Interpretation

Can language models aid in their interpretation? — In this post, I experiment with the idea that language models can be coaxed to explain vectors coming from their parameters. It turns out to work better than you might expect, but still much work needs to be done. As is customary in scientific papers, I use “we” instead of…

By Jingyu (Yuki) Chen (Trauma-Informed Linguistic Expert- Mandarin & Chinese) & Dr. Shobana Powell, LCSW, DSW (CEO, Founder, & Human Trafficking Consultant at Shobana Powell Consulting) Objectives This article can benefit service providers, organizational leaders, interpreters, translators and survivors. It is intended to address the following objectives: Normalize and validate…

Recently I got the chance to see the touring production of the Lincoln Center’s 2018 take on My Fair Lady. This production is filled with detail and nuance that both awed me and left me feeling unfulfilled, and I have been working on digesting those reactions since leaving the theater…

I’m sorry that I left you behind in the asylum. I promise that I will come back for you. I hope you understand that I had to leave you behind. That place pains me, but I will come back for you. I’ll come back for all of you prisoners. But for now, I need to discover who I am and find my way around life. I’ll come back for you. I promise. *This piece is up for interpretation. Not an emotional piece.

I’m letting go of intrusive thoughts because I am not my intrusive thoughts. My thoughts make up my life. And I am not just that. I’m more than that. But I also comprise of that. I don’t just believe that life is what you make it. …

“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to” This essay is your wizard. Last year, I ended the yearly reflection with these words: This too, shall pass (watch this). (if you’re too lazy to click: “a mantra: This too shall…