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Joke Daems

@jdaems.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor Human-Computer Interaction (translation) at Ghent University | cataloguing gender bias in MT via debiasbyus.ugent.be and biasshield.org Translation Manager at the International Quadball Association (they/them)

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A message for the class of 2026: We need more friction!
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Next on, @jdaems.bsky.social presenting their work on Dutch audience perceptions of human and machine-translated pronouns for non-binary referent in subtitles at #GITT2026
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#GITT2026 is off at #EAMT2026 - @manuellardelli.bsky.social now opening the workshop. We'll attempt to live skywrite as we go!
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 21/05/2026
i've been thinking about the work we're doing at varying levels to organize against AI, and maybe i've also been in the headspace of gardening and getting rid of weeds. i can't shake the feeling that AI takes up space opportunistically where people's needs are not being met. a little like weeds.
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Ali Alkhatib: Weeds tend not to grow where they can't take root
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"No matter how rapidly technology changes, I am coalescing around some core beliefs: 1. Things that are worth doing are worth doing well. 2. Things that are done well require time and effort. 3. You make meaning through the doing. 4. Ideas are common; effort is not. 5. There are no shortcuts."
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.
Anne Hathaway bought the rights to a novel about a tradwife influencer who wakes up in 1855 and has to actually live the life she's been selling online. The book is called Yesteryear. It came out 3 days ago. The film rights were already sold to Hathaway, who will produce and star.
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
⌛Time doing that funny thing when suddenly there's less of it than you thought? We hear you! The #GITT2026 deadline will be extended with a few more days so you can catch up 😉 ➡️ NEW DEADLINE: 26 April 2026 (AoE) No extensions after this one, so go write! We're excited to see what you come up with!
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Belgium not international enough? Fine. Our third and final keynote is none other than @katta.bsky.social from TU Wien 🇦🇹! Their work on Critical Access in Embodied Computing inspires #design and #engineering, ensuring that #technology reflects and supports #diversity - a perfect fit for #GITT2026!
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I have some big boots to fill, but I will do my best to live up to the expectations! 🤝 Really excited about this new role, looking forward to exploring new #Translation Spaces with all of you! 🚀
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This was a bit out of my usual #MachineTranslation comfort zone, but it was great to get to know the field of #CriticalLanguageAwareness and meet so many fascinating people. Thanks to the CLADES organisers for the invitation! 🤩 If you too want to fight #bias in MT, check out biasshield.org 🛡️
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Bias Shield
Push back against bias in machine translation
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Did someone say 'more international keynotes'? 😉 #GITT2026 will have it all: Introducing Professor Sofie Decock (Ghent University, 🇧🇪), who works on the use and perception of #genderinclusive #language in professional communication, from newspapers to #interpreting ➡️ sites.google.com/view/gitt202...
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Looking for English and/or Spanish readers to read a 600-word text and participate in a short survey (impact of translation on audience perception) Feel free to share! ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #booksky #reading #books #translation #espanol #english
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Will #GITT2026 be worth it? If our brilliant keynotes are anything to go by...😉 Introducing @odettes.bsky.social Full Professor of Inclusive Speech Communication at 🇳🇱 Delft University of Technology. Human & automatic speech, combining technical x ethical x societal, just how we like it! Excited yet?
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
📣2nd #CFP for #GITT2026 at @eamt2026.bsky.social (15 June 2026) 🏁Deadline = 20 April 🕵️Gender bias in translation and MT, inclusive language, mitigation strategies, and more 📝Research papers, abstracts, communications & potluck presentations welcome! 🕸️All info on: sites.google.com/view/gitt202...
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eamt2026.bsky.social @eamt2026.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Gender bias in #MT is not a "solved" problem. ⚖️ The 4th edition of the #GITT @gitt-workshop.bsky.social is coming to #EAMT2026. The call for papers is open, check it here 👉: sites.google.com/view/gitt2026/ #GITT2026 #GenderBias #Inclusivity
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SCOPE The "Gender-Inclusive Translation Technologies Workshop'' (GITT) is the only dedicated workshop that focuses on gender-inclusive language in translation and cross-lingual scenarios. The worksho...
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
If it isn't my favourite workshop of the year! Working on #gender #inclusive #translation #technology? See you there! 😜
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Alessandra T. Cignarella @cerveza-inglesa.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🌈 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!
