#standardization in interpretation

[rsayoub]

Why Canada’s Interpreting System Is Failing — And What Needs to Change 🎙️ New episode of the Localization Fireside Chat: Canada’s interpreting system is under pressure — fragmented standards, burned-out professionals, and communities left behind. In this panel, I speak with five experts on the front lines: ✅ Why mandates don’t guarantee real access ✅ What interpreters carry beyond just language ✅ The urgent need for a national standard ✅ What needs to change right now This isn’t just about language. It’s about dignity, health outcomes, and equity. 👂 Listen to the conversation 📝 Read the full blog 🎥 Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/SHNi9RScTds Let’s talk: Is Canada doing enough to support interpreters? #L10NFiresideChat #LanguageAccess #Localization #Interpreting #HealthcareEquity #Translation #Canada #PublicPolicy

[wackywatchdotcom]

i think theoretically the idea of caine adding in some sort of pet would be very fun and cute but i cant help but think pomni would be unnerved by it

[cluescorner]

The Council of Optimuses: Pleasant, generally positive, they exiled Bayverse a while ago but they still check in once in a while to make sure he's ok/out of curiosity, Earthspark enables One's 'I can fix him' delusion to the point that Prime is falling into it too, IDW does NOT want to add to the delusion pile so he shuts up, Cyberverse kinda doesn't want to be at this meeting it feels too much like a party, IDW keeps making calls to somebody but he won't tell anyone who, they used to have 'bring your Bumblebee to work day' but Skybound had a breakdown over it so they can't do that anymore, everybody is suspicious of Skybound's new arm but the only person who actually brought it up was Bayverse whose solution was 'kill him' so now everybody thinks they are getting paranoid and should maybe start seeing a therapist (they should start seeing therapists, but they ARE right about the arm).

The Council of Megatrons: They are having a great time even if it looks horrible from the outside looking in, Prime constantly wants to fight IDW for his spot as the strongest Megatron but IDW is not about that, they tried to kick out Earthspark but he somehow keeps getting in (IDW leaves the door open), One has like 5 devils on his shoulder telling him to escalate and two fallen angels who are desperately trying to get across that maybe total destruction isn't the move, IDW is trying to hide his redemption arc in order to keep the situation under control (only Earthspark is aware of it, though Skybound has his suspicions), Cyberverse always tries to kill the others to take over their universes and it's the highlight of everybody's month, Bayverse is mocked for being killed by Optimus but secretly everybody is kinda jealous about it (Prime especially), one time an unidentified Starscream (it was Animated) broke in and it was on sight (he got away because every Megatron wanted to be the one who killed him and they fought each other over it), IDW keeps taking calls from somebody but he won't tell anyone who, Skybound can listen in on his Optimus's meetings due to being his arm and reports back, there is an ongoing debate about whether Galvatrons should be included.

Inspired by @jyang030107 's art of ES and IDW Megs advising their One counterpart.

[dustykneed]

looking at the choir, ocean wishes she'd realized it sooner-- you were good enough, after all.

all of you were good enough.

[oddthingsndaydreams]

Somedays the artblock wins. Somedays inspiration smashes you like a cadillac on a random dashboard recommend. @transformers-synergize your redesigns are so pretty ;^;

[batsandbirdbrains]

This one is pretty much a total AU after season 2 of yj bc tbh I forgot what even happens in seasons 3 and 4 it was kinda a snooze fest but I like most of the characters and the setting SO

The one where Black Lightning finds a beaten up Dick Grayson dissociating on his doorstep

Also I want to age Dick down to like 17 bc I think it adds to the drama of it all.

So like Jeff opens the door to find Dick standing there, blood running down his nose and lips, his eye bruised black, and looking generally roughed up. He has a hastily packed bag slung over his shoulder, and he’s shivering and taking in gasping breaths.

“I didn’t know where else to go,” Dick stutters out, his teeth chattering.

Jeff ushers him inside, helping him sit on the couch before grabbing a first aid kit and washing the blood off his face.

“What happened, kid?”

Dick hadn’t winced once when antiseptic was sprayed on the cuts on his face, but he has a full body flinch when asked about it. Jeff doesn’t rush him, just stays quiet and continues patching him up while Dick’s mouth opens and closes a few times without making any noise.

