Susan Pickford
@libripotens
Professor of translation studies at the University of Geneva, training language professionals for international organisations (UN, WHO, WIPO, CERN etc). Recent books: Professional Translators in 19th-c France, Translating Science in the 18th & 19th c.
My trip home from #ESHS-HSS took an unexpected turn due to weather conditions in Geneva so I am taking my conf goodie bag on a tour of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice
dipping my toe in the exotic waters of the #ESHS-HSS tomorrow at first light. I will be talking toadstone on Thursday
Unveiling my new #bookhistory tat ahead of speaking at the #sharpies tomorrow. #BH4ever @sharpweb.org
lil Russian>German mineralogical dictionary from 1798 for you to enjoy on this warm Friday afternoon
Lol. So wrong. (As are the peer suggestions of kernel and nucleus)
Look who's just cropped up as a byword for gaudy vulgarity in the book I am reading from 2001
Very pleased to receive my advance translator copies of this petit bijou this morning. Due out on July 16th
My all-time favourite is Heine's German censorship pisstake (the German censors...... idiots.....)
Been listening to In Our Time on my morning run and I want the producers to do one on translation and invite meeee