“Education is for the student to come to feel like the master of her own thinking” Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Freire, 1978 A timely reminder from @abeba.blacksky.app at #edtech26

Are you researching non-professional translation or translation as a post-occupational practice? We want to hear from YOU! Consider submitting to a special issue of Translation Studies to be edited by Luis Pérez González and me. Deadline for abstracts: 31 Oct. cfp-translationstudies.my.canva.site

📢 Calling all translators - we need your views and insights on our #TranslatorsOnTheCover campaign. Five years on from its launch, we’re working with Dr Pete Freeth (London Metropolitan University) to find out more about the campaign’s impact. buff.ly/uRuoZ1O

Petition calling on the media and politicians to recognise that most women support the trans+ community! notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Join us online for PETRA-E’s 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI 🧑‍💻 The PETRA-E Network is delighted to hold its third conference on literary translation, hosted by BCLT. Register now 👉️ www.bclt.org.uk/events/Creat...

Call for participants If you speak Scottish Gaelic, Scots, and/or Shaetlan, you are invited to share your experiences, knowledge, and perspectives. This research will contribute to reversing language decline and strengthening linguistic diversity across Europe www.uhi.ac.uk/en/media/202...

For those working in translation, SUISS is current inviting candidates to apply for our prestigious Gavin Wallace Translation Fellowship. Study and gather ideas for translation projects involving Scottish Literature. Please visit our website for details:

Curious where German can take you?🚀✨ Join us for a day of workshops, career talks, study options and networking with German companies shaping the future. 📅 16 April 2026 📍 Keele University 🔗 Register via www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ve... #CareerRoadshow #Gimagine #GoetheInstitutUK

For those in/around Edinburgh: Join us at @translation-uoe.bsky.social on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 (4.10-6.00) for an in-person research seminar by @delphinegrass.bsky.social on #translation as a creative-critical practice. For details see llc.ed.ac.uk/translation-... @uoe-llc.bsky.social

The CIVIS Scottish literature webinar on the 'Outreach of Scottish Literature' will be held on 12 March 2026, 5–6pm GMT. 📌 John Corbett: As Others See Us: Scottish Literature in and out of Translation 📌 Paul Barnaby: The Birth of BOSLIT: Setting up a Database of Scottish Literature in Translation

"AI systems still perpetuate societal norms and stereotypes and misogyny and racism and harms. But because the 'AI as innovation' or 'AI as societal advancement' narrative has taken over, the other side of the debate or the other side of the argument rarely gets any attention." @abeba.bsky.social

✨ Jen Calleja will be leading the German workshop at this year’s BCLT Summer School ✨ All 10 chosen participants in the German workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by Pro Helvetia Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

💡Convergence2026: AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility Summer School Explore the intersection of AI and accessible communication, expand your knowledge, connect with peers and contribute to a vibrant, multidisciplinary community. www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-trans... #AI #accessible #media #translation #PhD

It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming! On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo. Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages. Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below. Application deadline: 15 February, 2026 buff.ly/yibsATf

For anyone looking for an immersive, LGBTQI+-welcoming experience this summer, come study at the SUISS summer school school in Edinburgh in 2026. Courses on literature, creative writing and theatre, the latter coinciding with the queer-friendly Edinburgh Fringe/Festival and its thousands of shows.

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School 2026 📣 Join us ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026. Find out more & download an example programme on our website: shorturl.at/gy3yT 💡 Bursaries available

For #ShoutOutForGerman week (organised by @uk.diplo.de, @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social & @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social), I will be delivering an online workshop on myths about German on 22 January, aimed primarily at Key Stage 4-5 language learners. To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i #German #languages #MFL

📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI 📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE 🗓 28–29 May 2026 ⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026 Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

What do we mean by ‘voice’? And why does voice matter in translation? There’s still time (just!) to book your free ticket for Professor Charlotte Bosseaux’s inaugural lecture as Chair of Audiovisual Translation Studies Weds 3 December - Edinburgh - 5.15pm cbosseaux.eventbrite.co.uk

Official launch of the journal Feminist Translation Studies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rft...) on 4 December. Join us for a lively discussion with some of the contributors so far. Please register here tinyurl.com/FTSLaunchEvent to receive a Zoom link. Everybody welcome! @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Brian Friel's "Translations" in Dakar: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Vor Kurzem erschienen im Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik: mein Beitrag zum Übersetzen von Dialekt doi.org/10.3726/JIG5... (open access) #uebersetzen #translationstudies #german

Registration for #IPCITI2025, the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting, is now OPEN!! 🎉🎉🎉 🗓️ Register before 24 October to get our special early-bird fee. 🧠 We have a packed two-day programme with plenty of opportunities to network and decompress. (1/3)

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨ Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

🍂 Autumn workshops incoming! 📣 Join Jean Boase-Beier for 'Translating Style' and explore what literary style is and how it shapes meaning, with examples from different languages 🌍📚 📅 Wednesday 1 October 2025 ⏲️ 3– 4.30pm 📍 ONLINE www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses? Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn. Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️ itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...