“I didn’t wanna do it,” he finally stammers out. “I said no. And then he - he got really mad.”

Jeff has never heard Nightwing - never heard Dick - speak in such a small voice before. And it hits him that an actual teenager is sitting on his couch with half his face covered in blood.

“Who got really mad?” He asks gently, putting bandages carefully over some of the more gnarly cuts. Dick is quiet for a long time, and Jeff doesn’t think he’s going to say anything before he sucks in a shaky breath.

“Batman,” he chokes out.

And Jeff sees red, wants to go beat the shit out of the overgrown furry, but he tries to stay calm for the distraught boy sitting in front of him.

“What did he want you to do?”

He tries to stay calm, but his voice must’ve been too low, too dangerous, because Dick is quick to defend the man who literally beat him.

“It wasn’t like that,” he says hurriedly. “Not like that, not like - he wanted - I was s’posed to-“

Dick takes in several gasps of air, and Jeff pats one of his hands gently and tells him to take his time, that there’s no rush.

“He wanted me to go undercover,” he eventually tells him. “He wanted me to pretend to - to fake being - everyone already hates me so much.”

The last part shocks Jeff a bit, and he tries to tell Dick that no one hates him, but Dick just shakes his head.

“They do!” He argues. “They think all I do is lie and keep secrets and, and - it’s kinda true but it’s not - it’s not like that!”

“Just explain what he wanted you to do,” Jeff says quietly. “In your own words. However much you wanna tell me. But Dick, I can’t help you if I don’t know what’s wrong.”

Dick squeezes his eyes shut and looks down, pressing the heels of his hands into his eyes. Jeff gives him a minute, goes to get both of them a cup of tea, and Dick starts looking a little better once he’s holding the warm cup in his hand, even if he’s not drinking it yet.

“He wanted me to go back to Deathstroke,” Dick whispers. “But I’m - last time was - I can’t go back to him again. I don’t think - I wouldn’t-“

He can’t quite finish what he wants to say, but Jeff doesn’t push.

“It’s okay,” Jeff tells him. “You don’t have to explain.”

Seeing the kid let out a choked sob pulls at his heart. He feels like he just got stabbed in the chest, and all he can do is scoot closer to him and put an arm around his tense shoulders.

“What did he do when you said no?” He asks after a few minutes, once Dick has calmed down some.

Dick looks at him with a miserable look on his face.

“He kicked the crap out of me then kicked me out,” he sobs. “I’m sorry, I didn’t know where else to go, I didn’t - I dunno if I can even - I don’t know who would wanna help me.”

“Dick,” Jeff wants to cry at how utterly lost this kid sounds. “I’m glad you came to me, of course I’ll help you. But kid, you gotta know that anyone would’ve helped you out tonight, right?”

Dick just shakes his head.

“No,” he says, sounding so sure of himself. “No one wants me around anymore. I dunno why you even put up with me.”

“Because you’re my friend,” he says without missing a beat. “And you’re a good kid. One who doesn’t deserve the kind of crap you’ve been putting up with.”

Dick just keeps shaking his head, not quite hearing what Jeff is saying to him. Jeff can see his eyes starting to glaze over, and he holds back a sigh. He ends up bringing Dick to a guest room, and then once Dick is tucked in and asleep, he sits in a chair with his head in his hands. Now he has to figure out how he’s gonna strangle Batman with his own cape.

[montecrizto]

one point perspective in the second fitzjames playlist

[mish-mash-marsh]

The thing that bothers me about Epic the Musical is that a big plot point and reason that Odysseus is seen as a good person is that he didn't ever cheat on his wife

but uhh... to my knowledge, in the myths he definitely cheated on penelope with circe (and afaik calypso too?).

...hate to say it, but odysseus and circe having a whole ass child is pretty irrefutable evidence lol

[alwaysbewoke]

the fix is in!!

[luckthebard]

I don’t know why this is something we apparently need to re-explain to parts of the CR fandom every few years, but if I see one more post that implies that the way Samuel Oscar Riegel is approaching his character’s faith journey is “culturally Christian” I’m gonna McFucking lose it.

