The #xmpp newsletter 10/2019 is the first one which got translated to German: https://www.jabber.de/xmpp-newsletter-01-oktober-2019-fosdem-2020-modernisierung-von-xmpp-peer-networks/

“Thinkfluencer” might be one of the most pompous nouns invented in the last five years but at least it isn’t as confusing as using “clerk” as a translation of “_clerc_”.

GitHub - historicalsource/zork-german: German-Language Translation of Zork (Unreleased) (Infocom) https://github.com/historicalsource/zork-german

The most unrealistic part of Super Dimension Fortress Macross is the way that the translated ancient pop song could be broadcast on the radio. All the ancient sumerian pop songs are shit like ‘let’s cover each other in honey and lick it off’

shout out to everybody who keeps translating ‘denpa’ as ‘microwave’ instead of ‘psychotronic’: 10/10 subtle troll, excellent work

Bad idea of the day: International ‘journalist exchange’ agreements – newspapers in different countries have an arrangement where they’ll trade journalists periodically & reprint each other’s stories in translation, by entering into clubs.

Translating HyperTalk to JavaScript http://lexnet.bravepages.com/HTMLJS.htm

Apparently hot take: automation tools don’t obviate abstract discussions about how best to think about decisions (like ‘should translations be precise or should they be accurate’ or ‘what is the good’) but make them more important.

Translating HyperTalk to JavaScript http://lexnet.bravepages.com/HTMLJS.htm

Remember when this happened with latin & it turned out lorem ipsum was being compared to political blogs, like 10 years ago? https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5npeg/why-is-google-translate-spitting-out-sinister-religious-prophecies

The difficulty in translating ‘dokidoki’ for non-otaku audiences is a great example of why conceptual frames are a useful idea. You can literally translate it as ‘badump’ because it’s the heartbeat sfx, but you lose something.

Dao De Jing Translations http://www.daoisopen.com/ddjtranslations.html

The Quest for a Universal Translator for Old, Obsolete Computer Files - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-open-old-computer-files

This Code Is Remix… https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbzvad/this-code-is-remixing-translations-of-the-bible-to-find-new-meanings