Henry Líu

Translation Tuesday: “Good Girls” by Olga Campofreda - Asymptote Blog That ... is how snakes leave their old skins behind: they crawl out of their nest and keep rubbing against the ground, until they’re finally free.

Today is for good (no, great) writing news: the opening of Olga Campofreda's Ragazze Perbene, my first book-length translation project, is on the Asymptote blog. I'd love for the full novel to reach English-speaking readers, so if you enjoy this, tell your publisher friends!

Hi to new followers, via the translators starter pack and the ETN discussion! #amtranslating #literarytranslation and #booksky are useful for finding likeminded people too... Let's keep the chat going :)

The Call for Papers for the 2026 conference Multidisciplinary Approaches to Language Policy and Planning is now live! Please share and join us in Ottawa in June 2026! carleton.ca/lpp/lpp-2026...

Finally received my copies in the mail today, which makes it all feel much more real. But you can find digital copies, too:
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Alors que l'autrice chinoise Can Xue est une fois de plus favorite pour le Prix ​​Nobel de littérature, largement traduite et primée dans le monde anglophone et au Japon, son oeuvre reste méconnue en France : les deux seules traductions (épuisées) datent de... 1992 et 2001 !

This is Nobel Week and, like clockwork, people are speculating about Can Xue 残雪 again -- so reposting this little thread in French about a very deserving contender who remains vastly undertranslated in the Francophone world

Henry Líu on X: "Who interprets matters RT @jaanikamerilo with thanks Your interpreter is your reputation abroad" / X Who interprets matters RT @jaanikamerilo with thanks Your interpreter is your reputation abroad

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How do journalists use #AI tools & how does this affect #journalism and #newsquality❓
We surveyed 730 Swiss media professionals

Study @foeg.bsky.social together with @dnvglr.bsky.social, @qryffel.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social & @cporlezza.bsky.social

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Found in (Earbud) Translation On the new real-time translation feature, Philly slang, Bad Bunny & language detention!

This week on Motherlingual: Thoughts on the new AirPods & their real-time translation feature. Who really benefits? Plus, Bad Bunny, @slowhorsesappletv.bsky.social, Philly slang in #Task and getting detention for using (meaningless) slang.

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Excerpt: Mother Tongue Tied by Malwina Gudowska Linguist Malwina Gudowska, herself trilingual, sheds light on the ways in which we navigate language, its power to shape and reshape lives, and the ripple effects felt far beyond any one home or an…

My publisher, Footnote Press just shared a few excerpts from Mother Tongue Tied. Here is one mostly about motherhood with a nod to the work of Rachel Cusk: footnotepress.com/2024/11/27/e...

Front and back cover of the Zine sitting among Japanese maple leaves. Front cover has the title "Human Perspectives on the Latest AI Hype Cycle" with subtitle "AI Sucks and You Should Not Use It, Volume 2" along with the date of October 2025 and author Lauren Woolsey. Back cover has the text "References available on the back of this unfolded sheet and at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI" along with a QR code to that link. Then it has the text "Share with a friend, light the world! Connect w/ me: @cgsunit.bsky.social"

Pages 2 and 3 of the Zine, open among tree leaves. Page 2 starts with handwritten "First...some backstory!" and then the text reads as follows: "Version Volume 1 of this zine, (June 2025), is called “Why GenAI Sucks and you should not use it.” I gave copies to my friends, did swaps at Grand Rapids Zine Fest, and shared the digital scan with hundreds of folks. It’s been great to connect with a community of humans who also think AI sucks! Since June, more great folks have added to the conversation. Let me introduce a few here..." Page 3 is titled Anthony Moser and has the following text: "“I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.” So opens this most excellent essay (posted August 2025). You absolutely need to read it. Also, it has 24 linked resources, if my Zine v1.1 list wasn’t enough to get you started being a hater."

Pages 4 and 5 of the Zine, open among tree leaves. Page 4 is titled Olivia Guest and has the text: "1. Look at Guest’s incredible collection promoting Critical AI Literacy (CAIL): olivia.science/ai . 2. Discover a framework to define AI in “What Does 'Human-Centred AI' Mean?” (July 2025). 3. Share with educator friends Guest et al: “Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia” (September 2025). Such a helpful paper for advocacy!" Page 5 is titled Ali Alkhatib and has the following text: "“AI is an ideological project to shift authority and autonomy away from individuals, towards centralized structures of power.” -from his essay Defining AI. Ali is on my recent radar because he’s starting “AI Skeptics Reading Group” the same month that this Zine launches (October 2025)! If you're a reader, check out the book list on p. 7 here!"

Pages 6 and 7 of the Zine, in partial shadow from tree leaves and surrounded by Japanese maple leaves. Page 6 is titled Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute and has the text: "Great projects DAIR supports: Data Workers Inquiry (work led by Dr. Milagros Miceli), Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 (by E. Bender and A. Hanna), Possible Futures workshop and Zine series. Timnit Gebru is founder and executive director of DAIR and co-author of the “TESCREAL Bundle” research paper. (Read it!) Page 7 is titled Further Reading and has a drawn stack of books with the following titles and publication months: Resisting AI (08/22), Blood in the Machine (09/23), The AI Mirror (06/24), Taming Silicon Valley (09/24), Why We Fear AI (03/25), More Everything Forever (04/25), The AI Con (05/25), Empire of AI (05/25). There are notes for The AI Con that the authors run the podcast mentioned on page 6 and that it is the book that the Reading Group from page 5 started on 10/13/25. The page ends with the text "Authors and full titles in reference list!" and a signature from Lauren "Double U."

