#Translation Tuesdays

[driftlessarearev]

Translation Tuesdays: Confrontations by Simone Atangana Bekono @ NYJB

“Bekono captures Salomé’s narrative voice. It is a voice at once tender, crass, intellectual, and rebellious, every bit as compelling as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas.”

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[metamorphesque]

💌 Kafka, the Wardrobe and the Sunday Dress 💌

But on a better subject: Do you know when you were most beautifully dressed in Vienna, absolutely, absurdly beautifully dressed? There can’t be any argument about it: on Sunday.

Tuesday, July 6

By the way, why am I a human being, with all the torments this extremely vague and horribly responsible condition entails? Why am I not, for example, the happy wardrobe in your room, which has you in full view whenever you’re sitting in your chair or at your desk or when you’re lying down or sleeping (all blessings upon your sleep!)? Why am I not that? Because I would break down with grief if I had seen your misery during these last days, or even if—you should leave Vienna.

Thursday, July 15

Milena, industrious one, your room is undergoing a change in my mind; the desk and the whole place really didn’t look much like work before, but now it does, and so convincingly that I can feel this work; in your room it must be magnificently hot and cool and happy. Only the wardrobe remains as ponderous as always and sometimes the lock is broken and it doesn’t yield a thing, desperately staying shut, and in particular it refuses to give up the dress you wore on “Sunday”; if you should ever set up house again we’ll throw it out.

Thursday, July 22

Yes, the wardrobe. It will probably be the object of our first and last fight. I’ll say: “We’re throwing it out.” You’ll say: “It’s staying.” I’ll say: “Choose between it and me.” You’ll say: “Just a second. Frank and Schrank, * they rhyme. I’ll take the Schrank.” “Fine,” I’ll say and slowly walk down the stairs (which?) and—if I still haven’t found the Danube Canal, I’ll be living happily ever after.

Tuesday, July 27

And incidentally I’m all in favor of the wardrobe—you just shouldn’t wear the dress. You’ll wear it out and what will be left for me then?

Tuesday, July 27

And I trust you didn’t read my dumb jokes aloud to your wardrobe? You know I love almost everything in your room to the point of swooning.

Tuesday, July 27

#he's so adorably sweet 😍 #I can't #and somehow every single one of these has been written on tuesdays and thursdays #franz kafka #letters to milena #milena jesenská #love letters #literature #quotes #translated literature #classic literature #romantic academia

[rongzhi]

Evaluating American-style Chinese cuisine

English added by me :)

#douyin #video #tiktok #this is fucking sending me #as someone who in 1st grade had to sit through a classmate's 'international cuisine: china' presentation #wherein one of the foods she named was MACARONI SOUP #like. did we eat macaroni and cheese every tuesday for convenience when i was a child? yes. and was it fucking soupy? yes. but MACARONI汤?!? #and i did not know what the fuck orange chicken or general tso's chicken was until well into middle school #also until literally the moment i was double checking my translation just know #i've been thinking it was general tsao's chicken #*did not know what the fuck orange chicken was until schools combined for middle school & new ppl started asking if i liked orange chicken #my mom's friend owned a chinese buffet and that's basically where i tried american chinese food for the first time #and then her son made me sit there and watch him play sonic and halo on xbox #also did not know the difference between the chickens until literally this video #anyway diaspora experience amiright #cw food

[icantalk710]

Being so strong about the little cold I seem to have come down with causing me to skip the gym today 😩😷

#ore no kao #at least i hope it's not 'rona lol #congested with light sniffles and a bit of a head cold but otherwise not too bad #probably good i didnt go to the gym yday but bright side: finished up my latest batch of re-translated episodes 😌 #[see my ygo blog] #now to play some vidya games with some tea #[maybe if this holds up i can skip the office on tuesday lol]

[sky-kenobye]

Making of Monday

More of a fun fact than a making of, but I struggle a lot to not edit as I go, which slow me down so much, and a while ago I read a writing tip that said that setting the font to something you can't read helps with that (since you can't read it you can't edit and you keep writing). I finally tried it and honestly it's working pretty well so far I think?

Anyway,

I'm writing a star wars fic in aurebesh:

(Sorry for the bad quality, I took a photo of my laptop like an old person lol)

#it's not monday anymore where i am but let's say it still is somewhere else #wait i'm in france and it's tuesday: making of mardi ! #also i guess if you're very motivated to translate that's a sneak peak into my next fic lol #tho it's a first draft probably full of typos #(i also have no idea which part of the fic it is) #making of monday

[holocene-sims]

Ohhh, 🌹and 🍋 for th ask game please! For my favorite guy grant of course 😌

sofia!! 💜🤍 thank you so much for sending me questions!!

let's talk about everyone's favorite guy ☺️

p.s. just for you, i'm peppering in a sneak peek picture from my upcoming story updates 🥰

