Tonight! Reading #2 of PEN's celebration of Women in Translation Month! This reading series was initiated by Meytal Radzinski in 2014 to raise awareness of translated literature by women, queer, and nonbinary authors, and promote gender and cultural diversity in publishing.
https://pen.org/event/women-in-translation-month-reading-series-2025-session-2/
Five pairs of writer/translators working across:
Brazilian Portuguese
Chinese (Tailwan)
German
Russian (Ukraine)
Vietnamese
#WIT #translation #LiteraryTranslation #Readings @literarytranslation
Women in Translation Month Reading Series 2025 (Session 2) - PEN America

This year, our free, virtual reading series gathers voices from across time zones for an international celebration!

PEN America

Almost forgot it's Women In Translation Month! One of my favourite theme months.

Books written by women, not in English, translated into English.
I always discover very good things in #WIT

#Books #Reading #WomenInTranslation #WIT

Some inspiration
https://youtu.be/t5WsFmp1ERk?feature=shared

Women in Translation Month 2025

#WIT #WITPOP Women in Translation Month pile of possibilities 2025 In this video, I share a pile of possible books I would like to read for this Women in ...

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Some days I get real tired of looking at all the faces on these calls and being the only woman.

#WIT #WomenInTech

Getting my @dragonsteelnexus tickets and this years swag inspired me to make my own pocket Hoid/Cephandrius/Wit 🤍🐉💖

Pattern by @serendipitydesigns

#crochet #cosmere #hoid #dragonsteel #wit #cephandrius #dragon #brandonsanderson
Say hello to my own pocket Hoid/Cephandrius/Wit 🤍🐉💖 @dragonsteelbooks

Pattern by @arserendipitydesigns

#crochet #cosmere #hoid #dragonsteel #wit #cephandrius #dragon #brandonsanderson

A quotation from Ben Franklin

Tricks and Treachery are the Practice of Fools, that have not Wit enough to be honest.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1740 ed.)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichardsalmanac #betrayal #cheating #cleverness #cunning #deception #dishonesty #guile #intelligence #intrigue #lying #treachery #trickery #tricks #wit

Poor Richard (1740 ed.) - Franklin, Benjamin | WIST Quotations

Tricks and Treachery are the Practice of Fools, that have not Wit enough to be honest. Borrowed without attribution from La Rochefoucauld (1665).

WIST Quotations

How does someone go from Librarian to Head of Product at a tech company? 🤔

No, this is not the set-up for a Dad joke; it’s the inspiring career journey of our own Lauren Morris.

If you want to find out more, read our interview with Lauren, who blazed her own unique path from Librarian to improv theater manager to Head of Product.

Sometimes life takes you to places you never expected! 🔮

Curious? → 🔗 https://www.amazee.io/blog/post/women-in-tech-lauren-morris

#WomenInTech #WIT #LifeAtAmazeeIO

Ook deze schoonheid staat in mijn #Tuin! #Klaproos #Wit #Bloemen

A quotation not from Moliere

Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
(Misattributed)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/moliere/77191/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #attraction #attractiveness #bait #beauty #gracefulness #intelligence #temptation #wit