Today's the day for my anti-AI zine volume 2: "Human Perspectives on the Latest AI Hype Cycle" 🎉

Enjoy the fruits of my focus these past few months and learn from many great people!

Scanned zine to print your own and the full text and references are available at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI

If you hit a paywall, here's a preprint:

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YouTube video by CogSci: Interdisciplinary Study of the Mind Resisting dehumanization in the age of AI - Emily Bender

And if you prefer to watch & listen to talks, here's the talk it is based on:

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Excerpt from I thought it would rain African Translation Project published a post on Ko-fi

I invite you this #InternationalTranslationDay to read this excerpt from Sifiso Mzobe's in-work translation we are hoping to fund for an African small press. And please, share it!

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Ten Titles in Translation That Celebrate Ukraine For decades, Ukraine remained in the shadow of the Russian imperial discourse. Foreign readers had access to only a limited number of translations of Ukrainian literature. Today, fortunately the nu…

Interested in learning more about one country’s long-overshadowed literary tradition? Check out this list of ten important Ukrainian books in translation, featuring two of ALTA member Nina Murray’s translations. At Lit Hub: buff.ly/M4W0HqC @literaryhub.bsky.social

We had our first Professor Deaf #drDeaf workshop with 22 Deaf mid/senior career academics having a dialogue across sessions on career stages, academic administration, running research centers, mentoring and more.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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Emerging Māori Writer in Residence | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Apply for the Emerging Māori Writer in Residence—$15,000 stipend, mentorship, and writing space.

Māori writers, it's time to apply for the 2026 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence — a $15,000 stipend, mentorship, and writing space at the IIML could be yours if you apply by 31 October!
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Current translation grant opportunities - English PEN

Our translation grants – #PENTranslates, including PEN Translates x SALT, and #PENPresents: Brazil – are NOW OPEN for submissions!

Find out more, apply & share ⤵️
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Grimdark Magazine Issue #44 is here! Hello, lovers of all things morally gray. In Grimdark Magazine Issue #44, October has arrived, bringing with it a sense of duality, transformation, and endings. The line between beauty and the grotesq...

I have an interview in Grimdark Magazine about translating speculative fiction:

CfP 🔊International Translation Conference:
Artificial Intelligence and Audiovisual Translation: Challenges and New Horizons, University of Palermo @unipa.it, 23–24 April 2026.

Deadline for abstract submission: 22/12/2025

Full CfP here: www.unipa.it/dipartimenti...

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Happy International Translators’ Day 2025: translating for children who create miracles! After a two year’s absence, we are back with a short video celebrating literary translators and their passion for language and literature.“I want to write for a readership that can create miracles. Ch...

2025 is the 80th anniversary of the publication of Pippi Långstrump by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Ingrid Vang Nyman. In the video you can see eight translators reading the first two sentences of Pippi Longstockings.

Translated by David Colmer!

Why not use #CreativeTranslation to engage your students with poetry for #NationalPoetryDay?

Free resources: www.stephen-spender.org/resources/

@davidcolmer.bsky.social @theemmapress.bsky.social @edwardvandevendel.bsky.social @poetrydayuk.bsky.social #play #poetry

What motivates a translator? Translator-writer Anupama Raju asks on International Translation Day ‘I also felt responsible and accountable to bring the social and political undercurrents of a work to a larger reading public.’

“We need to be aware of the new and unheard voices in the literatures of our regions, and fulfil our roles as translators.”

Anupama Raju shares her ruminations on the motivations behind translation and how they affect the collective perception of world literature. At Scroll In:

Rose Facchini reads from Maico Morellini's INN OF THE SURVIVORS (Snuggly Books, 2025) A visionary tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world. Amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic, this is both an existential story of homesickness and a…

Delighted to feature @rosefacchini.bsky.social reading from INN OF THE SURVIVORS, out now from @snugglybooks.bsky.social, a visionary & highly relevant tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world set amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic.

The September Watchlist by Tobias Carroll. Fiction from Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, and Croatia, short stories from Japan, and poetry from Afghanistan. Image: Blue with black text, features 6 book covers at the top left of the image.

In case you missed National Translation Day, Tobias Carroll has selected six must-reads for your TBR pile. Fiction from Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, and Croatia, short stories from Japan, and poetry from Afghanistan! Check out our website for more details: buff.ly/L5uvWRs

We're delighted to announce four curated online writing workshops tutored by our inaugural International Translator in Residence, the International Booker Prize winning writer-translator, Deepa Bhasthi.

The first pair of workshops will be held in autumn 2025.

Registration: buff.ly/Gguo10u

📣 Check out these workshops with ALTA mentor Deepa Bhasti at Wasafiri! 👇

THE AI CON How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

@alexhanna.bsky.social and I also discuss the Turing Test in Chapter 6 of The AI Con
thecon.ai

In honor of the 75th anniversary of Turing's paper, I'd like to point people to this episode of @ouropinions.bsky.social in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I get to discuss the paper with hosts @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social

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