Translator and podcaster. Aficionado of inexplicable gibberish. Scranhound. Editor at @TrafikaEurope. Portugueezer. joewilliamstranslation.com
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24 Sep 2021
Apologies if you've seen this on other platforms, but I feel it bears repeating:
This Sunday, on Trafika Europe Radio, The Joe Show premiere takes an in-depth look at Portuguese fado, its history, literary connections, and future. What a show! (Check it out, seriously.)
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20 Feb 2025
I'm *giving away* a signed copy of THE MAGIC WORDS to help someone out there unlock the creative voice within. To enter the drawing, just leave a comment or like/share this post so I know you're real. ❤️ I hope these poetry prompts help you!
(I'll enter your name twice if you tag someone else who might benefit from this resource.)
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3 Aug 2023
Nae bad, methinks..
— Porque é que achas que nos batem?
— Para mim é uma questão culinária.
— Culinária?
— É. Acham que usamos de mais a massa cinzenta.
“Why do you think they beat us up?”
“I'd say it's a culinary issue.”
“Culinary?”
“Yep. They think our heads are too eggy.”
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25 Jun 2023
A character in a text I'm translating just said "Are you threatening me?", and all of a sudden I'm reminiscing about more innocent times...
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22 Jun 2023
Is there such a thing as "thesis envy," akin to being in a restaurant and coveting someone else's food after yours arrives? Since deciding to research censorship in 1930s Portugal, I suddenly find myself fascinated by all things Anglo-Saxon England...
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9 Jun 2023
Get yer laughing gear round this lot, a couple of delicious new editions from @KoreroPress on the life and work of acclaimed comic book artist Jaime Cortez, featuring translations by my own fair hand:
koreropress.com/macabras-the…
koreropress.com/terror-the-a…
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21 May 2023
On this, my 36th birthday, I invite feel disposed to share with you my evolution over the past 10 years, at 26, 31, and 36, respectively. Infer what you will.
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29 Apr 2023
92% accuracy (vs. 72% from opponent) over 32 moves as black -- not bad for a newb such as I:
chess.com/analysis/game/live…
#chess @chesscom
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27 Apr 2023
So apparent is my inability to withstand Lisbon's summer temperatures that strangers in cafes are offering me their seats closer to the door/fan, as the case may be. Three-shirt-a-day season has started...
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17 Apr 2023
I just got a fitness tracker watch, and how about this for a thriller premise:
Somebody checks their step counter in the morning and it says they've walked about 5 miles in their sleep.
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17 Apr 2023
Then sees on the news that a series of horrific murders were committed during the night... within a 5-mile radius of their house...
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6 Apr 2023
Sack it, I'm just gonna start splitting infinitives in my work, I like it better. You don't like it, you know where to find me...
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30 Mar 2023
I ordered a 10-pack of t-shirts online but, on arrival, it turns out they're a size too big.
I'm currently placing them in a sealed box with a note saying "open in 5 years." Hopefully t-shirts won't have gone out of fashion by then.
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18 Mar 2023
I'm writing an outline for my PhD thesis on censorship during the Portuguese Estado Novo and am wrestling with the temptation to name one of the chapters "The Empire Strikes Back: Suppressing Republicanism after the Proclamation of the 2nd Spanish Republic."
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11 Mar 2023
I'm very, very out of the loop with UK news and politics these days - can someone fill me in on what's going on with the BBC and why everyone's tweeting about it?
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25 Feb 2023
I wonder if Caliph al-Mansur has any demand for Spanish or Portuguese? Perhaps he's advertising for translators on Proz...
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20 Feb 2023
Whoop whoop, another literary translation job from a return client. This text looks right up my street and all. Reasons to be cheerful, 1,2,3...
youtube.com/watch?v=CIMNXogX…
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16 Feb 2023
Frankenstein meets Blade Runner? '“Why? Why was I designed this way?” it asked. “Why do I have to be Bing Search?”'
independent.co.uk/tech/chatg…
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15 Feb 2023
If there's a way of making coffee without leaving your kitchen several inches deep in coffee grounds all over, I don't wanna know about it
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14 Feb 2023
Looking for a phrase in English that means something like "free spirit" but also, ideally, has some literary connotations (the Spanish "verso suelto" means free/blank verse but also something like free spirit, i.e. someone who goes their own way).
Answers on a postcard, please..
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11 Feb 2023
I got told off by some professor for leaning back with my hands behind my head in a seminar yesterday. I thought he was joking, so I laughed out loud in his face. Turned out he was serious...
Looks like I'm the wildcat maverick of the Coimbra history scene...
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