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Lynne Bowker

@bowkerl.bsky.social
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FR/EN translator. Prof at Université Laval (Traduction/Translation). Research/teaching on: TranTech, Term/Lex, LibInfoSci, ScholComm, MTliteracy

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Earlier this year, I was interviewed by @samanthayammine.com for the “Curiosity Weekly” podcast on Discovery Channel about why translating science is more complex than you think. The episode is out now (from the 8-minute mark). Have a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/5SI8...
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Translating Science is More Complex Than You Think
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Alina Karakanta🟥 @karakanta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The 9th edition of Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation will take place in Leiden University between 9-11 June 2027! The Call for Papers is out: edu.nl/m4cmv Submit your abstracts and join us in beautiful Leiden. #UCCTS2027
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UCCTS 2027 - Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (9th edition)
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics is organising the 9th edition of the Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies conference series in 2027. UCCTS conference is a biennial internatio...
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sauvons Glendon! Save Glendon! Join students, faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters in calling on York University's Board of Governors to keep Glendon in its historic home. ✍️ Sign now: actionnetwork.org/.../sauvons-... #SaveGlendon #SpaceMeansPlace
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UniMoRe - Digital Humanities Summer School @unimoredh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our second day of our Summer School is starting with the lecture "Exploring the potential and pitfalls of AI for multilingual scholarly publishing" of @bowkerl.bsky.social .
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A pleasure to be at the 2026 Digital Humanities Summer School at @unimoredh.bsky.social and to listen to the opening lecture by @michamahlberg.bsky.social on ‘The Fact & Fiction Continuum in the Age of AI’. #DHSS2026 #UniMORE
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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
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Call for Papers Translation Studies 21(2)
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Jako Olivier @jakoli4.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Although it was already published earlier in 2025, it was a real pleasure to receive the printed copies of ‘Open Educational Resources for and as Assessment’ in the mail today. #OER #assessment #OpenEducation The book is available to download here: digitalcommons.usu.edu/oer_as_asses...
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
There’s still time to register for the free webinar/virtual book launch on “Plain Language for Translators”hosted by @translatescience.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy on April 13. Details below ⬇️
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Translate Science @translatescience.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT: Plain Language for Translators by @lynnebowker Join Translate Science online Monday, April 13th, 14:00 UTC. RSVP with your email at: mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/f479a… Please share with all who are interested in multilingual open […]
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Really looking forward to this event. Thank you to Translate Science for hosting it!
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Book launch hosted by Translate Science on 13 Apr 2026, 14:00 UTC. Lynne Bowker will explore plain language as a form of intralingual translation and offer tips on applying it + Q&A. RSVP: mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/f479a... Visit translatescience.org for more info about Translate Science
Book launch on April 13, 2026 at 14:00 UTC. RSVP: https://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/f479aadc-4904-46ca-83ca-7f4a9bbe52cd Visit translatescience.org for more info about Translate Science
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Dave Sayers @davesayers.eurosky.social · 18/03/2026
📢📢 Announcing the grand finale of the 2025-26 English seminar series here at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social: 'Is ChatGPT Full of Bullshit?', by Laura Gorrieri (Università di Torino, Italy) Monday 13 April at 17:00 EEST Abstract and registration here: r.jyu.fi/engseminars25-26. Go go go!
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JYU English seminars - 2025-26
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Hooray! It’s publication day! 📖 “Plain Language for Translators” is now available from Routledge. You can use the code below for a 20% discount, and please ask your library to acquire a copy too. #PlainLanguage www.routledge.com/Plain-Langua...
20% discount code is 26SMA1 valid until 30 June 2026.
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Publication day for “Plain Language for Translators” is next week! Get 20% off pre-orders of ebook, paperback or hardback editions by using this code at checkout: 26SMA1 Please ask your library to order a copy to facilitate access for students & others www.routledge.com/Plain-Langua...
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Plain Language for Translators
Readers shouldn’t need to struggle to understand documents. Whether they are reading a form to request government services, a contract for a mobile phone plan, or a patient information leaflet for pre...
