Wales’ translation sector contributes up to £8 million annually to the Welsh economy, according to a major new report

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A new issue of an Teachdaire Pàrlamaideach, the Scottish Parliament Gaelic newsletter is now out! This time our leaners section looks at railways and why bicycles create difficulties for translators! tinyurl.com/m6vsa5x

Tha an iris as ùire den Teachdaire Pàrlamaideach, cuairt-litir Pàrlamaid na h-Alba a-mach! tinyurl.com/m6vsa5x

Thathar a' cur fàilte air teachdaireachdan Gàidhlig san leabhar cho-fhaireachdain airson Seòras Reid nach maireann.

An rud is annamh is iontach. Rare use of Irish in private sector advertising, inspired by bilingual announcements on public transport. Interesting use of slang too. Feicthe ar an DART i mBaile Átha Cliath.

Abair dìmeas air Glaschu 's air a' Ghàidhlig. 'ghlascu' mo thòin...

Oxford is to get a congestion charge of £5 per car per day, starting this autumn. Charges will be levied for driving past one of six camera sites. The decision, intended to accelerate bus services and encourage cycling/walking, was taken at an Oxfordshire County Council cabinet meeting this morning.

We are excited to announce North Lanarkshire's first Scots Language Book Festival - Check it Oot! supported by @handsupfortrad.bsky.social Across four events with top Scots authors and writers, we're hoping you'll join us for the celebration. More info: culturenl.co.uk/Oot #CheckItOot

Yay! Bliadhna Gàidhlig Mhanainn. Gaelg aboo!

Iomairt chudromach airson ceann a tuath Northumbria. B' àbhaist dhan stèisean seo a bhith na cheann-rèile airson meur-loidhne gu Seahouses.

Blein ny Gaelgey 2026 – ceiliúradh bliana ar an Manainnis fógartha tuairisc.ie/blein-ny-gae...

Planaichean rèile mòra airson Oxford. Math fhèin!

📖 🏆Tha nas lugha na mìos ri dhol gu cuirm nan Duaisean Litreachais 2025. Cùm sùil a-mach a-màireach airson fios mu na geàrr-liostaichean! Less than a month to go until The Gaelic Literature Awards 2025. Come back tomorrow when we’ll be announcing the shortlists!

Èirinn gu bràth!

www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025... If a word is used it merits being covered whether people like it or not. They can hold their noses.

Naidheachd dhùilich. Thathar a' cur fàilte air teachdairean Gàidhlig san leabhar co-fhaireachdainn: feedback.parliament.scot/s/book-georg...

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An dòchas gun tèid seo air adhart.... Pròiseact cudromach dhan lìonra agus dhan Chuimrigh.

Athchuinge gus ainm ùr a chur air port-adhair Birmingham gus urram a thoirt gu "Prionnsa an Dorchadais" www.change.org/p/rename-bir.... Tha mi ag iarraidh "The Sensational Alex Harvey International Airport" ann an Glaschu a-nis! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ha...

Athchuinge do Phàrlamaid na RA mu bhith ag aithneachadh na Cùirne mar nàisean: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Cornwall Council has today (July 22) backed a motion calling on the Government to formally recognise Cornwall as the fifth nation of the United Kingdom, alongside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Cornwall Council has voted in favour of the motion calling on the Government to formally recognise Cornwall as the UK’s fifth nation, and to reach a devolution settlement that properly reflects Cornish national identity.

Sometimes I think about Wikipedia, and what they're trying to do, and what they could be, and compare their budget with the funding for LLM slop machines, and it drives me a little insane. We tried to build a library of Alexandria that would not burn, then tried a library of babel for profit.

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"I'm sorry, but our large language model shows that dangerous advice is more statistically likely than correct advice. Please conform to the statistics by being dead."

why AI should not replace human translators #38265073 "A striking example from Prof Federici's research showed the risks of unchecked machine translation of cancer information, with "Don't stay at home if you develop a fever" being translated as "Do stay at home" www.ciol.org.uk/ai-translati...

