They made it to the finals! 🤩 Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov and #NWLiteraryTranslator Shelley Fairweather-Vega are on the National Book Award shortlist for their latest ✨ BRILLIANT ✨ collab: “We Computers: A Ghazal Novel.” Eeee!

💛 Our profession, captured in detail. The new Global Workforce Survey report reflects the voices and realities of healthcare interpreters across the U.S. and worldwide. See how your experience compares with colleagues everywhere. 📖 Read now: https://monkeylink.co/019751

The latest article that just dropped on the @atanet.org Savvy Newcomer blog is chock-full of helpful advice for newcomers to the profession! Independent Contracting from A to Z: Everything Translators & Interpreters Need to Know www.atanet.org/starting-you...

‘A City Beyond History’: New Poetry by Doha Kahlout "Press your body to the sea— / it comes out cool, unharmed— / and let tears move across your hidden grief."

📣 Coming soon: #LEO12 Elevate Your Human Game 💪 🦾 Join interpreters, translators & language access leaders worldwide! 📅 Dec 4–5, 2025 💻 100% virtual 🎓 CEUs available 🎟️ Early Bird from $75 (ends 10/15) — Register now! 👉 linguisteducationonline.com/leo-12th-con... #xl8 #1nt #LEO 🙌

Really excited for Seattle’s own Shelley Fairweather-Vega for being named, together with the Uzbek-language author Hamid Ismailov, a finalist for the 2025 National Book Awards (in the Translated Literature category). www.nationalbook.org/books/we-com... @nationalbook.bsky.social

How #Greek Shaped #Coptic, Egypt’s Final Ancient Language greekreporter.com/2025/10/06/g... via greekreporter.com #language #history #langsky

Shelley Fairweather-Vega strikes again ⚡️ Of her latest #translation, @antonhur.com writes: "History dreamily echoes throughout Sultan Raev's Castigation as the serpentine narrative, [in Shelley's] 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝔂 𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓹 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, draws the reader into a surreal desert rich with delusion & truth." 🐍🍏💦🦂

My God, what a magnificent, thoughtful, heart-wrenching piece.

We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social: www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...

“These are ten important books that will help you understand Ukraine – and why this country stands and will stand.”

🥉 SPONSOR SHOUT-OUT 🥉 A big thanks to #NOTIS2025 Bronze Sponsors Bellevue College Continuing Education for their generous support! 🙌 Bellevue College Continuing Education offers quality T&I courses at competitive prices. Learn more at 🔗 www.bellevuecollege.edu/ce/professio... #xl8 #1nt

🥈 SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT🥈 Tons of gratitude to Seattle Central College Cont. Ed. — #NOTIS2025 silver sponsors — for their ongoing support. @seattlecentral.bsky.social offers quality T&I training at competitive prices 🙌 🔗 Learn more at ce.seattlecentral.edu/job-skills/t... #xl8 #1nt #continuingeducation

🎊 Happy International Translation Day to all of our wonderful language professionals in this incredible industry! 🎊 #InternationalTranslationDay

Happy International Translation Day! Here’s part of my translation manifesto, which can be found in full at the end of Fair: The Life-Art of Translation. (Written out in replies)

Today, we celebrate International Translation Day! 🎊 In these tumultuous times, human translators & interpreters offer trust and reconciliation. 🙌 The 2025 ITD theme is: "Translation, shaping a future you can trust." — @fiteurope.bsky.social 🫶 Read more 🔗 en.fit-ift.org/internationa... #1nt #xl8

🏅 SPONSOR FEATURE 🏅 Our heartfelt gratitude to 𝗦𝗢𝗦𝗶, #NOTIS2025 Gold Sponsors! 🤩 SOSi is actively seeking skilled #interpreters & #translators. If you’re passionate about bridging language barriers and making a meaningful impact, learn how to apply at: www.sosi.com/freelance/ 🙏 #1nt #xl8

💎 SPONSOR FEATURE 💎 A huge thanks to 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗙𝗦𝗘/𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗖𝗠𝗘, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors! The only legally recognized interpreters union in WA State, WFSE serves "the many, not the few"—and their support means the world to all of us. Thank you, WFSE! 🙏 ℹ️ interpretersunited.wfse.org #1nt

