Roots of signed language #1nt in US-UK contexts. Tweets mostly uni-directional for the moment. Private #r1nt practice at @VRInterpreter. Pronoun=FℲ
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I got to voice the term "overhead projector" today. Younger #1ntSL team was duly impressed
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Just did a gig with 2 other ♀ #1ntSL #interpredemics and turns out we have all sync'ed our RID CEU cycles 📅 👩🏫 💪
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PhDs who have exited academia: any regrets?
Inquiring minds (of PhDs still in academe) want to know.
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Relay chuchotage brilliantly captured. #1nt
(Picture taken at excellent visit to Kanzlerbungalow in Bonn today. More pics in comment.)
ALT Leonid Brezhnev and Willy Brand in a meeting with their two interpreters whispering to them simultaneously whilst they listen.
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Every morning after I've had a programme on @BBCTwo my inbox gets delightfully full of messages from men who didn't like my lipstick. It makes me feel like it's 1922 and I'm being castigated by Captain Hastings for being 'fast'.
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Online seminar (free and open to all): Soft skills in translation and intercultural communication. April 11, 2024. Organized by Aristotle University Thessaloniki and the European Commission. Register here:
new.enl.auth.gr/tew/tew-apri…
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It is false. Ellis Island workers didn't change spellings — they used ship records to make sure that the names were correct.
They also made sure people could go through the process in their own language when possible. Read "Language City" by @RossPerlin.
nypl.org/blog/2013/07/02/nam…
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law that will tie tenure at the state’s public colleges to whether professors promote intellectual diversity and free inquiry. @HigherEdDive
highereddive.com/news/indian…
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Greetings in three languages1
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
Happy St Patrick's Day
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🤝 The AIIC secretariat has negotiated with ISO standards to grant AIIC members access to ISO documents (limited to personal use). This achievement underscores AIIC's dedication to empowering interpreters with invaluable resources.
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All learning professionals should be able to curate content. @tmiket has a great model you can follow. > buff.ly/3MCca06
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Who would like to do a PhD under my supervision at @KingsCollegeLon? We are offering a fully funded Harold Moody PGR studentship for a a British person from an ‘underrepresented community.’ Apply/ spread the word!
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Something rarely told by historians:
Rev. Jesse Jackson had a relative at MSSD, a Deaf HS on campus of Gallaudet.
He was first presidential candidate to endorse students in their Deaf President Now protests. Others followed him
1/2 apnews.com/article/jesse-jac…
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!!! We are open to submissions!!!
short stories, long reads, biographical accounts, ethnographic descriptions, ethnography-based fiction, poetry, visual and sonic essays, graphic novels and collaborative storytelling
otherwisemag.com/submitastor…
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Twitter has become so unmoored it is recommending me to follow "Joyce Carol Oates."
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just a cheeky lil reminder that weird medieval guys podcast episode 2 is out now!!! thank you for fifty five star reviews on spotify 🥺🥺
open.spotify.com/episode/5h9…
ALT A promotional graphic for episode 2 of the weird medieval guys podcast, featuring the title in large letters: "medieval mythbusting", plus an array of stock photos of stereotypical medieval peasants and knights