Target Special Issue CFP, Translating the climate crisis: Language, power, and socio-environmental justice benjamins.com/series/targe...

Registrations are now open for APTIS25 “Better Together”: How Can Industry and Academia Collaborate to Empower Future Language Professionals? For information on how to book your place and the programme, please visit: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl/ We look forward to seeing lots of you there!

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators. Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... #LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators

On this #CeatlFriday we’d like to draw your attention to the marvellous #namethetranslator campaign by Translation House Looren in Switzerland. Because without translators, there would be no world literature! Read all about it here: namethetranslator.looren.net #EuropeanTranslators

👀 Wanted: #Italian or #Dutch native speakers to take a survey on audiovisual translation for a master thesis student: watch a short video, answer some questions, help academic research 😎 ⏩ Sharing = nice! ❤️ NL link: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... IT link: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Bookings are still open for our 2025 summer workshop on 6-8 June! 🌞 Join us to discuss sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer in Dumfries. Tasty food 🥙, a friendly bunch to network with 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫, a joyful ceilidh💃 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny

Join translator-in-residence @annierutherford.bsky.social as she explores how the context in which we are translating impacts upon the translation approach we adopt 📚 Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Three free spots for our Walking Weekend on 16-18 May! 🥾🧢 Dear #Scotnetters, there are still three spaces available for our walking weekend in Aberfeldy. We cannot promise the same glorious weather we had last year, but great company, beautiful highland landscapes and networking are guaranteed. ⛰🌳

This year, the #APTIS conference will be online and hosted by @centras-ucl.bsky.social. #APTIS25 “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future #language professionals?”) will take place on 3–4 November The Call for Contributions is open until 16 June.

societyofauthors.org/prizes/trans... The Goethe Institut's biennial Award for New Translation is open for entries, with an award of EUR 1,000 plus a trip to the Leipzig Book Fair & the International Translators' gathering at the LCB. Entry details below! 👇

The British Centre for Literary Translation is now part of Bluesky 🎉 We're looking forward to connecting with new and old followers. Help us spread the word and stay tuned for updates! #BCLT #Bluesky #literarytranslation

#IPCITI is coming to Warwick in 2025 🤩 Save the date 🗓️ The 18th International Postgraduate Conference in #Translation and #Interpreting will take place on 13-14 November @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @warwick-smlc.bsky.social CFP coming soon!

Bookings are open for our 2025 summer workshop! 🌞 Join us on 6-8 June in Dumfries to discuss Sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer. Tasty food 🥙 🥘, a friendly bunch to network 🙋 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫🧏‍♀️, a joyful ceilidh 💃 🕺 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny

Many congratulations @eleoma.bsky.social! I look forward to reading about Blackie's use of #translation metaphors. #German #literarytranslation

Upcoming IASSL webinar on 20 March! Kirsteen McCue and @paulmalgrati.bsky.social will talk about 'BOSLIT: Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation: Creating Digital Futures and Networks', the history of BOSLIT, and its new beginnings. All welcome! scotlit-iassl.org/2025/03/04/b...

Sadly, my contract at the University of Graz is coming to an end, hence a new doctoral position in Translation Studies with a research focus on “Translation, Ethics, and Digital Transformation” has opened! For full details, please visit: jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/cf0b...

Join us on 5 March for a research seminar by Josep Llobera Capllonch on the topic of 'Self-Translation: Breaking the Traditional Axioms in a Tongue Not Mine' Time: 16:10–17:30 (GMT) Venue: G.04, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, or online. llc.ed.ac.uk/translation-...

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

If you want to hear me talk about #translating #metaphor with #AI #NMT #LLMs, join me next week Monday, noon (GMT+1), in MS Teams for this SAILS webinar: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Our Gaelic Writer in Residence, Niall O'Gallagher, welcomes two Scottish writers to chat all things Gaelic poems and translation ✨ There'll be talk of processes, readings from Garry and Taylor's recent book, and a drinks reception too 🥂 🎟️ Book for free: translating-gaelic-poetry.eventbrite.co.uk

Our latest newsletter is out! Now available on our website, thanks to our brilliant editor @siobhang.bsky.social and all the members who've contributed to this issue: Lynda Hepburn, Aida Ferrer, @ajctranslate.bsky.social, Helen Robertson, Pauline Côme-Laing itiscotland.org.uk/17774/newsle...