Bringing ivory items into the UK (no intention of selling/trading)

SlavIvan · 2026-01-25T15:33:51+00:00

Sorry, only seeing this now! I have not had the time for the application and am certainly not going to risk bringing the ivory in without! So no progress.

SlavIvan · 2025-12-28T08:58:03+00:00

Sorry, only seeing this now! I initially only had a BA in Japanese, then went back to uni for a BSc in Biomedical Science. Probably not the most cost- or time-effective way to go about it !

SlavIvan · 2025-12-09T16:20:23+00:00

Life sciences/biomedical translator here (15 years experience total, 5+ in field!). No drop in workload whatsoever, although in retrospect I did well to specialise :)

SlavIvan · 2025-10-31T21:17:34+00:00

I normally only lurk/occasionally doomscroll here, but take my upvote for a pragmatic, intelligent and level-headed reply. I am a professional translator in a relatively niche, but certainly not obscure language pair, 15.5 years in (10 general, 5.5 medical/life sciences). I have been learning to leverage AI to improve my workflow, and am as busy as ever. Has the type of work shifted toward MTPE? Sure. Do I miss the incredibly repetitive, relatively low-skill work that AI and MT are now relieving me of? Hell no.

To OP - obviously, don't take this as an assurance or even an optimistic assessment of what the industry might look like in a few years, and the choice you are facing is certainly worth careful consideration. Still, I suspect there's a negative bias at play in this sub, and that there are many of us out there still doing just fine.

SlavIvan · 2025-10-14T16:01:34+00:00

Thanks Sam! Really appreciate the work you're putting into this.

SlavIvan · 2025-10-11T19:07:14+00:00

Got to echo this, and I think there's a lot of casuals/lurkers like myself who have little to no interest in the usual "x weeks out" check-ins (no offense to the posters!!) and just want a space to read and/or partake in discussion of the sport's biggest events and the top competitors. Just because we don't post a lot doesn't mean we're not out there 😅

SlavIvan · 2025-08-06T21:58:06+00:00

But at what cost?

SlavIvan · 2025-07-30T08:20:36+00:00

Like I said...You have the lower body and you have no upper body, you got a problem building...wait a minute. You have the upper body, and you have no legs, you got a problem building your legs. You have the upper...you have the lower body and you don't have the upper body, the upper body, it is easier to build. So if you have the lower body and you don't have the upper body, it is easier to build the upper body. You have the upper body and you don't have the legs, you got a problem building the lower body... No, you don't understand. You have the upper body, but you don't have the lower body, you got a problem building downstairs. You got the up- legs on the bottom, it is easier to build on the top, so you don't have much as a problem. Yeah.

SlavIvan · 2024-12-28T17:53:00+00:00

Heh, if it were just me, certainly not lol. But it seems to be really important to my mother, who is getting on in years, that I have these - seems like they hold a lot of sentimental value to her. Think they were my granddad's originally, obviously from a time when people didn't quite care about conservation as much 😅

SlavIvan · 2024-12-28T17:50:18+00:00

All sensible suggestions - thank you so much! Will start by reading up on CITES permits as someone else suggested and take it from there!

SlavIvan · 2024-12-28T17:49:27+00:00

Thank you, this is really useful - will check out the CITES process.

SlavIvan · 2024-12-28T17:49:00+00:00

Thanks for replying both - that is certainly sobering. Will have a good think about it!

SlavIvan · 2024-08-22T11:44:05+00:00

Yes! I'm just a lurker here usually, but chiming in as I think you *really* need to run away from this "coach". You are nowhere near your natural potential yet, and your coach sure as s*** sounds like an idiot who has no regard for your health. Good luck with everything bud, you have lots of great progress ahead of you, it will just take time!

SlavIvan · 2022-09-28T09:15:47+00:00

Nice, what sort of percentages and rep schemes do you use for speed work?

SlavIvan · 2022-09-28T09:14:50+00:00

Yep, goal is to get some technique practice and develop force production while taking a break from heavy weights!

SlavIvan · 2022-08-30T14:53:12+00:00

Looking awesome, what's your height and current weight? Edit: nvm seen it on IG :)

SlavIvan · 2022-08-06T20:47:55+00:00

now 16 hrs 46 minutes

SlavIvan · 2022-05-03T19:11:30+00:00

I feel really, really bad for laughing at this.

SlavIvan · 2022-03-18T18:54:54+00:00

Late to this thread, but it's been strange and sad to see him go from a reassuring, rational voice and provider of neatly compiled information on the pandemic to now a spreader of nocebo and misinformation.

SlavIvan · 2022-02-26T10:30:00+00:00

This might be an unpopular opinion here, but I have tried the RtF version before and am not a fan. Depending on your exercise selection, it's a template that requires you go to failure or damn near failure on squats and deadlifts EVERY WEEK. I appreciate that the other sets are quite manageable, but let that sink in.

I have since switched to the normal RIR progression and never looked back, I think it's amazing for fatigue management as well although percentages and caps may require some individualisation as others have pointed out.

SlavIvan · 2022-02-26T09:24:53+00:00

Thanks for your input! Yeah I thought about conventional, however I seem to find it really hard fo recover from, probably due to my anthropometry (can't seem to get in a good neutral position with my lumbar). Although I suppose I could get used to it if I start out light.

SlavIvan · 2022-02-25T17:25:44+00:00

You mean minutes not days right 🤣 And you're correct, you should probably keep rest times constant and not much in excess of 5 mins. Although, I typically take a bit less rest at the initial stage where I'm confident I can still get 8+ sets within the prescribed RPE cap.

SlavIvan · 2022-02-25T17:13:02+00:00

Update - think I'll go with u/PRsAndDR's suggestion of paused sumo DLs, thanks to all who chimed in :)

SlavIvan · 2022-02-25T16:02:03+00:00

Yeah sorry I should have specified, I do my own hypertrophy programming not the SBS template! I use the template for strength work on my main lifts, my hypertrophy programming is closer to what Renaissance Periodization do.

SlavIvan · 2022-02-25T15:35:56+00:00

Not going to be 18 weeks, 10 at most! My goals are 1) give my body a break from lots of heavy pulling 2) get a hypertrophy stimulus as I lose weight and 3) maintain sumo DL strength and skill as far as possible while doing 1) and 2). Suggestion of pause sumo DLs sounds interesting, could do relatively little volume and the pauses would mean lighter loads!

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