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Jako Olivier @jakoli4.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Come join us discussing open educational resources and localisation on Thursday as part of Open Education Week 2026: Panel - Global to Local: Reimagining #OER #localisation in higher education 5 March 2026 Time: 7:00 PST / 10:00 EST / 17:00 SAST / 20:30 IST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is going to be a fascinating discussion on #localization of #OER in #HigherEd with panelists from different continents sharing their experiences! Join us (free but registration required) 👇
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
RAPPEL! Date limite pour postuler : le 2 mars 2026
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
L’Université Laval cherche un.e professeur.e adjoint.e en interprétation : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
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Professeure ou professeur en interprétation | Ressources humaines | Université Laval
Milieu de vie privilégié au cœur de la ville de Québec, l’Université Laval est une grande université complète reconnue pour sa culture de l’excellence en enseignement et en recherche.
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
L’Université Laval cherche un.e professeur.e adjoint.e en interprétation : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
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Professeure ou professeur en interprétation | Ressources humaines | Université Laval
Milieu de vie privilégié au cœur de la ville de Québec, l’Université Laval est une grande université complète reconnue pour sa culture de l’excellence en enseignement et en recherche.
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Revista Tradumàtica @revtradumatica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Translation technologies for professionals within and beyond the language industries, Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social, Mary Nurminen @marynurm.bsky.social and Pilar Sanchez-Gijon @pilarsg.bsky.social Tradumàtica Dossier - revistes.uab.cat/tradumatica/...
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Tradumàtica tecnologies de la traducció
Editors convidats de la secció Dossier: Lynne Bowker, Mary Nurminen i Pilar Sánchez-GijónEditora principal de Tradumàtica Oberta: Celia Rico PérezEditora del número i de la secció Tradumàtica Breve: Pilar Sánchez-Gijón
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Félix do Carmo @felixdocarmo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
"I am here. Are you?" If you don't understand the importance of this text, if you are dedicating all your time to AI, don't complain about what the world is becoming. When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions – POLITICO share.google/PGkF84TZ3CGB...
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When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions
We are building a world that treats translation as a problem to be solved. But translation was never just a technical challenge — it is an act of witnessing.
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Sabine Braun @drsabinebraun.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Building on the success of Convergence2023, we are thrilled to announce the sequel at CTS Surrey. More info here: www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-trans... Hoping you join us in Guildford next summer! #xl8 #1nt # tech #AI #Convergence2026
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Raluca Tanasescu @ecoarts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy publication day! 🌟 "Translation and Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications", co-authored by Anne O'Connor and myself in Translation Studies, is now available in #OpenAccess. #translation #infrastructuralthinking www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Translation and infrastructure: concepts and applications
Engagement with infrastructural thinking, prominent in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology, has received little attention in translation studies. This article argues that tr...
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Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...
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Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
This book has been fun and also somewhat liberating to write. To explain this we have to tell the story of how the book came about.
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Excited to share the cover for my new book “Plain Language for Translators”. Currently in production at Routledge and available in March 2026. www.routledge.com/Routledge-In...
Cover image of new book with swirling lines becoming a single straight line.
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monabaker11.bsky.social @monabaker11.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/... By @bowkerl.bsky.social very timely
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Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice and Climate Justice
The use of English as a lingua franca for scholarly publishing has created inequities and is leading to a social justice movement to develop a more multilingual scholarly publishing ecosystem. However...
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Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
In ‘Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice & Climate Justice’ Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social‬ weighs these tools potential to aid linguistic diversity with their environmental harm & (non)human costs: doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [6/n]
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Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice and Climate Justice
The use of English as a lingua franca for scholarly publishing has created inequities and is leading to a social justice movement to develop a more multilingual scholarly publishing ecosystem. However...
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Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We at @jepub.bsky.social are excited to announce the publication of our new special issue on Publishing and Climate Justice, edited by Janneke Adema! journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/38... [1/n]
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The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 2(28) Publishing and Climate Justice (2025)
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Friendly reminder that you still have two weeks to submit a proposal for our co-edited volume on #Localization and #OER. Details below 👇
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Érudit @erudit.org · 23/07/2025
→ Plaidoyer pour le multilinguisme en sciences 📚 Article à lire : @bowkerl.bsky.social, Mikael Laakso & @jpolonen.bsky.social explorent les risques liés au monolinguisme anglophone sur l’écosystème scientifique. 📌 L'article : id.erudit.org/iderudit/111... 📌 Résumé de l'article : shorturl.at/nKGgo
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
📣Call for chapters! Jako Olivier & I are co-editing a volume on #Localization and #OER in #HigherEducation to be published in 2026 by the Commonwealth of Learning. If you work in this area, we would love to receive a proposal from you by 15 August. Details of the call: jako.nom.za/oercall.pdf
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 24/06/2025
As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪 plos.io/3TBbzie
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AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world
As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 25/06/2025
As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪 plos.io/3TBbzie
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AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world
As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...
