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Karin Bosshard

@karinbosshard.bsky.social
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Teaching Fellow in Translation Studies at University of Edinburgh, PhD Translation Studies (2023), Translator (EN/FR-DE)

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Delphine Grass @delphinegrass.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There is still time to register for our ‘Natures in #Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation‘ conference, 1-2 October, @Lancaster University! wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra... Keynotes: Ursula Heise Khairani Barokka César Rodríguez-Garavito Eva Meijer Şebnem Susam-Saraeva. 🌍🌱🐬
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Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract submissi…
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 28/07/2026
Widening the Horizon – Scotland’s translators for the stage 27 Aug, Edinburgh. £2.50–£5 Panel event chaired by Joyce McMillan, & featuring writer-translators Jo Clifford, Liz Lochhead, Alan McKendrick, Katherine Mendelsohn & Mariem Omari #drama #translation www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/widening-t...
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Widening the Horizon - Scotland's translators for the stage
Scotland's rich legacy of stage translations discussed by leading playwrights and translators
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Irish Learning Technology Association @iltasky.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“Education is for the student to come to feel like the master of her own thinking” Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Freire, 1978 A timely reminder from @abeba.blacksky.app at #edtech26
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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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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📢 Calling all translators - we need your views and insights on our #TranslatorsOnTheCover campaign. Five years on from its launch, we’re working with Dr Pete Freeth (London Metropolitan University) to find out more about the campaign’s impact. buff.ly/uRuoZ1O
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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Petition calling on the media and politicians to recognise that most women support the trans+ community! notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Join us online for PETRA-E’s 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI 🧑‍💻 The PETRA-E Network is delighted to hold its third conference on literary translation, hosted by BCLT. Register now 👉️ www.bclt.org.uk/events/Creat...
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 22/04/2026
Call for participants If you speak Scottish Gaelic, Scots, and/or Shaetlan, you are invited to share your experiences, knowledge, and perspectives. This research will contribute to reversing language decline and strengthening linguistic diversity across Europe www.uhi.ac.uk/en/media/202...
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Call for participants: Survey on minoritised languages in Scotland
Researchers at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), through its Language Sciences Institute and on behalf of the FOSTERLANG project, invite you to take part in an important survey explor...
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Scottish Universities' International Summer School @suiss-edi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
For those working in translation, SUISS is current inviting candidates to apply for our prestigious Gavin Wallace Translation Fellowship. Study and gather ideas for translation projects involving Scottish Literature. Please visit our website for details:
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Goethe-Institut UK @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Curious where German can take you?🚀✨ Join us for a day of workshops, career talks, study options and networking with German companies shaping the future. 📅 16 April 2026 📍 Keele University 🔗 Register via www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ve... #CareerRoadshow #Gimagine #GoetheInstitutUK
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Karin Bosshard @karinbosshard.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
For those in/around Edinburgh: Join us at @translation-uoe.bsky.social on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 (4.10-6.00) for an in-person research seminar by @delphinegrass.bsky.social on #translation as a creative-critical practice. For details see llc.ed.ac.uk/translation-... @uoe-llc.bsky.social
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Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Delphine Grass | Translation Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture
An in-person seminar by Dr Delphine Grass (Lancaster University) on the impact and challenges created from maps of translation studies such as the Holmes/Toury map.
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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The CIVIS Scottish literature webinar on the 'Outreach of Scottish Literature' will be held on 12 March 2026, 5–6pm GMT. 📌 John Corbett: As Others See Us: Scottish Literature in and out of Translation 📌 Paul Barnaby: The Birth of BOSLIT: Setting up a Database of Scottish Literature in Translation
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CIVIS Webinar ‘Outreach of Scottish Literature’
Kirsten Stirling, Corey Gibson and Marie Hedon are inviting everybody interested to the CIVIS Scottish literature Spring Webinar on the “Outreach of Scottish Literature”, held on 12 Mar…
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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"AI systems still perpetuate societal norms and stereotypes and misogyny and racism and harms. But because the 'AI as innovation' or 'AI as societal advancement' narrative has taken over, the other side of the debate or the other side of the argument rarely gets any attention." @abeba.bsky.social
John Thornhill, Abeba Birhane and Steph Wright seated on stage during our Technomoral Conversations event. Abeba is speaking.
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
✨ Jen Calleja will be leading the German workshop at this year’s BCLT Summer School ✨ All 10 chosen participants in the German workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by Pro Helvetia Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
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Sabine Braun @drsabinebraun.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
💡Convergence2026: AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility Summer School Explore the intersection of AI and accessible communication, expand your knowledge, connect with peers and contribute to a vibrant, multidisciplinary community. www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-trans... #AI #accessible #media #translation #PhD
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming! On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo. Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...
