Dr Silvina Katz
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Dr Silvina Katz
@SilvinaKatz
Researcher in #TranslationStudies and #LiteraryTranslation. Focused on the translation of the senses and atmosphere within the Argentinian short story.
@silvinakatz.bsky.social Katılım Temmuz 2010
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¿Recomendaciones para #BuenosAires 🇦🇷 y #Santiago 🇨🇱? 🛫😊
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It felt amazing to cross that stage and celebrate what has been an incredible 4 year journey and despite vowing after every TMA I am giving up I did it 🎉 to all future @OpenUniversity graduates you can do it too 💪🧑🎓🎉🧑🎓🎉 #OUFamily

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My inaugural lecture "Blind spots, phantom pains, and palpable relief: translation as embodied experience" is now online @QUBelfast @TranslateQUB
youtube.com/watch?v=42YGqa…

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EL PORTUGUÉS ES PELIAGUDO
Tras el éxito de un tuit con falsos amigos del portugués europeo que publiqué en septiembre*, he recopilado todas las contribuciones que me habéis mandado. Mil gracias. Por estas cosas me quedo en Twitter.
aceitar → aceptar
aceite → acepte
acordar → despertar ⏰
almoço → almuerzo 🍽️
andar → piso [de un edificio] 🏢
apagar → borrar ❌
apelido → apodo, sobrenombre
aposentadoria → jubilación 👴👵
asombrada → encantada 😊
assinatura → firma ✍️
azeite → aceite de oliva 🫒
balcão → mostrador
banha → manteca
barata → cucaracha 🪳
batata → patata 🍟
bater → pegar (golpear), latir 💓
bicha → cola, fila 🧍♂️🧍♀️🧍♂️
bocadinho → poco, poquito
bodega → porquería 🗑️
bolacha → galleta 🍪
bolo → pastel 🎂
bolso → bolsillo 👖
borla (de/à) → gratis 🆓
borracha → goma de borrar ✏️
brincar → jugar, bromear 🎮
brinco → juego, pendiente [para oreja] 👂
cachorro → perro caliente 🌭
cálice → copa (para beber) 🍷
camisola → jersey, suéter 🧥
cantina → solo comedor en institución/empresa 🍽️
capa → portada 📚
cara → tipo, tío 🧑
carro → coche 🚗
casa de pastos → restaurante 🍽️
ceia → recena, resopón 🌙
cena → escena 🎭
chatear → molestar, fastidiar 😠
chato → aburrido, pesado 🥱
colar → pegar (unir) 🧴
combinar → quedar para algo, coordinar 📅
copo → vaso 🥛
corrida → carrera 🏃🏾♂️
criado mudo → mesa de luz 💡
curtir → divertirse, salir de fiesta 🎉
devagar → despacio 🐌
desastre → accidente 💥
desenho → dibujo 🎨
doce → dulce 🍬
eléctrico → tranvía 🚋
embaraçada → avergonzada 😳
engano → error ❓
engraçado → divertido😄
escritorio → oficina 🏢
escova → cepillo 🪥
espantoso → extraordinario, maravilloso ✨
esperto → listo, inteligente 🧠
esquisito → raro, extraño 🤔
exprimir → explicar 🗣️
explorar → explotar [laboralmente] 💼
faca → cuchillo 🔪
fato → traje 👔
féria → día de la semana 📅
férias → vacaciones 🏖️
filete → filete de pescado 🐟
fofo → lindo 🥰
folha → hoja 🍃
fumado → ahumado 💨
funcionário → trabajador sector público o privado 👨💼
gajo → tipo, tío 🧑
galheteiro → vinagreras 🧂
ganância → codicia 💰
garrafa → botella 🍾
geleia → mermelada 🍯
giro → genial, chévere, fino 👌
gordura → grasa Qué gracia tiene
hipótese → posibilidad
jantar → cena 🍽️
lanche → merienda 🥪
largo → ancho, plaza 🏙️
ligar → telefonear 📞
louro → rubio 👱
macedónia → menestra 🥗
mala → bolso 👜
malta → la gente, la peña, grupo, caterva 👥
marmelada → dulce de membrillo
massa folhada → hojaldre 🥐
meados → mediados
mote → lema, eslogan
nabo → rábano 🥕
oferta → regalo, donativo 🎁
oficina → taller 🔧
óleo → aceite (menos oliva)
palco → escenario 🎭
paragem → parada 🚏
pasta → cartera 💼
pegar → coger ✋
pelos → por los
pensos → compresas
pequeno almoço → desayuno ☕
percebes? → ¿entiendes? 🤔
peru → pavo 🦃
pescada → merluza 🐟
pica → inyección 💉
pila → pene 🍆
pilha → pila 🔋
polvo → pulpo 🐙
prego → clavo 🔨
prestar → servir, interesar
presunto → jamón 🐖
pronto → listo, preparado 👍
propina → matrícula, cuota 💰
puto → niño 👶🏾
rabo → trasero, culo 🍑
rapaz → muchacho 👦
rato → ratón 🐁
reforma → jubilación, retiro
reformado → jubilado
roxo → morado 💜
ruivo → pelirrojo 👨🦰
salada de frutas → macedonia 🍎🍐🍊
salsa → perejil 🌿
sandes → sándwich 🥪
sobremesa → postre 🍰
sobrenome → apellido
sótão → desván 🏠
sucesso → éxito 🏆
taça → copa (conmemorativa) 🏆
talher → cubiertos 🍴
tamboril → rape (pez)
tapete → alfombra 🥾
tirar → apagar, soltar, sacar
toalha → mantel
trampa → excremento 💩
travesseiro → almohada 🛏️
vaga → ola 🌊
varanda → balcón 🏠
vaso → maceta 🪴
vassoura → escoba 🧹
venda → venta (de vender / establecimiento)
viola → guitarra [española] 🎸
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* El tuit original: x.com/XoseCastro/sta…
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@SmellStudies Looking forward to presenting "Translating Olfactory Imagery in Ocampo's Short Stories" at the International Conference on The Olfactory Story of Perfume in Literature, Psychology, and Art, Galati, Romania, 17-18 October
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Apply to present at the conference The Olfactory Story of Perfume in Literature, Psychology, and Art, Galati, Romania, 17-18 October.
#perfume" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">essenglish.org/cfp-conference…
Abstracts due by September 15, 2024!
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I have been elected to the Board of the American #Translation & #Interpreting Studies Association (#ATISA). Looking forward to collaborating with exceptional scholars and practitioners across the US and beyond! 😃#translationstudies #languageaccess
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So excited and proud to introduce our amazing speakers! #IAPTI2024
(If you are planning to attend, remember that early bird will be around until July 31!)
✅To register: 👇🏼@iapti
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@ElizabethChapp8 @OUGradSch @OU_FASS @pace_ou @bornlinguist @intracommons Congratulations! So happy for you.
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Yesterday I passed my PhD Viva with minor corrections - it was a gr8 experience. Thank you to everyone on this platform who has supported me. But it's not over yet... Details of the theatre play that I am writing to come!
@OUGradSch
@OU_FASS
@pace_ou
@bornlinguist
@intracommons