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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Can we imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess & read science with the help of AI? Read this to see why we believe this is the future of academic publishing. Great collab with @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones. #languagebarriers doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Two futures for academic publishing using artificial intelligence language tools. Information communicated in English is shown in pale blue and that in a language other than English (Japanese in this example) is shown in orange.
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 24/06/2025
As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪 plos.io/3TBbzie
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AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world
As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...
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John Benjamins Publishing Company @johnbenjamins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
💡 JB EDITOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT! 💡 🌟 We are happy to introduce you to the first Editor in our new series of short videos: Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social ! Who tells you all about our journal Digital Translation: 📽️ youtu.be/nIzBlsE4NUQ More info on the journal: 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/dt
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Marine Carpuat @marinecarpuat.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This is a big team effort with Omri Asscher, Kalika Bali, @luisabentivogli.bsky.social, Frédéric Blain, @bowkerl.bsky.social‬, Monojit Choudhury, @haldaume3.bsky.social, Kevin Duh, Ge Gao, Alvin Grissom II‬, @markar.bsky.social‬, Elaine C. Khoong, ‪@wildlewis.bsky.social...
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
An online #translation course at the #FCSI Scholarly Communication Institute (22-24 July)… brought to you by @TranslateScience.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy. Scholarships available — apply now! transci.hypotheses.org
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Translate Science | an all-volunteer community of interest for multilingual open science
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Thanks for the opportunity to shine a spotlight on #DigitalTranslation. We look forward to welcoming new submissions!
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Jako Olivier @jakoli4.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Just shared some thoughts on the intersections between self-directed learning and micro-credentials: 'The potential of implementing micro-credentials to support self-directed learning for lifelong learning' www.linkedin.com/pulse/potent...
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The potential of implementing micro-credentials to support self-directed learning for lifelong learning
In a world where the pace of change is relentless and the shelf life of skills is shorter than ever, the concept of self-directed learning (SDL) has become central to the discourse on lifelong educati...
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UniMoRe - Digital Humanities Summer School @unimoredh.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
A final group picture of Our Summer School 😍
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CECILLE @cecille-ulille.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
[SEM] 13.06.25 / 14h / Zoom Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social (@ulaval.ca): La vulgarisation scientifique comme approche pour enseigner les technologies de la traduction Org. @rudyloock.bsky.social (STL) et Julie Loison-Charles (CECILLE) pour TRAIL (Translation in Lille)
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I’m so glad to have the opportunity to share and learn from the participants at the DH Summer School at UniMoRe! The theme is integrating traditional and new tools - very appropriate for these times!
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A great postdoc opportunity👇
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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...
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Julie McDonough Dolmaya @jlmdolmaya.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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/...
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Call for submissions! The _Digital Translation_ journal published by John… | Lynne Bowker
Call for submissions! The _Digital Translation_ journal published by John Benjamins Publishing Company is seeking manuscript submissions for upcoming issues. We publish three main types of contributio...
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LucyCes @lucyces.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
New #preprint alert ! 🚨 By queen of data viz @caropradier.bsky.social , @lariviev.bsky.social and myself, trying to understand the multiple layers of multilingualism in science by looking at the languages of references in scientific publications. doi.org/10.48550/arX... #AcademicSky #SciComm
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A smack of all neighbouring languages: How multilingual is scholarly communication?
Language is a major source of systemic inequities in science, particularly among scholars whose first language is not English. Studies have examined scientists' linguistic practices in specific contex...
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rdesjard204.bsky.social @rdesjard204.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Good news: The deadline HAS BEEN EXTENDED. Papers are now accepted until May 15, 2025. If you have questions or have troubles submitting to EasyChair, DM me and I'll assist. Anyone researching the #multilingual social internet is welcome to submit as well (Panel 8)! #TranslationStudies
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