Collage of three photos, two square ones at the top and a landscape shaped under. The first one shows Victoria Street in Edinburgh with The Quaker Meeting House sign visible. The second one is a room showing a speaker next to a screen at the far end and people sitting around tables looking towards the speaker. The landscape photo shows the white blooms of snowdrops on their green stems.
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Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation @cjltjournal.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages. Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below. Application deadline: 15 February, 2026 buff.ly/yibsATf
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Gina Gwenffrewi @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
For anyone looking for an immersive, LGBTQI+-welcoming experience this summer, come study at the SUISS summer school school in Edinburgh in 2026. Courses on literature, creative writing and theatre, the latter coinciding with the queer-friendly Edinburgh Fringe/Festival and its thousands of shows.
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School 2026 📣 Join us ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026. Find out more & download an example programme on our website: shorturl.at/gy3yT 💡 Bursaries available
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Sascha Stollhans @saschastollhans.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
For #ShoutOutForGerman week (organised by @uk.diplo.de, @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social & @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social), I will be delivering an online workshop on myths about German on 22 January, aimed primarily at Key Stage 4-5 language learners. To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i #German #languages #MFL
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI 📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE 🗓 28–29 May 2026 ⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026 Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
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School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) @uoe-llc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
What do we mean by ‘voice’? And why does voice matter in translation? There’s still time (just!) to book your free ticket for Professor Charlotte Bosseaux’s inaugural lecture as Chair of Audiovisual Translation Studies Weds 3 December - Edinburgh - 5.15pm cbosseaux.eventbrite.co.uk
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Inaugural Lecture: Charlotte Bosseaux
Join us for 'A Voice of their Own: Why Voice Matters in Translation (Studies)?' delivered by Professor Charlotte Bosseaux.
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olgacastro80.bsky.social @olgacastro80.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Official launch of the journal Feminist Translation Studies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rft...) on 4 December. Join us for a lively discussion with some of the contributors so far. Please register here tinyurl.com/FTSLaunchEvent to receive a Zoom link. Everybody welcome! @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Brian Friel's "Translations" in Dakar: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Donegal to Dakar: the Irish play about British rule hitting home in post-colonial Senegal
An African staging of Brian Friel’s Translations resonates deeply as the country distances itself from France
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Karin Bosshard @karinbosshard.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Vor Kurzem erschienen im Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik: mein Beitrag zum Übersetzen von Dialekt doi.org/10.3726/JIG5... (open access) #uebersetzen #translationstudies #german
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Wenn die Schottin schwizertütsch schwätzt. Möglichkeiten zielspra...: Ingenta Connect
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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Registration for #IPCITI2025, the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting, is now OPEN!! 🎉🎉🎉 🗓️ Register before 24 October to get our special early-bird fee. 🧠 We have a packed two-day programme with plenty of opportunities to network and decompress. (1/3)
Portrait poster announcing that early-bird registration for IPCITI 2025 is open until 24 October. On the right side of the bottom half of the poster, there is a QR code to register. MODALITY MUTABILITY MOBILITY: Currents of Change in Translation and Interpreting. Confirmed Keynote: Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney (Newcastle University)Contact: IPCITI@warwick.ac.uk
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨ Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
🍂 Autumn workshops incoming! 📣 Join Jean Boase-Beier for 'Translating Style' and explore what literary style is and how it shapes meaning, with examples from different languages 🌍📚 📅 Wednesday 1 October 2025 ⏲️ 3– 4.30pm 📍 ONLINE www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses? Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn. Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️ itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...
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Şebnem Susam-Saraeva @sebnemsaraeva.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Target Special Issue CFP, Translating the climate crisis: Language, power, and socio-environmental justice benjamins.com/series/targe...
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Centre for Translation Studies UCL @centras-ucl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Registrations are now open for APTIS25 “Better Together”: How Can Industry and Academia Collaborate to Empower Future Language Professionals? For information on how to book your place and the programme, please visit: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl/ We look forward to seeing lots of you there!
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UCL APTIS25 Online Conference (UCL CenTraS)
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators. Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... #LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
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CEATL @ceatl.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
On this #CeatlFriday we’d like to draw your attention to the marvellous #namethetranslator campaign by Translation House Looren in Switzerland. Because without translators, there would be no world literature! Read all about it here: namethetranslator.looren.net #EuropeanTranslators
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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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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Bookings are still open for our 2025 summer workshop on 6-8 June! 🌞 Join us to discuss sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer in Dumfries. Tasty food 🥙, a friendly bunch to network with 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫, a joyful ceilidh💃 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny
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Summer Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet
07/06/2025 @ All Day - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its summer workshop on S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y W I T H AIDA FE R R E R  A G U I L A R , M A R J O L E I N  T H I C [...]
