It was a pleasure to join Anca Bodzer in the first episode of her podcast #LanguageSurfers. We talked about #career paths, skills and tips for newcomers joing #translation academia and industry. I hope it's useful! youtube.com/watch?v=WIGrl3…

London is Calling! Save the Dates – July 16-18, 2024. The organizing committee for the 2024 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) is pleased to announce that the conference will be held in London, UK.  socialmediaandsociety.org/2023/london-is…

I'm looking for a #postdoc to work with me on my project on the use of #MT by #localauthorities, #charities and #NGOs in the West Midlands. Please spread the word and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

New article: Why are native-English speakers watching English dubbed versions on streaming platforms and why do the dubs using foreign accents in English work so well? Lots of my potential answers at link. Do read! 🙏 revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ikal…

Netflix rolls out customizable subtitles for TV: I would be very curious to know how many people actually customize their #subtitles on #Netflix, and what options they go for! theverge.com/2023/3/9/23631… via @Verge

It was my pleasure to speak with FIT Europe & FIT-IFT on how professional translators associations can help set their members up for success & conduct outreach about #Translation & #MachineTranslation. We have a rich yet not always visible skillset that we need to articulate!

“Any good Spanish results are a bonus.” The title of the article could easily be that language models are cutting languages out. The position of English in LLMs is problematic because it ends up enhancing language barriers. wired.com/story/chatgpt-…

"One thing we have learned a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic is that accurate and timely information is crucial for effective crisis response." In this article from 2022, Sharon O’Brien discusses the vital role that translation plays in a crisis. coalitionforlanguagerights.org/post/translati…

CALL FOR PAPERS: closing soon! The TikTok Creators & Digital Economies Symposium is our first satellite online event, hosted by LCC🌟 Abstracts & bios due ✨ 3 July ✨ More info & how to apply here: arts.ac.uk/colleges/londo… #TikTokCultures

📢 #CFP 📗 Thematic volume (November 2024): Women and metaphors. Terminology, lexis and representations on women health’s issues in biomedical discourse (Ed Chelo Vargas-Sierra) Deadline: ⏰ 15 December 2023 +info: e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/clr/…

Loved Joss Moorkens's slides: while discussing the human factors in automation, he was also putting faces to the colleagues and scholars he was citing. #Media4All10 #M4Allqp

Who from #TranslationStudies is on Threads? Thoughts? #SocialMedia #Threads #translation #xl8

🤖 #MT gets institutionalized; #AI is indeed artificial, but AI fatigue 😩 and FOMOAI 👀 are real; #interpreters are validated in their right to strike; ✊#translator training is revisited; #tech expertise not a priority 🤔 Google AI AI at Meta #translation slator.com/institutional-…

OpenAI marshaled a global pipeline of human labor for 2+ years to enable ChatGPT & GPT-4 to exist. Workers who dealt with the worst parts are still suffering PTSD more than a year later. My story with Deepa Seetharaman out today on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/articles/chatg…

Cfp: "Nothing Happened: Translation Studies before James Holmes", 9-10 November 2023 UCL Bloomsbury, London. Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2023. ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/202…

The theme for International Translation Day 2023 is 'Translation unveils the many faces of humanity'. FIT Council presents the winning design for its #ITD2023 Poster, created by Marta Saavedra from Chile. Download the poster at en.fit-ift.org/international-… #JMT2023 #DIT2023

Further to myself and Bert Gordijn's funded PhD studentship in Ethics and Multilingual Communication Using Generative AI (link below, deadline August 4th), we have a second PhD in Ethics of Large Language Models (quote tweet below, deadline Sept 1st). adaptcentre.ie/careers/phd-st…

Hivemind: suggestions for up-to-date intro to research methods textbooks or reference materials? Updating syllabi & references lists - would appreciate new additions especially in light of new(er) tech, e.g. ChatGPT. Merci! #academia #research #researchmethods #DigitalHumanities

So great to see colleagues from near and afar at #atisa2024Rutgers and to present recent work on #translation and the #InfluencerEconomy on behalf of my research team. Please note I'm less active here, so please find me on LinkedIn. #SSHRC #CRSH #research #TranslationStudies