Tha sinn ag obair còmhla ri @byleaveswelive.bsky.social gus piseach a thoirt air a’ ghainnead de bàrdachd cho-aimsireil Ghàidhlig do chloinn. Fiosrachadh an seo ⬇️

Given widespread UK misreporting on EVs it's worth noting… * New EVs only cost ~14% more than petrol * New EVs to reach "price parity" by 2026-28 * 2nd hand EVs already cheaper * EV drivers can save £1,000/year on fuel * The vast majority of EV drivers save money overall 1/2

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Post bloga ùr: Mo chiad "extreme day trip?" treanaichean.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/m... #cleachdi

Absolutely delighted to be at the launch of The Lass and The Quine by Ashley Douglas and Kate Osmond, Scotland’s first LGBT+ picture book in Scots. This beautiful book, published by Tippermuir Books is in your #localbookshop now.

Barail a’ bhruic air a ladhran. The badger’s opinion of his own claws, i.e. a poor opinion. (1881 Nicolson Proverbs 382)

“The late David Kaye recalled hearing a snatch of conversation on the street in the Gorbals … in the 1950s. In response to a neighbour’s question, Ach, are you weel?, came the response: Oy, vay’z mir, ich hob ayn gey sair heid” —via @scotslanguage.bsky.social www.scotslanguage.com/articles/nod...

'Whit a wonder it wud be, fur young Scots tae hae thir ain wey ae talkin (ae bein) validatit ootwae the confines ae the iver-ignored literary sphere.' From Colin Bramwell's report, 'Oan Scots and Respair', published in PN Review 283: www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/oan-...

Tha mi a' seinn "Holidays in Cambodia" dhomh fhèin a-nis! #èistphèist

Learning Gaelic or interested in Gaelic? See the Scottish Parliament's newsletter "An Teachdaire Gàidhlig" - which features Gaelic awareness material in English & news in Gaelic. This issue looks at how to talk about languages & the Gaelic for the Scots leid. See/subscribe: tinyurl.com/33dh9cjx

The petition to restore Vancouver Island's railway has achieved 27,000 signatures! It's because of all of you that we've reached this amazing milestone! Hopefully one day we will be rolling North, South, West and East on our railway. chng.it/HTPJ25CqPr Restore Island Rail restoreislandrail.com

Èirinn gu bràth!

The leader of Cardiff Council said the ambition is 'absolutely there' to open a fourth Welsh-medium secondary school in the city

Today we're celebrating 5 years since the launch of ANNA RUADH, the #Gaelic translation of Anne of Green Gables! 📚💚👒 You can still watch the virtual cèilidh book launch, a delightful hour of Gaelic performances from PEI, NS, Scotland & Ireland! Seallabh: youtu.be/Xf3z5AkQmO0

Pròiseact Ùr Gàidhlig A’ togail air pròiseactan a thàinig roimhe, tha LEACAN 2 a’ dol a thoirt seachad barrachd stiùiridh air cùisean gràmair is litreachaidh sa Ghàidhlig far a bheil mì-chinnt. (3/5)

Ainm-àite na Seachdaine Craigentinny ~ Creag an t-Sionnaich 'the rock of the fox' NT292747 buff.ly/mU5I3Wf #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic

"That’s the gift of language. Not fluency. Not perfection. Just possibility." #langsky 🌐 #xl8

Tha mi cho fortanach a bhith a' fuireach san Dùn Bhreac cho faisg air Pàirc Bhaile Uisdein - tha mi ag èisteachd ris an fhèis ciùil punc "the Punk Alldayer" an-asgaidh bhon chidsean! Bha na Skids sgoinneil agus tha na h-Undertones fìor mhath cuideachd. Tha mi a' dèanamh fiughair ris na Sex Pistols!

Rudeigin ùr sa bhùth! Clùd-soithichean le ainmean-àite Dhùn Phris is Ghall-Ghàidhealaibh buff.ly/VewocqV Something new in the shop! Dumfries and Galloway Gaelic place-name tea towel #Gàidhlig #AinmÀite #Chleachdi

Dèan mar-thà e!

Post bloga inntinneach mu inbhe na Scots ann an lagh na h-Alba. (Bha m' athair nach maireann na fhear lagh agus neach-iomairt cànan - bhiodh anglicisation briathrachas lagh ga chur dìreach ballistic! Sin agus daoine a' cleachdadh "disinterested" nuair a bha iad a' ciallahadh "uninterested"!)

Plans tae forder and uphaud the uise o Gaelic and Scots hae been passed by the Scots Pairliament. www.gov.scot/news/scottis...