A few days ago I had the pleasure of presenting a poster in the Research Accelerator track at SlatorCon 2026! @slator.bsky.social

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I will post more about it over the weekend but the fundraiser for a reading room/archive renovation at Glasgow Zine Library, to make sure more of the collection is accessible and they can continue collecting and preserving zines, launched today! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/zinecultur...

Also ridiculously proud of this publication and its original research project, which was fantastic fun to work on. Thanks, @paolaruffo.bsky.social and Xiaochun! #PhDlife #PhDsupervision

I have sadly become accustomed to signing petitions to save language departments at risk of closure in the UK. The three petitions I am about to share hurt a bit more, though, because all three of these institutions have been instrumental in shaping the person and scholar I am today.

Thrilled to see this article out! Working on the research project and the publication with @paolaruffo.bsky.social and Xiaochun Zhang was a joy. #translationstudies #phdlife

New paper out! 🥳 "Co-authorship by PhD students and their supervisors: implications for translation studies" is now available in The Interpreter and Translator Trainer. Incredibly proud of this one, co-authored with @carolosullivan.bsky.social and Xiaochun Zhang. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Finally managed to attend the Edinburgh International Book Festival today! Loved hearing Annelise Finegan and @jencalleja.bsky.social talk about their experiences of literary translation. Time to dive into "Fair" now! 📚

Cutting modern language degrees at universities is creating a “vicious cycle” and risks contributing to the continued decline of foreign language learning among children in the UK, it has been warned. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports #academicsky #languages

The #CTT2025 workshop ended yesterday after an insightful day into new creative domains, new applications and tools, new projects and new avenues for research and action. Many thanks, once again, to our presenters, and to everyone who participated! Now, on to the Summit itself!

Full house at #CTT2025 at #MTSUMMIT2025 for the paper with Lieve Macken and @paolaruffo.bsky.social on translation difficulties in different workflows in literary translation 🤩

It's time for the first session of the workshop! Lieve Macken is presenting on the role of different literary translation workflows in overcoming translation difficulties @jdaems.bsky.social @paolaruffo.bsky.social

in all seriousness though FUCKING FINALLY YEAH MAN THANK YOU KINGS COLLEGE www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Als zelfs ‘weldenkende mensen’ schrijven op sociale media dat Hilde Van Liefferinge haar verhaal waarschijnlijk verzonnen heeft, terwijl er andere klachten naar boven komen, dan weet je hoeveel moed het vraagt om dit verhaal naar buiten te brengen. Nog altijd is voor zovelen de vrouw ‘de dader’.

Important new report published today from the University of St Andrews: "The University of St Andrews and the Legacies of Empire, 1700-1900" - looks like a really thorough and well researched piece of vital work. Thanks to the researchers. zenodo.org/records/1497...

📅 Extended deadline for our workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology #CTT2025 @mtsummit2025.bsky.social! Now SUNDAY MARCH 16TH. Less than two weeks left to submit your work on #MT, #LLM for translation, #audiovisual translation and more! Submission info: ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls

The 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 (#CTT2025) is accepting paper submissions until 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡! We welcome work on the use of CAT tools, MT and LLMs in creative domains, e.g. literary and audiovisual translation, localisation... 📚 🎮🎥 More info: ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be

As part of the MT Summit 2025 we are organising the 2nd Workshop on Creative-Text Translation and Technology (to be held 24/06). The deadline for submissions is March 16th. We have excellent keynote speakers! Take a plunge! ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/home

Opinion: The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and @emmacayley.bsky.social #AcademicSky #EduSky

The situation of #ModernLanguage programmes in the UK continues to worsen. Cardiff University has recently announced plans to cut 400 members of staff and programmes, including modern languages, nursing and music. Save MLANG at Cardiff University! chng.it/rgZnmfWdsT

I've been pondering the discrepancy between perceived success and financial precarity as a literary translator. People come up to me and say, "Wow, you're doing so well! You won a big prize! It's wonderful to see you so successful!" At which point I freeze awkwardly. Um, define success? ->

📢 New article out in the latest issue of @revtradumatica.bsky.social on #HCI in Translation and Interpreting: "Measured and Perceived Effort: Assessing Three Literary Translation Workflows": https://revistes.uab.cat/tradumatica/article/view/n22-ruffo-daems-macken #xl8 #literarytranslation #MTPE