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
These are gorgeous, thanks for capturing this historic moment so beautifully! 😍
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Are you intrigued by the impact of #language on #sustainability #solidarity and #inclusion? Then I have the conference for you! CLADES focuses on #social and #ecological #justice and #injustice and you can submit contributions (🛠️🗨️💃🎨🎮🤝🤔🎶🎭 and more) until 1 October! ⏩ clades.ugent.be/en/call-cont...
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Critical Language Awareness for Sustainability, Solidarity and Inclusion We are delighted to announce the upcoming conference on ‘Critical Language Awareness for Sustainability, Solidarity and Inclusi...
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The proud supervisor moments are piling up at #MTSUMMIT2025 😍 Now Xiaoye Li presenting (for the first time!) at #CTT2025 the work we did on revision and perceived origin of a translation (HT vs NMT) It's been great working together in Ghent these past few months 🔥
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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 🤩
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Another proud supervisor moment - very first big conference presentation and killing it 🤩🔥 #GITT2025
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Very proud supervisor at #GITT2025 🤩 @jhackenbuchner.bsky.social acing the poster boaster 😎Come check out our poster later if you're at @mtsummit2025.bsky.social
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Good morning @mtsummit2025.bsky.social ! 🌞 We're ready to kick off #GITT2025 in a few minutes. We'll be live skywriting (is that the tweeting equivalent of 'tweeting'? It is now) using our hashtag. Looking forward! 🤩
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The #GITT2025 🕘schedule📆 is now available! Fan of... 📣 poster boasters 📊 presentations 🗣️ keynote speakers 🖼️ posters 🍀 potluck presentations? We've got all of that and more at: sites.google.com/tilburgunive... See you there! @mtsummit2025.bsky.social
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
👀 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_...
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
💭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
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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
📢New publication! 🔎We investigated how students in #translation #languages #DigitalHumanities understand how #MT #AItranslation works. 💡We found they see differences but also similarities based on #misconceptions and #humanization of the technology, especially #LLMs #GenAI 🔗 see lnkd.in/eaeuMVNc
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
👂 What's that? You almost had a paper ready for #GITT2025 and you need one last final deadline extension? We hear you! ⏱️ Submission deadline extended to: 31 March AOE ✅Author notification: 7 April 🤝GITT workshop 23 June @mtsummit2025.bsky.social See you there! sites.google.com/tilburgunive...
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
⏳Just a little more time? We got you! 📣 #GITT2025 DEADLINE EXTENSION until 16 March (AOE 🌏) 📍 Join us 23 June at the @mtsummit2025.bsky.social in Geneva 📝Attend GITT as an independent workshop, or register for the full MT Summit 💡 All info at sites.google.com/tilburgunive... 👀 See you there?
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
All wonderful MT gender bias people in one place? Yes, please! 🤩
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
📣3rd #CFP for #GITT2025 at @mtsummit2025.bsky.social on 23 June 2025 🏁Deadline = 10 March 🕵️Gender bias in translation and MT, inclusive language, mitigation strategies, and more 📝Research papers, abstracts, communications & potluck presentations welcome! 🕸️All info on sites.google.com/tilburgunive...
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
✏️ Professionele vertalers en vertaalstudenten (EN-NL) gezocht voor masterproef! Mijn student Fleur Valette onderzoekt verschillen in vertaalstrategieën tussen studenten en professionele vertalers. Alle info en deelname via qualtricsxmg25wkft8n.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... ⏩ Delen is lief!
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
As if you needed more reasons to submit to #GITT2025: 🔑🎵 Cristina Anselmi, video game #localization & #AI expert with a focus on #inclusive #language will be our keynote speaker! 💸Registration fees are on the MTSummit website and you can register just for GITT if you so choose 😎 👀 See you there! 👀
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
No more excuses now! A bit more time to polish those papers and join us at MT Summit! 🌞🏁
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Especially excited to see what people will come up with for our new Potluck Presentation format! Looking forward to the brainstorms and new ideas 🧠🌩️ #gender #translation #technology #GITT2025
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
For those of you still finalising those submissions to the Research - Translators & Users track 😉 Looking forward to receiving your work!
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Hello world! 👋 We're coming out of hibernation to bring you this happy news: 1) We're organising the 3rd edition of GITT at #MTSummit! Working on #gender & #translation #technology? We'll see you there! 2) We're moving away from Twitter, so share the news and help us find old and new GITT friends!
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Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
I forgot I had Bluesky for a second (I should really do an intro here at some point, huh) but it was an absolute pleasure having you in Ghent. Really looking forward to future potential collaborations, and our students learned so much from the visit as well. Thank you again!
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