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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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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

‪ Leiden Translation is heading to #EAMT2026 in Tilburg next week with 5 accepted papers! 🎉 Super excited to share our work with the MT community. See you there June 15–18! 🇳🇱 #MachineTranslation #NLP @agdorst.bsky.social @mayranas.bsky.social @susanavaldez.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social

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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We’re celebrating International Translation Day with a Song translation slam! 🥁 Join us to vote for your favourite translations, sing along or have a drink! 🎤 🥂 #ITD #t9n #L10n @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

A poster advertising a song translation slam “Mind vs Machine”, showing a head with a brain next to a robot. Tuesday 30 September. Free snacks, drinks and music. 17:00-19:00 in the common room of reuvensplaats building.

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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Also presented my ongoing research on #metaphors in #MachineTranslation, with @karakanta.bsky.social Katinka Zeven and Mayra Nas, "Translating Metaphors in Literature with AI" 🤩 #ESTcongress was huge, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Brain has been buzzing with so many new ideas ✨ #EST2025Leeds

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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

@agdorst.bsky.social representing Leiden Translation at #EST2025Leeds with two metaphor-related projects. Who would have thought Wine and Metaphor goes together so nicely!

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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A week ago I presented our ongoing project on "Translating Metaphors in Wine Language: Challenges and Strategies for Global Engagement" with the fabulous Allison Creed at the #ESTcongress #EST2025Leeds and we got to try several Zeno nolo wines 🥂 #Translation #Metaphor #WineCommunication

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Alina Karakanta🟥 @karakanta.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

How do SOTA MT systems translate metaphors in literary MT? Just presented our work with @agdorst.bsky.social and Mayra Nas to a lively audience at #MTSummit2025 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social

Alina Karakanta on a podium of Geneva university presenting a blue-white slide with the title “Metaphors in Literary machine translation: Close but no cigar?”

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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Road trip to #NITS2025! @leidentranslat1.bsky.social represented by @agdorst.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social @susanavaldez.bsky.social Tian Yang, Laura de Meij van Streefkerk, Lotte van Eupen, Mayra Nas. Best MA Thesis Award won by our own Lotte! 🙌 Looking forward to seeing everyone in Brussels!😎

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LeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙖𝙖𝙠 𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙣 Dit kan leiden tot miscommunicatie in belangrijke sectoren zoals journalistiek, onderwijs, zorg & rechtspraak, vertelt @agdorst.bsky.social, taalkundige @unileiden.bsky.social aan @trouw.nl ⬇️ @leidentranslat1.bsky.social @ortv.bsky.social

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Vertaalapps gaan de mist in met metaforen en dat gaat ons allemaal aan

Computers vinden het moeilijk om metaforen te vertalen. Taalkundige Lettie Dorst onderzoekt wanneer dit tot problemen leidt.

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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Stuk over mijn Vidi “Metaphor in Machine Translation” in de nieuwsbrief van Universiteit Leiden Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen woensdag zijn de interviews voor de PhD-kandidaat! Lees hier meer over waarom ik dit zo fascinerend vind: www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Lettie Dorst: ‘Vertaalprogramma’s veranderen de manier waarop we de wereld duiden’

Universitair hoofddocent Lettie Dorst heeft een Vidi-beurs ontvangen om onderzoek te doen naar machinevertaalprogramma’s. Google Translate en ChatGPT vertalen metaforische woorden en uitdrukkingen no...

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Qualitative Health Communication (QHC) @qhcjournal.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

New Research 🏥 💬 @susanavaldez.bsky.social explores the use of the #vignette technique for data collection in linguistically and culturally diverse healthcare settings involving #migrants. Read more here: tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #commsky #qual #AcademicSky #methods #lingsky #medsky #healthsky

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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Building and crossing bridges with Bissie Anderson, Jeannette Littlemore, Marcus Perlman, Matteo Fuoli, Ruth Page, Merten Reglitz and Jack Grieve at University of Birmingham 🌸 Our turn in May @leidenhumanities.bsky.social with @tomasdodds.bsky.social @agdorst.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social

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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Tons of excitement about our MA #translation program during the humanities MA Open Day. Our students Noa and Linda are here to answer all your questions!

Two students answering questions of other students about the MA program linguistics in a big hall behind a table with information material.

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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A whopping 95 (!) applications received for the PhD position on my #Metaphor in #MachineTranslation project 🤩 - I’m flabbergasted to be honest! It’s going to be a tough decision 🧐

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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I'm happy to share that my paper, “Using the vignette technique to research health communication in linguistically and culturally discordant settings,” is now available online in Qualitative Health Communication! It's open access. Feel free to reach out w/ thoughts. tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/...

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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Celebrating another year of language, translation, learning and teamwork! Leiden Translation is wishing everyone a relaxing holiday break and a peaceful and prosperous New Year!

Five researchers of the Leiden translation group sitting smilingly around a table at a restaurant decorated with Christmas lights.

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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Hail Riders! So much fun talking about Tolkien and stylistics. Great to listen to Thijs, Rachel and Cevdet - interdisciplinary fellowships are best 🫶 Big thank you to Albion and Floris V for the invitation 🧙‍♂️ Keep your voices clear, your eyes bright, and your hair flowing like a river 😉 #Tolkien

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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

As part of our Leiden Translation Talks, Esther de Boe from Antwerp University is presenting her very interesting findings in Healthcare interpreting. Brilliant talk! #interpreting #healthcommunication #xl8

Two researchers in a class with students, standing in front of a powerpoint presentation, titled 'Healthcare interpreting today and tomorrow'.

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LeidenTranslation🟥 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The Leiden Translation Lab proudly participating in the opening of the Humanities Hub at Huizinga. We're thrilled to be part of this community and look forward to collaborating on new projects and exploring fresh ideas. #xl8 #subtitling #MT #EMTnet @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

Alina Karakanta presenting the Translation Lab in the Digital Lab room of the Humanities Hub in front of a broad audience.

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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Just popped in to see if #EST or #Leeds was trending 👀—and guess what? Thrilled to share that I'll be presenting at the 11th EST Congress on the Global Visions, Local Voices panel! Excited to discuss two projects that mean the world to me. 🌍💬 #TranslationStudies #EST2025

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