequently slides between dialogue enclosed in quotation marks and unenclosed, many times in the same paragraph; it's usually very ambiguous how "suppositional" the unenclosed dialogue actually is (or if it's meant to be inner or outer dialogue). Messy for translation!

02.03.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🫑πŸ₯°

02.03.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Friedman has a tattoo on his ass that says "No 2.0s Refused"

02.03.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ«‘πŸ˜ˆπŸ˜›

02.03.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀼

02.03.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a really amazing time at the Kent Monkman exhibit this weekend

02.03.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also fun bottom, j'espΓ¨re πŸ˜›

01.03.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0