🔥 New publication out! My HCAMT work is now published in Tradumàtica. What if “better MT” didn’t only mean bigger models, but "better human–AI interaction"? We compare traditional vs interactive post-editing in a longitudinal study with 11 professional legal translators. Link below.

On 26 Feb., we'll have the pleasure of hosting @gealga.bsky.social for a full-day seminar focusing on the difficulties of video game development in relation to the crisis in contemporary economic, political and technological models. Info and registration: ltc.ulb.be/broken-promi...

@leidentranslat1.bsky.social HORA EST! On 14 January 2026, 2:30-3:30 pm GMT +1, Katinka Zeven will defend her PhD thesis "Brand New Translation, Same Old Story?"! Follow the livestream here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/wetenschappe... 🎓🍾🎉 #PhD #defence #translation #retranslation #stereotypes #bias

This is wonderful news! Congratulations! 🎉 I can’t wait to see how this project evolves.

Now onwards to making language models transparent and trustworthy for everyone! 🚀 For those curious to know more about my thesis: - Web-optimized version: gsarti.com/phd-thesis/ - PDF: research.rug.nl/en/publicati... - Steal my Quarto template: github.com/gsarti/phd-t...

I can highly recommend taking this opportunity to get some funding for parts of your research projects! Last year, it helped me realize collecting data in the field, that is at translators’ workplaces. I can’t thank EAMT enough for their support!

Regina Rogls neues Buch ist erschienen! Da ist alles dabei: theoretische Reflexion, methodische Weiterentwicklung, empirisch fundierte Erkenntnisse. Wärmste Empfehlung! www.narr.de/gemeinschaft...

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Have you ever considered hosting a European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) conference on your site? I can tell you from experience that it is an exhilarating adventure! We have now opened bids for the site for EAMT2027. More info here: eamt.org/2025/11/13/w...

Delighted to announce 20 scholarships for our new programmes in Translation & Intercultural Studies and Interpreting at @bristoluni.bsky.social! More info available via the QR code or feel free to ping me a DM #scholarships #translation #translationstudies #interpreting

Working in research? Share your views on the state of academic freedom in Finland by taking part in a survey by the Committee for Public Information (TJNK). A summary of the results will be published in an upcoming report. kysely.tsv.fi/index.php/15...

📢📢Next up in the @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social English seminar series!📢📢 Mon 3 Nov 2025 at 16:00 EET. Emily Harmer, @harm365.bsky.social: 'What is online abuse anyway? The case of women politicians in the UK' See the abstract & register here. 👇 Go go go! r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...

🚀 First Call for Papers for EAMT 2026 We welcome submissions in four tracks: Research - Technical, Research - Translators & users, Implementations & case studies, Products & Projects 📅 Submission deadline: 18 March 2026 Notification: 24 April 2026 Event: 15-18 June 2026 📩 More info: eamt2026.org

🚀 Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals co-located with EAMT 2026, in Tilburg, The Netherlands. 📅 Important Dates: _Workshops:_ Submission deadline: 05/11/2025 Notification: 01/12/2025 _Tutorials:_ Submission deadline: 18/03/2026 Notification: 24/04/2026 Events: 15/06/2026 📩 Web: eamt2026.org

If you want to read more about machine translation post-editing when translating video games, have a look!

And the wait is over! The workshop proceedings are now available on the @aclanthology.org! Check them out at aclanthology.org/volumes/2025...

I just saw I have over 150 followers on here. Okay, wow, hei everyone 👋 I am about to try something new: 1. live in Finland 2. teach at a university Wish me luck 🍀 please! I can surely need it. #academiclife

Kone Foundation’s annual grant call will be held 1–15 September 2025! Would you like to learn more about our grant call criteria and practicalities? Sign up for the open info session on 27 August or book a 20-minute advice session: koneensaatio.fi/en/events/

🌈 Help with my LGBTQIA+ research! 🌈 I'm building a dataset to fight harmful LGBTQIA+ stereotypes in AI. Take my quick survey: 👉 IT: lnkd.in/dfPuyT6j 👉 NL: lnkd.in/d-3Di7WY 👉 FA: lnkd.in/dfvWzWCu Everybody is welcome! 📤 Share if you can!

We are looking for a new colleague to join our #Translation and Transcultural Studies team! Open to someone with expertise in translation #technologies, #AudiovisualTranslation, or #GameLocalisation, and any of our degree languages. Please help us spread the word 😊 Deadline: 17 August 2025

The 2025 MT Evaluation shared task brings together the strengths of the previous Metrics and Quality Estimation tasks under a single, unified evaluation framework. The following tasks are now open for participants (deadline July 31st but participation has never been easier 🙂 ):

My very first paper is out 🥹

First time I had results to share in a poster. This lead to engaging discussions with lots of ideas how to delve deeper into the data. I left full of encouragement and affirmation. Thanks for the opportunity #MTSummit2025!