💎 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT 💎 Three cheers for Universal Language Service, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors! 🙏 A "leading provider of #1nt and #xl8 services, trusted by healthcare, govt, and businesses nationwide," ULS is hiring #freelanceinterpreters, bilingual CSRs, etc. Details at ulsonline.net 👀

Rising prices AND declining quality in translation??🤔

💎 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT 💎 Three cheers for Universal Language Service, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors! 🙏 A "leading provider of #1nt and #xl8 services, trusted by healthcare, govt, and businesses nationwide," ULS is hiring #freelanceinterpreters, bilingual CSRs, etc. Details at ulsonline.net 👀

💎 SPONSOR FEATURE 💎 A huge thanks to 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗙𝗦𝗘/𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗖𝗠𝗘, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors! The only legally recognized interpreters union in WA State, WFSE serves "the many, not the few"—and their support means the world to all of us. Thank you, WFSE! 🙏 ℹ️ interpretersunited.wfse.org #1nt

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👋 Thank you to everyone who stepped up—in person and behind the scenes—to make #NOTIS2025 an extraordinary success! 🚀 To our members, presenters, sponsors, and volunteers: We would be utterly adrift without you 🛟 ℹ️ notisnet.org/NOTIS-2025 #xl8 #NOTIS #1nt #NWLinguists #LanguageAccess

👋 Literary translators! Join our colleagues at Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI) *online* on Saturday, Sept. 20, for "The Nuts and Bolts of Literary Translation." 🙌 💁‍♀️ Details at catiweb.org/september-20... (NOTE: the listed event time is in EDT)

Happy to be in the greater Seattle area for the @notisnet.bsky.social conference. Looking forward to four hours of workshops on consecutive note-taking on Saturday!

Uzbek?! Hey! 🤩 That's former NOTIS President ✨ Shelley Fairweather-Vega's ✨ awe-inspiring #translation of Hamid Ismailov's WE COMPUTERS: A GHAZAL NOVEL. Shelley never ceases to impress us... 🦾💪🦾 (P.S. You can catch her this weekend peddling translations by the #NWLiteraryTranslators at #NOTIS2025!)

⏰ Register for #NOTIS2025 by Monday, September 8‼️ You won't want to miss what these incredible speakers have to offer for #translators and #interpreters of all stripes! For more exciting details — and to secure your spot — visit NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 🙌

Oh no 😯 Registration for NOTIS's popular annual conference ends Monday, Sept. 8! ⏰ To learn about our knowledgeable & inspiring ✨ #NOTIS2025 speakers, the dynamic sessions they'll lead, and how to secure your spot, visit NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 🦀 #1nt #xl8 @atanet.org @cchicertify.bsky.social 🙏

🎉 A hearty "hurrah" for #NOTIS2025 Keynote Speaker Dr. Devin Gilbert — dedicated scholar, teacher, and practitioner of T&I! "I'm very excited to share a defense of being human and nerd out on terminology & interpreting ethics," he says. The feeling is mutual. 💯 Register at NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 ⏰

Oh no 😯 Registration for NOTIS's popular annual conference ends Monday, Sept. 8! ⏰ To learn about our knowledgeable & inspiring ✨ #NOTIS2025 speakers, the dynamic sessions they'll lead, and how to secure your spot, visit NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 🦀 #1nt #xl8 @atanet.org @cchicertify.bsky.social 🙏

🎉 A hearty "hurrah" for #NOTIS2025 Keynote Speaker Dr. Devin Gilbert — dedicated scholar, teacher, and practitioner of T&I! "I'm very excited to share a defense of being human and nerd out on terminology & interpreting ethics," he says. The feeling is mutual. 💯 Register at NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 ⏰

Make haste! ⏰ Registration for NOTIS's popular annual #conference ends on Monday, September 8! ⚠️ 🧐 To read about our smart 💡 AND talented ✨ #NOTIS2025 speakers, the dynamic sessions they'll lead, and how to secure your spot, visit NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 🦀 #1nt #xl8 @atanet.org 🙏

MUST read ➡️ This fascinating interview with Shelley Fairweather-Vega (translator + past NOTIS president) and Hamid Ismailov (author) about We Computers: A Ghazal Novel — their latest in a growing list of stunning collaborations. ✨ Read the interview, buy/read the novel, marvel... 🤖 😍

ONE MONTH DOWN, TWO TO GO! In collaboration with Exchanges @exchangesjournal at the University of lowa, the Turkoslavia translators collective welcomes submissions of prose and poetry translated from Turkic and Slavic languages (loosely defined) into English to be published in Fall 2025.

