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Susana Valdez

@susanavaldez.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Leiden University • Visiting Fellow at University of Warwick • Researcher of Medical Translation and Pivot AVT • 15 years in L10 industry

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Revista Tradumàtica @revtradumatica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
La traducción automática en el hospital: perspectivas del personal sanitario sobre su uso, idoneidad y políticas, Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social , Floor Van Heeswijk, Noa Warren. Dossier Tradumàtica 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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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
An interview with Leidraad has been published about my research on language and healthcare. We talk about misunderstandings between doctors and patients, the limits of translation technologies, and why linguistic context matters in medical care. issuu.com/universiteit...
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Presented 2 papers this week at #EST2025Leeds on MT use in healthcare by migrants (w/ @anaguerberof.bsky.social) & in UK local councils (w/ @dorrego.bsky.social). Thanks Larroyed & Caldwell for the great panel on translation & human rights. Read more about the first project: doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...
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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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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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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This is yet another story of how migrants try daily to navigate linguistically and culturally discordant settings, and how technology—most importantly, the members of the host community—can make a difference.
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marynurm.bsky.social @marynurm.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The 2nd article in our special issue of Translation Spaces on the question 'Is MT Translation?' has been published. Brian Mossop: Do machines and humans translate in the same sense? Check it out! benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2... @transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social
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Do machines and humans translate in the same sense?
Human and machine translation share several features, one of which is actions that are not motivated by meaning. In addition, the human process often consists initially in the semi-conscious productio...
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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Call for abstracts & papers: Human-Centered, Augmented Machine Translation - LANS-TTS issue 25, publication year 2026 Guest Editors: Vicent Briva-Iglesias (Dublin City University) Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University) lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LA...
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Şebnem Susam-Saraeva @sebnemsaraeva.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Call for Papers for special issue of Stridon - Journal of Studies in Translation and Interpreting. 'Responding to the 21st-century Migration Challenge: Community Interpreting in the European Periphery' journals.uni-lj.si/stridon/anno...
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Call for Papers | STRIDON: Journal of Studies in Translation and Interpreting
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Rachel Herring @reherring.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Aaaaand here we go! A tech skills self-assessment tool for translation students, published under a creative commons license, with many thanks to the kind and amazing @bowkerl.bsky.social for the impetus and input. drive.google.com/file/d/1nCFk...
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tech skills assessment for translation students cc.pdf
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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Joss Moorkens in Singapore will speak on AI, sustainability, and translation ethics, online on 10 Jan 2025, 4–6 pm! Zoom: nus-sg.zoom.us/j/8912872590... (Passcode: 551819)
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🎙️Estou super entusiasmada por ver este episódio do Palavrões da Ciência já cá fora. A Hanna Pięta e eu estivemos à conversa com o Marco Neves e a Cristina Soares sobre tradução automática em contextos de saúde. Obrigada pelo convite!
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A tradução automática nas Urgências
Neste novo episódio do Palavrões da Ciência, Marco Neves e Cristina Soares recebem duas convidadas especiais: Hanna Pięta Cândido, professora na Universidade Nova de Lisboa e investigadora em tradução...
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Thrilled to have been the opponent for Dr Bennett’s PhD defense! Her study on agents in the translation process of the Portuguese Journal of Cardiology offers insights into translators’ roles in academical medical contexts. Honored to engage in such inspiring discussions. Congratulations! 🎓✨
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The European institutions are seeking translators for Danish (DA), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Maltese (MT), and Dutch (NL). See more here: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato... #EMTnetwork
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Translators into DA, EL, EN, ES, FR, IT, MT and NL | EU Careers
Do you have a passion for languages? Are you ready to start an international career in a multicultural and diverse team? If so, read on.
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Timothy Grose @timothyagrose.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Uyghur is a complex language with a rich literary history. By eliminating it from schools, the party state will effectively make it a kitchen language (and that’s the best case scenario). youtu.be/CBdUK96f_EQ?...
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Uyghur no longer taught or spoken in Kashgar Schools
YouTube video by Heaven is High and The Emperor is Far Away 天高皇帝远
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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
What do you think of #subtitles? We want to hear your opinion! The UK #Subtitling #Audience 🎬 Survey is collecting information on #viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes. We would love to hear from you 😊 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
After a rough few weeks, it is lovely to be in Antwerp: loving the Antwerp accent, all the kriek options, and conversations about translation and interpreting. But seriously, what’s with all the Nijntje merch? Can we get more of that in Leiden, please?
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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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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
CALL FOR BOOK CONTENT! Understanding Research Culture Through the Hidden Curriculum 🥳 HC Book 3, focuses on new ideas for how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisations of ‘research culture’! Full call: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/c...
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Call for contributions to the blog: understanding research culture through the Hidden Curriculum
The Hidden Curriculum team are now preparing to collaborate on Book 3! Our third collective work focuses on thinking about how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisa…
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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 26/11/2024
Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A good but shocking read for this morning.