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PhD thesis submitted ✔️✅ just goes to show that just because you might have autism and or dyslexia it doesn't mean you can't achieve anything. You just need the right support network 🛜 #PhDthesis #phdlife #geology #lithium #pegmatites #science #neurodiverse #criticalmetals

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@lawrenceschimel Mi muy sentido pésame, Lawrence. Qué hermosa foto y qué hermosa mujer…
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I still cannot quite believe it but I am proud to announce that yesterday I successfully passed my PhD Viva with minor corrections. I'm indebted to my examiners and thesis supervisors for their role on this journey.
Thanks to @OpenUniversity @OU_WELS @OUGradSch
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First half marathon in the can ✅
I can't climb at the moment, so I'm trying running. Enjoyed the #GreatBirminghamRun more than I expected it. Loved the atmosphere and the weather was amazing.
@Great_Run


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@jmorenorivero @PSC_CUNY Congratulations, Javier. Very pleased to see this.
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Delighted to receive a PI @PSC_CUNY grant to develop my new project "Breaking Barriers for Inclusive Communication: a Repository of #LanguageAccess Policies" during 2024-25! I will hire one or two #RAs. So hit me up if you are USA-based and interested in joining me! 😃
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@LitTranslate @PENamerica @subhashree_b @JackDHargreaves @PoetDongLi Well done everyone! Very proud in particular of @subhashree_b and @JackDHargreaves
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🎉 @PENamerica's 2024 literary grant winners have been announced! Congratulations to all, including ALTA mentee @subhashree_b, member @JackDHargreaves, and past Lucien Stryk Prize judges @PoetDongLi & Soje on receiving PEN/Heim Translation Fund grants! bit.ly/3PJEYpc

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