[pinkd3mon]

Just wanted to draw something about Meta Knight being a little gremlin

[bitchapalooza]

I relate to Sanji too much because it really does seem like he’s adopted the mentality that physical and mental abuse is a form of significant affection but only directed towards himself, like he sees it’s wrong and unjust when other people are being abused, but when he’s the victim he feels this conflicted sense of I deserve it and Wow they love me so much! It’s heartbreaking just to think about tbh

[aliusfrater]

people referring to sam's change in opinion regarding flagstaff, stanford, ruby, or any other instances that which dean considers betrayal as his 'growing up' or anything adjacent to maturity never gets old wrt identifying them as uncritically adopted patriarchal perspectives of sam's personhood in favour of pondering sam's arcs as portrayed as portrayed to the audience. be critical of dean's perspective and MORE IMPORTANTLY!!! sam's adoption of it. i am genuinely begging you

[front-facing-pokemon]

[bunabi]

My problem with fandom's favourite guy (Solas Dragonage, Cullen Dragonage, Astarion baldursgate etc) isn't the guy themselves, it's the absolute rabidness of their fans and the insistence that they are the best guy.

Like I love all those guys but it's in spite of the Girlies (gn) and not because of them. I'm feeling the same way about Lucanis Dragonage, I am sure I am going to love him when I get a chance to play the game but all the drooling fan obsession around him is annoying as hell and it makes him harder to like. You know?

I get it 🥲

Though I do think there's a point where you've gotta be self-secure & not let other fans impact your experience too much. Most of it's completely harmless fun that's over-magnified by popularity.

It's only when folks impose fanon onto others, or start operating off an us-versus-them mentality, that its over the line imo.

Basically if someone with ar lath ma vhenan in the bio is chillin' minding their own business I will kill whoever bothers them whether I like or agree with their visions or not lol

[greenerteacups]

random but - how do you think wandless magic works? I assume that at some point (soon?) hermione would want to learn or at least try, particularly if the teachers say some version of it is too difficult. thanks!

Oh, man. If you're talking in canon, I kind of have no idea! It's a real puzzler for me. We get a wealth of different incidents of wandless magic, but we never get a decisive statement for why you can use some wandless magic and when not.

All the examples of wandless magic we see in canon are either the intentional work of master wizards (cf. Dumbledore and Voldemort in the climax of Philosopher's Stone) or, conversely, children: Harry disappears the glass at the zoo, Tom Riddle is implied to torture other children at the orphanage, Lily makes flowers grow and makes herself float(?), all at various levels of intention. That suggests wandless magic is at some intersection of intuition and high-level magical theory. There is one exception, which is Harry's use of Lumos in Chapter 1 of Order of the Phoenix, where he lights his wand without touching it. I'm going to cautiously treat this case as an aberration, because Deathly Hallows effectively retcons the use of "wandless" wand-magic by basing several key plot points on whether or not someone wields, i.e. is physically touching, a wand. Potentially you could argue that Harry's ability to do this is an indication of him being an extremely powerful wizard on the order of Dumbledore or Voldemort, but the writing of the scene doesn't really support that interpretation, nor does the fact that it's never brought up again.

The number of children who perform wandless magic suggests a connection with emotional regulation or self-control, but at the same time, we see many points in the series where someone loses control and has no wandless magic. For instance, when Sirius dies, or when Hermione's being tortured at Malfoy Manor, we don't see Harry or Ron doing wandless magic. So you might then think the process of learning to use a wand "trains" your magic to operate through wandcraft, and you then have to "unlearn" your way back to wandless magic at very advanced stages. Or that the self-discipline you learn during a formal magical education decreases the outbursts of magic, and since wands are so useful and easy to acquire, most wizards just don't bother to learn to do magic without them.

How much Hermione would enjoy wandless magic, in my opinion, depends a lot on the tech level of the magic system. Wand-magic includes these neat little incantations and gestures that she can execute and reliably expect a result. When you get into the wishy-washy touchy-feely stuff, like Patronuses, she gets skittish and frustrated. If there was an established system for using wandless magic, she'd probably find it quite useful, but I'm not sure that such a system exists. (Perhaps that's on the transformative artist, however, to think of one.)