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Nicola Noble @nicolanoble.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#WritingTips
White travel mug with black lid, handle, and bottom sitting on a table.  The black text on the cup reads  Remeber to close all parentheses.  We're not paying to air conditon the rest of the paragraph.
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Ana Guerberof @anaguerberof.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Now that a lot of you are migrating here, I take the opportunity to say that the #INCREC project has a monthly podcast about #xl8n #creativity #technology. You will 💜 it! open.spotify.com/show/2Xk77k6...
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The Visible Art of Translation
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
CFP - Are you interested in media accessibility and taboo? Then, this is the call for you. JAT is calling for papers for the Thematic Section 2025. More info: shorturl.at/clVW4
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(PDF) Thematic Section 2025: Taboo for all? Accessibility of taboo(s) in Audiovisual Contexts
PDF | In order to broaden our knowledge on taboo accessibility, we invite scholars to submit proposals of different theoretical or methodological... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
Calling #local authorities, #charities and #NGOs in the West Midlands working with multilingual communities. We are interested in learning how automatic translators, such as Google Translate, and #AI are being used. Help us by filling out our survey: t.co/LYU2X24toI More info: @dorrego.bsky.social
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Tulkur - Elisabet Tiselius @tulkur.bsky.social · 22/01/2024
Reposting from @EST25Leeds: 🗓️ Another reminder that the Call for Panels for EST 2025 in Leeds closes on 2 February! 💪 We've had some great panel proposals so far, but there's still time to submit a proposal. 🔗 For more details see bit.ly/3QRCJ2O 🔁 Please share widely!
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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Ciao bellissime infografiche! The Machine Translation Literacy Project team is excited to share that our #OpenAccess #MTLiteracy infographic series is now available in #Italian! Grazie mille to Federico Gaspari from @adaptcentre.bsky.social for the translations. sites.google.com/view/machine...
An Italian-language infographic about machine translation literacyAn Italian-language infographic about machine translation literacy
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
What an amazing, brilliant and devastating book. I’m always surprised at my self for forgetting how much Barnes’ writing resonate with me and leaves such an impact. I just need to read more of his books!
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
I'm excited today to be talking about the ApiVoT project to the #EMT network in a Train the Trainer workshop. Thanks to Emília Perez! We will be discussing teaching activities using the educational resources on indirect audiovisual translation. universiteitleiden.nl/apivot
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
📑 Excited to share some great news: The first articles of our special issue in #Perspectives are out! I had the pleasure of guest-editing the issue "Pivot AudiovisualTranslation: A Burning Issue for Research and Training" with Hanna Pieta, Rita Menezes and Stavroula Sokoli.
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
Here is our latest blog post on the pivot templates educational project ApiVoT! Explore more about indirect translation and how it's shaping AVT. Share with your students! Check here: www.leidenlanguageblog.nl/articles/sub... (Hanna Pieta, @etorressimon.bsky.social, Rita Menezes, Lotte Ansems)
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Subtitling in the streaming era: Training future language professionals
Susana Valdez writes about ApiVoT, a newly launched website with educational resources for pivot audiovisual translation.
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
As I'm packing to return to Leiden, I'm thinking of these enriching weeks at @Warwick_Transla @IASWarwick. It was an intense & rewarding experience filled with stimulating discussions, collaborative research, and valuable training.
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
🛋️ I'll be discussing today at the Translation and Transcultural Studies Reading Group @Warwick_Transla my article on the reception of medical translation: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Join us if you are on campus. @IASWarwick
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
Are you considering a #CSC scholarship? Would you like to do a PhD in #translation in #healthcare settings? Are you interested in translation #technologies and #migration? Drop me a line if this is you. The deadline is 23 February 24. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/scholarsh...
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CSC-Leiden University Scholarship
The China Scholarship Council (CSC) provides scholarships for outstanding Chinese master's students, recent graduates and young (academic) professionals who want to do a full-time PhD programme at Lei...
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
🔔 It's a very foggy day in Leiden, but the CFP for JAT's Special Issue 2024: Human agency in the age of technology is still open. Don't forget to submit: www.jatjournal.org/index.php/ja...
view over Leiden University and a foggy canal
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
When I use Ctrl+Enter instead of Enter when writing in a Word document, and I don't understand why I don't move to the next segment... Trados Trados everywhere ;)
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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
I'm delighted to share that I'm joining Translation at the University of Warwick as an IAS Warwick Visiting Fellow this year! I'm looking forward to working with @dorrego.bsky.social on health communication, migration, and machine translation.
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
Come work with us at Uni Groningen! #jobs We have an open position (Assistant Professor) related to #Digital and #Multimodal Communication in the context of the Dutch theme #Humane #AI. All info here, but please don’t hesitate to ask me anything: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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Vacatures bij de RUG
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