🌹 [ROSE] does your OC believe in true love? why?

surprisingly, he still does! and not only true romantic love but also familial and platonic love. he is, at the end of the day, a very sappy person and despite everything that's happened to him (looking at you, päivi, and your holiday hoeing around), he hasn't become cynical. at least not permanently cynical.

he does have his concerns and moments (sometimes often) of feeling like he's the only one who isn't worthy of being truly loved or that everyone who claims to love him is lying to him, but in his mind, he tells himself that true love can only exist if he puts out that kind of love towards others as well. hence, not cynical! he certainly doesn't want anyone else to have the same bad moments or feel unloved. because goddamn it, he'll love anyone and very genuinely.

except for terrible people like *gestures at his parents*

🍋 [LEMON] what is their kryptonite/ultimate weakness?

ultra serious answer: being too self-critical

true but not as serious answer: cigarettes and sweets

#asks #hlcn: oc info #hlcn: story extras #hlcn: grant #also i'm so sorry it took me like two days to answer these!! #i've been reading like 200 pages of stuff a day for my college classes and my brain now feels like goo #i have to finish half the iliad by tuesday and the whole thing by the week after #at least it's the best translation! #any classics fans out there say it with me WE LOVE EMILY WILSON

[average-rogue-enjoyer]

Hi people! I have made a new blog... For... I dunno, uploading art I'd like to share with tumblr people? I still don't understand how this site works so I'll just post it here and... yeah I think I'll do that every now and then

#BTAA #batman audio adventures #miss tuesday #edward nygma #the riddler #i am too lazy to translate the picture #but its basically season 1 episode 7 if anyone is wondering

[arsonist-chicken]

Can I get a neurotypical brain? Can I PLEASE get a neurotypical brain?

#i have. three papers. two due monday and one tuesday. #i have only just now started on the most urgent one #i originally planned to take the 2h train ride to uni and deliver it there but. i think i'll just take it to the post office tomorrow for #express delivery and call it a day and have it be there a day late. she's nice anyway. #and ask a colleague there to print out and deliver the other one on tuesday and buy her a bunch of chocolate #but i want to cry. i've had weeks and months to do this shit so naturally. i didn't do shit. #the paper now is about my future as a translator/job future and it makes me want to cry #and i need so much and it's past midnight and i'm so tired but it needs to be at the post office before noon #okay i'll not start rambling now about my shite job perspectives and depression and non-functioning brain #but i am going to put in a lil paragraph about how i'd like to be self-employed maybe but never will actually do that cause yk. #untreated adhd. i'd be bankrupt before I'd even start #okay I'll get something for my headache and then I'll get back to it #okay bye good night whatever bye bye #mine #upset vent noises #don't mind me sometimes you just need to vent a lil because you're tired and overwhelmed and depressed #and for the paper due tuesday idek wtf that shit is about #i someone has tips or advice please lmk

[solarcas]

Mensch, mensch, der Jens Axel is echt genau so irre wie wir.

Frohen Deanstag™! 🍻😋🎉 (english translation in the tags <3)

[Öffnen für bessere Qualität!]

#übernatürlich #deansbirthdaybash #(<- since this is übernatürlich i dont expect u to rb this im just using the tag for the sake of finding it again easier later on <3) #jens axel #dieter wuppertal #rpf #echte menschen fiktion #(naja eig ja nicht ne. hm) #knaxel #marker art #solar draws #emeraldcas #deancaskiss #chapeldean #spxcekya #ig caption in the art is more or less a direct translation of jackles' beer company's post w the change of ''Maß'' which are these 1 litre #beer mugs and ''Grandma's good applepie'' (kuchen isn't exactly pie but. for lack of a better word hgdsh) #my caption reads ''man man that Jens Axel (übernatürlich!jackles) truly is just as crazy as us. Happy Deanstag! Open for better quality'' #Deanstag being a pun bc it's both Dienstag (tuesday) and Dean's day #and all this just felt like i was doing uni translation homework. ghdfhsj #experiejens would be pronounced just like experience btw #ok now ive explained enough ghdhjgds #german

[perhaps-in-anotherdream]

They say couples who live together start to behave/ look alike...

