toad.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Mastodon server operated by David Troy, a tech pioneer and investigative journalist addressing threats to democracy. Thoughtful participation and discussion welcome.

Administered by:

Server stats:

214
active users

#translator

2 posts2 participants0 posts today

Do you know any #arabic , #spanish or #mandarin #translator who might be interested in translating storyseedlibrary.org/ , a #solarpunk #art and #writing site with lots of #Copyleft materials?

Sadly, there's no funding for the project, only bringing more human-made, intentional, optimistic #climate #futurism materials to new audiences!

Story Seed LibraryWelcome to Story Seed Library!A library of Solarpunk art and story seeds helping you imagine a better climate future!
Replied in thread

@thelinuxEXP I really like Speech Note! It's a fantastic tool for quick and local voice transcription in multiple languages, created by @mkiol

It's incredibly handy for capturing thoughts on the go, conducting interviews, or making voice memos without worrying about language barriers. The app uses strictly locally running LLMs, and its ease of use makes it a standout choice for anyone needing offline transcription services.

I primarily use #WhisperAI for transcription and Piper for voice, but many other models are available as well.

It is available as flatpak and github.com/mkiol/dsnote

#TTS #transcription #TextToSpeech #translator translation #offline #machinetranslation #sailfishos #SpeechSynthesis #SpeechRecognition #speechtotext #nmt #linux-desktop #stt #asr #flatpak-applications #SpeechNote

Language learning is also about different cultures, broadening minds, and opening doors to new opportunities, here and abroad. It's almost like our government wants to keep young people unskilled, especially if they're less affluent. Go figure.

theguardian.com/education/2025

The Guardian · Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey findsBy Anna Bawden

Fedi #GNU #Linux community: Do any of you know how to get a Mandinka language keyboard option on Android, ideally to be used in Signal?

The site anythingtranslate.com is so far the only site I've found that can do English to Mandinka translation.

I want to help a friend in the Gambia set up his phone such that he can switch the keyboard from English to Mandinka (the symbols in Mandinka are not in the same alphabet).

#Translator J. #Kalmer in #EasternEurope + #England

#biography #books #literature
#BaJin #LuXun #MaoDun #XiaoQian
#London #Prague #WWII

Ein Übersetzer in Grenzgebieten: #JosephKalmer (1898-1959)
Kalmer, der ursprünglich Josef #Kalmus hieß, wuchs in einem Dorf an der polnisch-ukrainischen Grenze auf und ging in #Czernowitz nahe der ukrainisch-rumänischen Grenze zur Schule.

Vereinfacht gesagt: er lebte damals in Galizien und #Bukowina ...

zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie

www.zo.uni-heidelberg.deJoseph Kalmer

Hey, fellow translators and interpreters in the US (and other sympathetic parties), can we maybe start a chat somewhere to talk about ways to push back against the idea of making English the official language? We‘re uniquely positioned to address this kind of thing, and I have a really bad feeling that it‘s only going to erode support for language services in courtrooms, hospitals, and elsewhere to the point that lots of people who need us are going to be very badly fucked over.

Hit me up, eh?

UK creatives: please take a few minutes to say "NO" to giving up copyright protection. You only have until 25th February to complete the UK government's AI consultation survey.

The good news: you won't have to complete all 52 questions! Only nine are essential, and I've found some templates you can use if you don't have time to think of your own responses.

Don't make life easy for those who couldn't care less about our work.

againstthebox.substack.com/p/t

#Introduction with a billion #hashtags...

I'm Alba, a
#trans #nonbinay #bisexual #autistic #vegan #antifascist #activist from #Nijmegen, #NL. In addition to my #autism, I've also got #ADHD, #hyperlexia, related auditory processing and executive function issues, #aphantasia and #SDAM (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory). I'm an IT #tech at a large #international company, a volunteer for the #radical #intersectional #anticapitalist #political party #BIJ1 and a freelance #translator. I speak #Nederlands, #français, #English, #Deutsch and #Esperanto. I play #saxophone - I have a bari sax, a tenor sax and a soprano sax. I also have a #flute and a #ukelele but I don't play those nearly as well as the saxes. I love playing #TTRPG like #DnD5e and #PF2e, and I have two #cats, an orange slonk called Hobbes and a void chonk called Nita.

I used to hang out on mastodon.lol until early 2023 when that instance shut down. I then moved to todon.nl and recently decided to hop on to blahaj.zone
:Blobhaj_Love: