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@abolgaresc.bsky.social
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PhD. SFHEA. Assoc. Prof. at UCL. Media localisation professional (MCIL/CL). Fiction, film, nature.
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about 1 month ago
CfP 🔊International Translation Conference: Artificial Intelligence and Audiovisual Translation: Challenges and New Horizons, University of Palermo @unipa.it, 23–24 April 2026. Deadline for abstract submission: 22/12/2025 Full CfP here:
www.unipa.it/dipartimenti...
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For those of you out there who are still on
Academia.edu
, make sure you have a quick look at their T&Cs. 👋
about 2 months ago
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💡The UCL Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) will be hosting the APTIS25 (online) conference (“Better Together”: How Can Industry and Academia Collaborate to Empower Future Language Professionals?). 📅3–4 November 2025 📍Zoom Webinar (London time) 🔗https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Ana Guerberof
2 months ago
#INCREC
is looking for a new team member: Postdoc in
#Creativity
,
#Translation
and
#Technology
. Come an join the team at University of Groningen! Applications until 12 October 11:59pm, 2025 Dutch local time (CET) . All information 👇
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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Vacatures bij de RUG
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000BGIP&cat=wp
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APTIS25 is now open for registrations!
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl/r...
We have also released a provisional version of our programme. Check it out and if you find it exciting, please share widely!
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl/p...
@centras-ucl.bsky.social
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APTIS25
Better Together: How can Industry and Academia Collaborate to Empower Future Language Professionals?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aptis25-tickets-1289478668409?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
3 months ago
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
José Javier Ávila-Cabrera
4 months ago
My review of
@abolgaresc.bsky.social
's book published by JoSTrans is out. A must-read monograph you shouldn't miss. Practices, Education and Technology in Audiovisual Translation.
www.jostrans.org/article/view...
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https://www.jostrans.org/article/view/8480/8196
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Do you watch foreign-language content with English subtitles? A survey explores how English-speaking viewers engage with subtitles and whether optional on-screen explanations could help improve understanding. It takes about 15-20 minutes to complete:
forms.office.com/e/6Hd0DtYJsx
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Microsoft Forms
https://forms.office.com/e/6Hd0DtYJsx
4 months ago
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Azahara Veroz-González
5 months ago
And now, 🎓✨ empowering students and driving real change! Mazal Oaknín, Marga Navarrete &
@abolgaresc.bsky.social
tackle the ethnic minority awarding gap through reverse mentoring. A bold, inspiring initiative for a more inclusive future. 💥
#EquityInEducation
#ReverseMentoring
#eExpertSeminar
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Azahara Veroz-González
5 months ago
Today we host a new edition of the e-Expert Seminar Series: Diversifying Modern Foreign Language and Translation Education at UCL. Join us for insightful discussions
eventos.uco.es/131809/detai...
#TranslationStudies
#LanguageTeaching
#InclusionInEducation
#eExpertSeminar
#MFL
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
The Interpreter and Translator Trainer (ITT)
7 months ago
We are very pleased to see that our journal continues to be ranked among the Top 100 journals in Linguistics and Language (Q1 SJR) as well as in the first quartile of Education. See Scimago's 2024 update. To know more about our journal's metrics, please see:
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rit...
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Learn about The Interpreter and Translator Trainer
Learn about The Interpreter and Translator Trainer aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ritt20/about-this-journal#journal-metrics
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APTIS25 Online Conference at the UCL Centre for Translation Studies (3–4 November 2025) “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?” Call for Contributions is now open until 16 June.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl
@centras-ucl.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Azahara Veroz-González
8 months ago
📢 Join us for the 8th e-Expert Seminar Series: Translation and Language Teaching! 🌐✨ This edition focuses on "Diversifying Modern Foreign Language and Translation Education". 16/06/2025 👉 Info & Registration:
eventos.uco.es/131809/detai...
#Translation
#LanguageTeaching
#Diversity
#Education
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e-Expert Seminar Series: Translation and Language Teaching (8th Edition)
e-Expert Seminar Series: Translation and Language Teaching (8th Edition) Diversifying Modern Foreign Language and Translation Education We are delighted to invite you to the e-Expert Seminar in Tran...
https://eventos.uco.es/131809/detail/e-expert-seminar-series-translation-and-language-teaching-8th-edition.html
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Our 8th e-Expert Seminar in Translation and Language Teaching (Diversifying Modern Foreign Language and Translation Education), organised by
@ucl.ac.uk
(
@uclselcs.bsky.social
@centras-ucl.bsky.social
) and UCO (Spain), will take place on Monday, 16th June 2025 (9-18h). +info:
eventos.uco.es/131809
8 months ago
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
David Orrego-Carmona
8 months ago
"All of human culture is being ingested into these
#AI
models for the profit of a few technology companies."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have been an AI researcher for 40 years. What tech giants are doing to book publishing is akin to theft | Toby Walsh
Companies claim this is ‘fair use’. I think it’s a digital heist
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/i-have-been-an-ai-researcher-for-40-years-what-tech-giants-are-doing-to-book-publishing-is-akin-to-theft?CMP=share_btn_url
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reposted by
Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
David Orrego-Carmona
9 months ago
Join our online roundtable "Beyond
#Translation
: Emerging Careers in the Global
#Language
#Industry
" 6 March, 3-4 GMT Featuring experts from Amnesty International, Netflix, Rhyme&Reason, and ELIA sharing their insights Register:
updates.warwick.ac.uk/form/eutopia...
#EUTOPIALanguagesWeek
#EUTOPIA
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CenTraS’ Accessibility Day - The Creative Industries 05 March 2025, 2:30 pm–8 pm The 2nd edition of CenTraS’ Accessibility Day will consist of a roundtable and a screening of Surviving Translation (2023) with a Q&A with Charlotte Bosseaux.
@centras-ucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
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CenTraS’ Accessibility Day - The Creative Industries
The UCL Centre for Translation Studies is offering two free events as part of the second edition of CenTraS’ Accessibility Day.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-languages-culture/events/2025/mar/centras-accessibility-day-creative-industries
9 months ago
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Media Accessibility Winter School at Sapienza (17-21 February 2025). Classes will be delivered in English and Italian. Last day to register is tomorrow!
seai.web.uniroma1.it/it/media-acc...
10 months ago
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Sara Horcas-Rufián
10 months ago
And here's another reason to hire professional translators! Recent research shows that low-quality translations, those with errors, lead to longer reading times (i.e., waste readers’ time) compared to high-quality translations.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Readers have to work harder to understand a badly translated text: an eye-tracking study into the effects of translation errors
Texts are translated to be read and provide access to otherwise inaccessible information or experiences. Scant empirical interest in how translations are read and received by readers is surprising ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0907676X.2024.2418016#abstract
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Centre for Translation Studies UCL
12 months ago
Save the dates: 4-6 November 2026, Languages and the Media Conference.
@centras-ucl.bsky.social
's Prof. Jorge Díaz Cintas will coordinate the event to be hosted at
@uclofficial.bsky.social
.
#UCLBicentenary
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Centre for Translation Studies UCL
12 months ago
Our first post on BluSky celebrates Jorge Díaz-Cintas, Rocío Baños, Soledad Zarate of CenTraS-UCL and Visiting Professor Frederic Chaume Varela, who developed dubbing training for Netflix. More information about this exciting collaboration here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/consultants/...
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UCL helps Netflix enhance global and local dubbing, translation and adaptation practices
Academics from UCL’s Centre for Translation Studies have been working with Netflix across the world to drive higher alignment on global and local translation and adaptation practices for dubbing.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/consultants/case-studies/2024/dec/ucl-helps-netflix-enhance-global-and-local-dubbing-translation-and-adaptation
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
David Orrego-Carmona
12 months ago
What do you think of
#subtitles
? We want to hear your opinion! The UK
#Subtitling
#Audience
🎬 Survey is collecting information on
#viewing
habits and
#perceptions
of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes. We would love to hear from you 😊
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Şebnem Susam-Saraeva
12 months ago
VIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON SCIENCE AND TRANSLATION Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge University of Córdoba / University of Innsbruck 26-28 March 2025
congresointernacionalcienciaytraduccion.es/en/call-for-...
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
Jiaming Zheng
about 1 year ago
Here is a starter pack for academics and researchers in Translation Studies. Please let me know if you want to be added to this list.
@neilsadler.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Mto2Yuo
add a skeleton here at some point
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