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Professor John Corbett has discussed Edwin Morgan's Scots translation of Edmond Rostand's classic play Cyrano de Bergerac, in a talk recorded at a 2021 Schools Conference run by Scottish Literature academics. The discussion highlights Morgan's work as a translator and the play's place in Scottish drama and literature teaching, shared around International Translation Day.

A Swedish archaeologist reports a conversation with an amateur fiction translator who was startled to learn that using machine translation for anything beyond checking individual words means he cannot put his name on the finished translation. Under most publishers' rules and copyright frameworks, such work is ineligible for translator credit and protections, since authorship is reserved for human translation.

A new analysis published by the Australian Institute of International Affairs examines reparations for enslavement following a United Nations declaration characterising enslavement as a grave crime. The piece argues that while the UN's framing is historic, current reparation claims may be directed at the wrong targets, raising questions about responsibility and remedy for the legacy of slavery.

A poem titled 'pipes translucent to Calgary heights (and hemmed, astrained lawyers)' is being shared across poetry and writing communities. The piece, tagged with themes of disability, art and the anthropocene, has drawn modest engagement from readers of experimental verse. Beyond the title, little detail about its content or author is available.

A developer has released NSL, a new tool described as 'WSL for Linux', aiming to give Linux users the kind of isolated, managed environment workflow that Windows Subsystem for Linux provides. The project was shared on Hacker News, where it drew around 160 upvotes and discussion among developers curious about its approach and practical use cases.

Engadget has published an explainer on how translation earbuds function, breaking down the technology behind real-time language translation in earbuds. The piece walks through how these devices capture speech, process it, and deliver a translation to the listener, covering the role of AI and machine translation in making near-instant cross-language conversations possible.

A new online tool converts fossil fuel emissions into concrete impacts, showing how much carbon pollution translates into heat deaths, coral reef damage and other consequences. It is being shared among climate and sustainability communities as a way to make abstract emission figures tangible and to communicate the human and ecological costs of burning fossil fuels more clearly.

A review in the Wall Street Journal covers 'Collection and Translation: Thomas Jefferson in Southern France', a book exploring how Jefferson's travels through southern France shaped his thinking. The review frames the journey as part of the founding father's broader education abroad, drawing fresh attention to a lesser-studied chapter of his life.

France's Court of Cassation has validated a policy of deporting people to a 'third country' linked to the Trump administration's approach, according to NBC News. The ruling means expelled migrants can be sent to a country other than their own, a practice long contested by rights groups. Commentators online are sharing the news under immigration and ICE-related tags, alarmed by the precedent it sets for asylum seekers.

A new tool shows how fossil fuel emissions translate into specific real-world consequences, such as heat-related deaths and damage to coral reefs. It is designed to make abstract carbon figures tangible, letting users see the human and ecological costs linked to particular emission levels. Coverage by Fast Company is drawing attention to the tool as a way to communicate climate impacts more clearly to the public and policymakers.

A manhwa story is drawing attention for its dark premise: a protagonist enslaved and stripped of all human rights, sent to a prison where inmates are ranked by power. Readers are discussing the brutal hierarchy setting and the hero's fight for survival and dignity in a system designed to dehumanise him.

Six people smugglers have been sentenced for manslaughter in connection with the deadliest small boat disaster in the Channel, in which migrants died attempting to cross from France to the UK. The convictions mark a rare holding of trafficking gang members directly responsible for deaths at sea, and the case has drawn attention to the dangers of irregular Channel crossings and the networks profiting from them.

Security researchers have disclosed two vulnerabilities in CTranslate2, the machine learning inference engine used by Whisper and OpenNMT. CVE-2026-102566, rated CVSS 7.8, is a heap buffer overflow in the model loader that could allow arbitrary code execution, while CVE-2026-102567, rated 6.1, is an out-of-bounds read enabling memory disclosure or crashes. Developers running speech recognition or translation services are being urged to patch.

A security vulnerability has been reported in Unsloth Studio that lets a routine AI model inspection action escalate into arbitrary code execution on a user's machine. The flaw means simply examining an untrusted model could compromise the system running it. Details on the affected versions, discovery, and patch status remain sparse as the story circulates among security and AI developer communities.

A French court has sentenced six men to prison for manslaughter in connection with a mass drowning in the Channel, where migrants died attempting the crossing. The verdict addresses the role of those involved in organising the fatal journey. It lands amid continued debate over Channel crossings and European migration policy.

A French court has sentenced six men to prison for manslaughter in connection with a mass drowning in the Channel. The case relates to the deaths of migrants attempting the perilous sea crossing to the UK, one of the deadliest migration routes in Europe. The verdict is being closely followed amid ongoing political debate in France and Britain over small boat crossings and cross-border cooperation on people smuggling.

The 2013 western shooter Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is on sale for $2.66, an 82% discount, at PC retailer GameBillet. Deal trackers flagged the price for PC gamers looking to pick up the cult favorite at a steep markdown during current sales.

A developer has launched NSL, a new tool described as a WSL equivalent for Linux, shared via a Show HN post on Hacker News. Just as the Windows Subsystem for Linux lets users run Linux environments inside Windows, NSL aims to bring a similar subsystem experience to Linux users. The project is drawing attention and debate among developers in the tech community.

Prosecutors in Bell County, Texas have downgraded a murder charge to manslaughter against a man accused in a fatal 2025 shooting in Killeen. The reduction means the defendant now faces a lesser offense with a lower potential sentence. Details about the victim, the defendant's identity, and the court's reasoning have not been widely reported, and local residents are following the case as it moves through the courts.