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Katy Derbyshire
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Literary translator from German to English, occasional publisher, Berlin lover, appreciator of wallets on chains. She/her. Photo © Nane Diehl
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Though the price is being paid elsewhere, in environmental terms.

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In the case of translation: we want to access and understand things in other languages but the payment and time required for human translation puts total understanding out of our reach. Magic will solve this problem! #xl8#humantranslation

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Are people (in this case Tories at a conference celebrating Thatcher) thinking of AI as magic, the way filmmakers give characters superpowers to solve problems it would take more effort to tackle? It’s like the opposite of the dark magic of blaming immigration for problems it doesn’t cause.

From the floor I asked the last question: none of those problems can be solved by less government, only by more, so how will they address them? (“AI” was the empty reply from one panellist.) (…)
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Great!

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So happy to see the back of the stifling temperatures. Bring on the autumn!

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I love the rain it rained on me, evaporation made the rain and evaporation made me.

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Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Translator: in British English it would be more common to say the *glass* is half full. Is the cup an important motif here? Does the transparency or opacity of the drinking vessel matter? Have I overthought this?

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I bet it’s fun round there.

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Oh, wie schön, Danke!

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Katy Derbyshire
@katyderbyshire.bsky.social
Literary translator from German to English, occasional publisher, Berlin lover, appreciator of wallets on chains. She/her. Photo © Nane Diehl
546 followers594 following210 posts