Thanks for sharing! 😊

Das Deutsche Volk (The German People) On the night of February 9, 2020, a racist attacker shot and killed nine young people in Hanau, leaving behind mourning families and survivors who fight not just for their lost loved ones but also for...

Wednesday, 29th April (20:00) at the Grosvenor Picture Theatre in Glasgow
Tickets: www.grosvenorpicturetheatre.co.uk/.../das...
Thursday, 30th April 2026 (20:00) at The Filmhouse in Edinburgh
Tickets: www.filmhouse.org.uk/.../das-deut.... @itiscotnet.bsky.social

Thanks, @isabeltranslates.bsky.social, for bringing this to our attention. Good news for literary translators. 🤗

#Translation CPD in Edinburgh this coming Wednesday 11 March

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From a small seed to a tree. At @itiscotnet.bsky.social we're celebrating our 35th anniversary. We're grateful to our founders and all the volunteers who've chipped in over the years to help this network grow, adapt and stay relevant. May we all continue to thrive for the next 35 years and more!

Gentle reminder to book your spot for our spring workshop before the 4th of March 🎺🥁📯📣

Neighbours always welcome @itiscotnet.bsky.social #ITICommunity

As a Scottish-based association of linguists, the news have hit us hard. Many of our members have links to Heriot-Watt, be it as former, current or potential future students or staff members, or as their colleagues.
Please sign the petition if you care about languages and the future of the UK. 🙏

The Department of Languages at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social is facing serious cuts with a proposal to make 11 of its staff redundant, stop offering undergraduate Chinese and German and eliminate intercultural studies courses.

Please sign this petition: heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...

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It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming!
On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo.
Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...

Our next event will be a session by Chartered Accountant Alison Bowyer on the new HMRC 'Making Tax Digital for Income Tax' scheme (20 Feb, 5:30pm GMT). Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 21 Jan, with reduced prices for IDN members.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/iti-interpre...

#1nt #MakingTaxDigital

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Our planned events for 2026: pub gatherings in Edinburgh (last Thursday of each month); Spring workshop in Edinburgh on 21 March (about indigenous language); Walking Weekend in the Spey Valley on 8-10 May; Autumn workshop in Edinburgh (early October); AGM and Christmas lunch in Glasgow, 12 December.

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Happy New Year, @Scotnetters and followers! May 2026 be joyful and heathy, and bring you enjoyable and profitable work and learning opportunities, a clear mind to find them and lots of networking with clients and colleagues! 🤗 📅

First event of the year award goes to @itinortheast.bsky.social 😁

We missed you today, Isabel! Now that the cat is out of the bag, welcome to the committee! 😁 Have fun down south. 🤗

Greatly enjoyed today's @itiscotnet.bsky.social AGM and Christmas lunch. I love our get-togethers, if that's the right word for an AGM. Such lovely people!

Aw, lovely just like you! 😊

#CPD for consecutive interpreters

Did you know that the North East is home to the biggest Festival of Languages in the United Kingdom? The 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 is back from 6 January to 31 March 2026 expressyourselfne.com/2025/10/05/2... #xl8 #1nt #mfl

The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy The government needs to signal its demand for elite foreign language skills before more universities leave provision to inferior alternatives, says Ian Proud

The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc...

One of the perks of waking up at silly o'clock to attend a ScotNet event

CPD

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Next up: drinks/food at The Forth, Pink Lane, Newcastle from 5:45pm on Friday 26 September.
This is a joint social event with the Medical Network after their Newcastle workshop. Please comment below if you plan to come along

WikiXl8 Look up Wikipedia pages across languages

When you struggle to find the equivalent of a word or phrase in another language, do you sometimes find yourself opening Wikipedia, searching for it then navigating to the "languages" section to get its title in the other language?

Well, I do, and I got tired of it, hence:

#linguistics #xl8 #xl9n

I'm looking for another authenticity/sensitivity reader, this time for dissociative identity disorder.

It's for feedback on a character in a graphic novel I'm translating.

Ideally they'd have experience with SR, comics, and historical fiction.

Got any recs?

#BookSky #Comics #xl8 #DIDSky

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Autumn Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet 11/10/2025 @ 09:30 - 13:00 - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its autumn workshop: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses? with LYNDA HEPBURN To be held at The Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh o...

📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses?

Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.

Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...

📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses?

Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.

Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...

#xl8 🌐 #literarytranslation 💙📚

ScotNet Newsletter | June 2025 - ITI ScotNet Bursting the Bubble If you’re reading this newsletter, the chances are that you spend a reasonable amount of your time working solo – and for many of us, that’s just the way we like it. However, I’m s...

It's never too late to bring your attention to our latest newsletter, published in June. A most refreshing read for these hot summer days! And a good way to catch up with what our members have been up to lately. 😁
itiscotland.org.uk/17991/newsle...