And, gloriously so~ 🤣🫠

[the video contains spoilers from unreleased content on the global server]

77 Days Until • 李泽言0113生日快乐~ .⁠｡⁠*♡

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» MC being that “home/ harbor” where a person like him can take off his armor, set aside all his burdens, and act spoiled/ coquettishly is just so–– 😭💖

#regarding the translation of the Halloween date: I’ll hopefully have some free time after this week. #so i’ll get the translation out within next tuesday~ 💝 #mlqc victor #mlqc li zeyan #mlqc #mr love queen's choice #恋与制作人 #李泽言 #love and producer

[alexanderpearce]

i am fucking spread thin (like vegemite)

#my point being that i have So many fucking things to do right now and i am so tired. university is back. on top of that i have 300 lines of #seneca to translate and then 1280 to write up properly before semester finishes. i have 8 skirts to make for ukrainian dancing and assorted #misc sewing jobs for polish dancing. need to write resume. then i want to submit something for a poetry competition And something else to #the uni magazine. i know most of this is like. stuff ive Taken Upon Myself to Do but omfg HELPPPP #also like. polish dancing sundays ukrainian dancing every second saturday and ive been roped into salsa on tuesdays.... girl #its okay. i have the prototype for the skirts done and its a very simple pattern #okay thanks i just needed to vent. then ON TOP OF THAT theres stuff i want to do! books to read fics to write shows and movies to watch... #shut up ulrike

[disdaidal]

I don't want to brag or sound too optimistic about it, but after three weeks of training at a private college, I think my lessons with this one particular immigrant student (who has serious motivational problems lemme tell ya) are finally starting to get through and there's been improvement.

Only slight improvement so far but I have spotted some, so maybe not all hope is lost yet.

Remains to be seen I guess.

#personal #so in case anyone's still wondering i'm studying to become a tutor/instructor/guidance counselor etc. etc. whatever it's called in english #and currently i mostly work with immigrants with language. sometimes i help high school students as well. but mostly immigrants #and there's this one immigrant student who's been there since last spring. and he still barely even knows the basics because he's 'given up #according to him that is. he told me this at least three times yesterday and i told him that's a problem #so i've been trying to hammer it through his head that he can't be sitting in classes and using his phone when he's supposed to be learning #or expect me or teachers giving him all the answers when he also needs to show a little effort and help us back as well #and that he needs to participate in pair and group activities in classes because we're a team and we need to work together #so basically he's been asking me to either teach him or then find someone who can teach him #i told one of our teachers this and she answered that he could also participate in evening activities at the college but he's not doing tha #and according to him he doesn't 'mingle'. so i told him maybe he should once in a while. get out of his comfort zone. at least try #to my surprise he actually showed up to one of the evening activities that i hosted. didn't do much anything there but sit but still #that was effort. he did exactly what i said despite it making him a little uncomfortable so that's improvement #so then yesterday he asked me about teaching him the language again. i told him i host a homework club at tuesdays & thursdays @ 3:30-4:30p #he showed up there yesterday and was the only student. so i had time to teach him basic greetings. weekdays. months. things he shoulda know #and i thought it's all probably in vain but i tried. so today. he was in their class and actually doing pair work and reading stuff aloud #and even translating some stuff when i asked. calling it easy. and that he's trying to use his phone less and memorize this stuff instead #to which the rest clapped at and cheered him on for. and i told this to the teacher afterwards when she asked me about him. and she gave #me a thumbs up and looked a little surprised but also delighted. because he's been a popular subject amongst ourselves for a reason #so i don't want to get too optimistic about it. because he still has an attitude problem. but he's tried a little at least. so there's hope

[fatetainted]

"kannski hafði faðir minn rétt fyrir sér. ég er uppáhald guðs." and a laugh to distract himself from that first part. "rufus let me hit it 'cause i'm goofy."

#( discord commentary. ) #whitexdove #( select : reno ) #{relying on g.oogle translate because i refuse to learn enough i.celandic to make sure that's right at 11 pm on a tuesday} #{''maybe my father was right. i am god's favorite'' for those wondering}

[the-tenth-arcanum]

had the most mediocre interview of my life for a job I'm 100% qualified for on paper it's the worst feeling

#I mean I'm also stupid bc I didn't sleep #and I didn’t prepare for the most basic-ass interview questions that I KNOW I'm going to be asked 90% of the time #“what's your proudest achievement” and I stare at the screen like I've never done anything to feel proud of in my life #why am I like this #anyway I think if I do the translation test really well I might still have a chance #(timed translation test my beloathed) #also I'm interviewing for another higher paying job on tuesday so there's that #* #job hunting

[lynchiangf]

this week is the week of random men hitting on me WHILST they're on the job

#bus driver asked if I'd refrain from getting off at my stop and stay with him for the rest of the drive #and tuesday I had to go through one of those gates at customs and when I went through without issue the guy was like #you were already looking good before you went through #idk if that translation makes sense but come on man

[asinglesock]

It is so humbling to start using an actual lexicon after months of the one inside the language learning textbook from which all the assignments were constructed. No, I don't actually know the alphabet, why do you ask?

#a sock speaks #grad school tag #this is eventually going to be really fun but Tuesdays are my longest days #and the instructor assigned a quiz the same night as our first multi-verse translation straight out of the Bible #it's taken me 35 minutes and I'm not even through 1/5 verses yet. bleak. #I chose to do this and I want to do this even if I'm tired and stressed #actually most of my day today was pleasant #I'm doing the pomodoro method and I used my entire 5 minute break writing this complaint #and I don't regret it