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Join translator-in-residence @annierutherford.bsky.social as she explores how the context in which we are translating impacts upon the translation approach we adopt 📚 Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Three free spots for our Walking Weekend on 16-18 May! 🥾🧢 Dear #Scotnetters, there are still three spaces available for our walking weekend in Aberfeldy. We cannot promise the same glorious weather we had last year, but great company, beautiful highland landscapes and networking are guaranteed. ⛰🌳
The green and heather-covered slopes of the Scottish Ben Vrackie hill seen from the path, with the backs of three people walking towards it on a sunny day with clear skies.
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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This year, the #APTIS conference will be online and hosted by @centras-ucl.bsky.social. #APTIS25 “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future #language professionals?”) will take place on 3–4 November The Call for Contributions is open until 16 June.
APTIS25 conference (“Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?”) will take place on 3–4 November 2025 via Zoom Webinar.
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Jamie Lee Searle @jamielsearle.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
societyofauthors.org/prizes/trans... The Goethe Institut's biennial Award for New Translation is open for entries, with an award of EUR 1,000 plus a trip to the Leipzig Book Fair & the International Translators' gathering at the LCB. Entry details below! 👇
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German - Goethe-Institut Award - The Society of Authors
The Society of Authors’ and the Goethe-Institut Londons’ biennial Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation. The Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation was founded in 2010 and is presented by the S...
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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
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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#IPCITI is coming to Warwick in 2025 🤩 Save the date 🗓️ The 18th International Postgraduate Conference in #Translation and #Interpreting will take place on 13-14 November @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @warwick-smlc.bsky.social CFP coming soon!
Portrait poster for IPCiTI 2025. The background shows the stairs at the Faculty of Arts Building (University of Warwick) from the bottom up, looking towards the large roof window that shows the bright blue sky outside. In the centre of the poster, there is a text box that reads: "IPCITI 2025 Save the date! 13-14 November 2025". On the bottom are the logos of IPCITI and the University of Warwick.
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Bookings are open for our 2025 summer workshop! 🌞 Join us on 6-8 June in Dumfries to discuss Sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer. Tasty food 🥙 🥘, a friendly bunch to network 🙋 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫🧏‍♀️, a joyful ceilidh 💃 🕺 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny
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Summer Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet
07/06/2025 @ All Day - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its summer workshop on S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y W I T H AIDA FE R R E R  A G U I L A R , M A R J O L E I N  T H I C [...]
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Karin Bosshard @karinbosshard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Many congratulations @eleoma.bsky.social! I look forward to reading about Blackie's use of #translation metaphors. #German #literarytranslation
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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Upcoming IASSL webinar on 20 March! Kirsteen McCue and @paulmalgrati.bsky.social will talk about 'BOSLIT: Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation: Creating Digital Futures and Networks', the history of BOSLIT, and its new beginnings. All welcome! scotlit-iassl.org/2025/03/04/b...
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BOSLIT Webinar
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 17:00-19:00 GMT, online (ZOOM) Come and learn about the recent Royal Society of Edinburgh-funded BOSLIT: Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation: creating digita…
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Manuel Lardelli @manuellardelli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Sadly, my contract at the University of Graz is coming to an end, hence a new doctoral position in Translation Studies with a research focus on “Translation, Ethics, and Digital Transformation” has opened! For full details, please visit: jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/cf0b...
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Translation UoE @translation-uoe.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Join us on 5 March for a research seminar by Josep Llobera Capllonch on the topic of 'Self-Translation: Breaking the Traditional Axioms in a Tongue Not Mine' Time: 16:10–17:30 (GMT) Venue: G.04, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, or online. llc.ed.ac.uk/translation-...
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Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Josep Llobera Capllonch
A hybrid seminar by Josep Llobera Capllonch (writer and translator) on the concept of self-translation, and how it challenges an array of binary notions.
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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Join our online roundtable "Beyond #Translation: Emerging Careers in the Global #Language #Industry" 6 March, 3-4 GMT Featuring experts from Amnesty International, Netflix, Rhyme&Reason, and ELIA sharing their insights Register: updates.warwick.ac.uk/form/eutopia... #EUTOPIALanguagesWeek #EUTOPIA
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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
If you want to hear me talk about #translating #metaphor with #AI #NMT #LLMs, join me next week Monday, noon (GMT+1), in MS Teams for this SAILS webinar: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: Lettie Dorst
One defining characteristic of human communication that remains problematic for Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing is metaphors. Metaphors are pervasive in all forms of language u...
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