@susanavaldez.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Leiden University • Visiting Fellow at University of Warwick • Researcher of Medical Translation and Pivot AVT • 15 years in L10 industry
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...
04.07.2025 13:32 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
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/...
She used Google Translate, of course, writing short sentences in English. She did not use the voice app or translate from Portuguese. She messaged me to ask what will happen when they need to speak with the caseworker.
27.01.2025 08:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A family member (by chance, a translator) is at the social security services this morning in Portugal. An elderly Chinese couple entered the offices. They do not speak Portuguese or English, and asked for her help.
27.01.2025 08:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This 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.
27.01.2025 08:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The 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
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...
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...
14.01.2025 20:59 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Aaaaand 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...
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)
08.01.2025 05:35 — 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 1Rachel, I know some colleagues from EMT universities use the EMT framework precisely for this. For instance, at Leiden, we ask students in different courses to reflect on their acquisition of these competences.
23.12.2024 09:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🎙️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!
12.12.2024 10:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thrilled 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! 🎓✨
06.12.2024 17:08 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The 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
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?...
28.11.2024 15:10 — 👍 48 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 1
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...
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?
29.11.2024 07:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just 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
27.11.2024 18:21 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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...
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 :)
26.11.2024 19:08 — 👍 396 🔁 285 💬 256 📌 10A good but shocking read for this morning.
20.11.2024 07:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
#WritingTips
20.11.2024 04:24 — 👍 65 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0
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...
18.11.2024 17:09 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Please add me!
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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
13.05.2024 09:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
I’ve only discovered Patchett’s work now and I’m hooked.
28.01.2024 18:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Reposting 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!