A dove joined the #MTSummit25 welcome desk for the second workshops day at Uni Mail in Geneva.

📢 The MT Summit 2025 draft proceedings are now available on: mtsummit2025.unige.ch/proceedings.... Feel free to share and discuss. Huge thanks to all contributors, reviewers and organizers who made it possible. See you soon! #ConferenceProceedings #AcademicPublishing #Research #Innovation #MT2025

J'ai supprimé mon post avec un clic intempestif et machiavélique. Le revoici: Pour un projet scientifique sur le langage des joueurs et joueuses de jeu vidéo, nous cherchons des équipes pour enregistrer des sessions! Le formulaire d'inscription: urlr.me/mnAx4J N'hésitez pas à partager!

I will be at the FIT World Congress on 4-6 September to chair a panel on audiovisual translation. I'm looking forward to seeing lots of interesting talks on AI and other important topics. There's still time to register, I hope to see some of you there! fitift.eventsair.com/fit2025/

The 3rd article in our special issue of Translation Spaces on the question 'Is MT Translation?' has been published. Mary Nurminen: Is machine translation gisting translation? Check it out! benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2... @transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social

How to convince young people to learn foreign languages 😆

Thanks to Prof. Nataša Pavlović and students at the University of Zagreb, the #MTLiteracy infographics are now available in Croatian in #OpenAccess on the project website: sites.google.com/view/machine...

The Agder Forum for Translation Studies is ready to welcome #ictic2025 participants 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSLATION, INTERPRETING & COGNITION Find the latest drafts of the Programme and the Book of Abstracts on the Conference website www.uia.no/english/abou...

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Interesting that it is the translators associations in Denmark who say that post-editing is not real translation.

Two Lines Press is excited to open a focused submissions call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. We highly encourage submissions of work from less-represented languages and from BIPOC, women, and/or queer authors and translators. www.catranslation.org/books/submit...

👀 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_...

New paper in a special issue "Human and Machine Translation: Recent Trends and Foundations" edited by M. Carl and Y. Balashov. A qualitative thematic analysis of attitudes towards control and autonomy in the AI era of professional translators in the USA. www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/16...

Digital Translation, published biannually by John Benjamins and edited by @bowkerl.bsky.social, is seeking new submissions related to translation/interpreting technologies, digital methods for translation research, software/website localization, terminotics, & more! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

💭Dreaming of attending #GITT2025 but need a little extra 💸 boost? 📣 Bursary applications to support participation are now open at tinyurl.com/gitt25 📆 Deadline May 9th 🙏Thanks to our incredible sponsors DCA at Tilburg University tinyurl.com/tudca25 and FLW at Ghent University www.ugent.be/lw/en

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

Issue 18 of Mikael is out. With articles about translation and interpreting. Some in Finnish, some in English.

Have you been accepted to present your work at Media for All 11? Why not apply for the ESIST conference grant👇 Please also share the news with anyone you think may be interested!#M4All11

SUBTLE's joining forces with @subcomm.bsky.social through an open chat between AVT academics and practitioners. What do you want to know about one another? And what do you think they should know about you? Open to all practitioners and academics in AVT/accessibility. Sign up via the link in bio!

For over a year, we've been working with academics and subtitlers in our SubComm community to create infographics that explain key aspects of subtitles and subtitling. I'm thrilled to finally share them with the world. More information and downloads available here: subcomm.co.uk/infographics

@jossmo.bsky.social will talk about what it might mean to utilize and evaluate technologies while giving equal weight to people, the planet, and performance @CtnHkbu in two weeks. Registration at ctn.hkbu.edu.hk/event/a-trip...

Kone Foundation's thematic funding call on Securitization and Democracy is now open! Read the application guidelines and apply for funding on our website by 30 April 4 PM EEST (UTC+3): www.koneensaatio.fi/thematiccall2025

XXIII FIT World Congress in Geneva, 4–6 Sept.! We will be presenting the paper "Curiosity and the translator: Between intrinsic drive and external demand" (Baumann, Risku & Schlager) from our FWF financed project Rethinking translation expertise: A workplace study (Retrex). www.fit2025.org

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social? And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

Kone Foundation aims to strengthen research cooperation between the global South and North by launching a new programme to support Global South researchers' visits to the @hcas.bsky.social The invitational fellowship programme is intended for researchers in the social sciences and humanities.

🕵 If you work in the #translation industry, here is a quick survey for you on your use of #social #media! So, if you're a translation professional (no students, please), please answer the 2025 survey which is available here: bit.ly/4kMC9BG This will take only 5 minutes; do not hesitate to share 🙏