⏰ LAST CALL for #NOTIS2025 early-bird savings! Learn more and register today at notisnet.org/notis-2025 📥 A HUGE thanks to our generous 2025 #sponsors: - SOSi (Gold) 🎉 - Seattle Central College - Continuing Education (Silver) 🙏 - Bellevue College Community Education (Bronze) 🙌 #1nt #xl8 #CEUs

Among our stellar & celebrated speakers are 6 NOTIS members! 🥂 🍻 🥳 Three cheers for Wendy Call @wendycall.bsky.social, Rainer Klett, Zakiya Hanafi, Cynthia E. Roat, Andrew Belisle, and Dulce Bustamante! See ALL speaker bios here: notisnet.org/Speakers-2025

A Canadian study of language barriers and hip-fracture patients found that "non-English speakers had a higher risk of delirium, heart attack, longer stay in hospital and were more often discharged to a nursing home after their surgery" www.healthing.ca/opinion/opin...

If you're in London and looking for a way to celebrate #womenintranslation this August #WITmonth, @sinoistbooks.bsky.social are running two events to celebrate the launch of 'My Sisters Red Shirt' by Tie Ning, translated by Annelise Finnegan. Free tickets available: sinoistbooks.com/our-events/

Hi human translators! If you know a fab story or novel that fits our list (speculative / horror / weird / pulp / crime), and you can make it sound great in English, hit us up. South Asian languages especially, but we're interested in SE Asian & African stuff too the-captable.com/2025/08/insi...

Three of our contributors' pieces are featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's reading list for Women in Translation Month 2025! 🪻 Find the full list here: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

⏰ Just ONE day left to apply for a conference grant from NOTIS! These grants will help NOTIS members attend a career-changing T&I conference of their choice: #NOTIS2025, #ALTA48, #ATA66, NAJIT (2026), ALC23... and more! @littranslate.bsky.social @najitorg.bsky.social @atanet.org #1nt #xl8

🎉 Registration for ATA's 66th Annual Conference is now open! Join us for one of the biggest conferences for language services providers at www.atanet.org/ata66/regist... and celebrate your passion and profession at #ATA66! 🚢 ⚓️ . . . #Education #Translator #Interpreter #Language #xl8 #1nt #atanet

💙 Register now for #NOTIS2025 — the foremost conference for T&I professionals in the Pacific NW — where you'll learn, connect, inspire (and BE inspired) alongside the best in the business! 💫 Visit notisnet.org/NOTIS-2025 for more exciting details! Early-bird rates apply! 🪱 #1nt #xl8 🙏 @atanet.org

⏰ Just ONE day left to apply for a conference grant from NOTIS! These grants will help NOTIS members attend a career-changing T&I conference of their choice: #NOTIS2025, #ALTA48, #ATA66, NAJIT (2026), ALC23... and more! @littranslate.bsky.social @najitorg.bsky.social @atanet.org #1nt #xl8

🌟 ATA is happy to announce a shortlist of nominees for the 2025 ATA Ungar German Translation Award! . . . #German #Translation #Literary #Awards #xl8 #ATA66 #atanet

Thinking of catching the Ai Weiwei exhibit before it leaves @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social on Sept. 7? Here are some books to read and a film watch before, after or during a visit to see his iconic works. blog.spl.org/2025/07/25/a...

We are looking for a new series co-editor for Best Literary Translations! Deadline to apply is Monday, August 4! www.deepvellum.org/news/call-fo...

ICYMI! We're open to translations of poems from any language, on any theme. Deadline: 15 August Please spread the word! ✨ @stephenspender.bsky.social @worldlittoday.bsky.social @poetrytranslation.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social @catranslation.bsky.social

⚠️ We're accepting member applications through July 31 (link below)! Also... 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡! Details now available for #NOTIS2025: our own, star-studded annual T&I conference. Learn more at notisnet.org/event-6016978 ✨