GenAI translation and linguistic capital -- a talk. Databases function as capital and can generate value. So why am I not paid when my books go into genAI databases?
youtu.be/mh1EpykBOlg?...
@anthonypym.bsky.social
Retiring translation scholar seeking to branch out.
GenAI translation and linguistic capital -- a talk. Databases function as capital and can generate value. So why am I not paid when my books go into genAI databases?
youtu.be/mh1EpykBOlg?...
Hot off the press: Pym, A. (2025). Deconstructing Translational Trust. Translation Studies, 1-16. doi.org/10.1080/1478...
The blind trust idealistically invested in professionals may be instructively contrasted with the vigilant low trust with which automated translations can be received.
LAST CHANCE: CFP for conference in Tarragona, Spain. New Literacies in Translation. Keynotes by SΓ‘nchez-GijΓ³n and Moorkens. October 9-10, 2025.
www.intercultural.urv.cat/en/conferenc...
Masters in Professional Translation - Enrolment open! The courses develop a broad range of professional skills in technical, legal, and literary translation and provide a functional introduction to new translation technologies.
intercultural.urv.cat/ca/masters/
The referenced clip in the below post is this. I think everyone should watch it. What also hits me hard in this is at the end when he says "I fear we are nearing to the end of times. We humans are losing faith in ourselves."
youtu.be/ngZ0K3lWKRc?...
Glad to see examples of #AI impact on translation taking centre stage. Considering the rather generalised assumption that #translation is already automated, this is worth a read.
04.04.2025 22:33 β π 16 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0We're excited about welcoming the Translation and Interpreting Postgraduate community in November! Mark your calendars for @ipciti2025.bsky.social !
07.04.2025 13:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New report from @britishacademy.bsky.social on language skills & capabilities in the UK research base
Multilingual capabilities are integral to research excellence, impact and integrity
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
APTIS25 conference (βBetter together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?β) will take place on 3β4 November 2025 via Zoom Webinar.
This year, the #APTIS conference will be online and hosted by @centras-ucl.bsky.social.
#APTIS25 βBetter together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future #language professionals?β) will take place on 3β4 November The Call for Contributions is open until 16 June.
Interested in #Translation and #AI?
Join our free #webinar on 2 May @ 3pm CET.
The session is a #free introduction to our upcoming #CPD course in collaboration with
@fiteurope.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/JwMmL
CFP conference in Tarragona, Spain. New Literacies in Translation. Keynotes by SΓ‘nchez-GijΓ³n and Moorkens. October 9-10, 2025.
www.deaa.urv.cat/en/news/47/n...
Summer School in Translation Studies:
βAuthenticity, Adaptability, and AI: Balancing Trust in Translation and Intercultural Communicationβ
9β13 June 2025
Caβ Foscari University of Venice, Treviso
Fee: 300 euros (includes coffee breaks, and lunches).
Application Deadline: 10th May 2025
Nune Ayvazyan and Anthony Pym speak at a conference in Krakow, Poland, on the teaching of translation, on 19 and 20 March, 2025.
03.04.2025 18:05 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@jossmo.bsky.social will talk about what it might mean to utilize and evaluate technologies while giving equal weight to people, the planet, and performance @CtnHkbu in two weeks. Registration at ctn.hkbu.edu.hk/event/a-trip...
02.04.2025 04:46 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1CFP conference in Tarragona, Spain. New Literacies in Translation. Keynotes by SΓ‘nchez-GijΓ³n and Moorkens. October 9-10, 2025.
www.intercultural.urv.cat/en/conferenc...
Call for Papers to an Edited Volume on Translating Cultures and Artificial Intelligence
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
Deadline: May 5 2025
kfcris.com/en/unesco/re...
Early Scholars Publication Grants
The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS)
Deadline May 26
www.kfcris.com/en/unesco/gr...
Spring 2025 Seminar series, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, March 21st, Friday. Join us for my talk "Localization, automation and AI: a human-centered AI (HCAI) approach" Registration: "https://emel.frl.auth.gr/index.php/en/spring-seminar-series-4/program-2025
12.03.2025 15:09 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0The EST 2025 draft programme is now live - bit.ly/3FBYRMs.
Don't forget that reduced rate βEarly Birdβ registration is also still open until 31 March ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ev...
Webinar by Anthony Pym and Rachel Macreadie on SURVEY AND INTERVIEW DATA IN COMMUNITY TRANSLATION RESEARCH
Zoom link:
uws.zoom.us/j/89244747765
As part of the MT Summit 2025 we are organising the 2nd Workshop on Creative-Text Translation and Technology (to be held 24/06). The deadline for submissions is March 16th. We have excellent keynote speakers! Take a plunge! ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/home
11.03.2025 10:08 β π 8 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1Tourism translation research, free online: Destination Italy in English translation and language (1919-1959). Ten texts from a major research project. riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AM...
12.03.2025 08:08 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Summer School in Translation Studies: "Authenticity, Adaptability, and AI: Balancing Trust in Translation and Intercultural Communicationβ. Venice/Treviso, Italy, 9-13 June 2025
07.03.2025 22:48 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0New issue of Cultus free online: Back to culture. Includes Pym & Katan on cultural translation, authenticity, and fellow travellers
www.cultusjournal.com/index.php/cu...
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
New polemical paper: Risk management in translation. A reply to critics, by Anthony Pym. This adds to and defends the recent book of the same name, contributing to current debates in translation theory without getting too angry.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Risk management in translation - new promo for free book youtu.be/ZLrHW1QVIEY?... via @YouTube
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
PhD and Teacher-Training Translation Studies Summer School DOTTSS, Istanbul, 1-12 September 2025.
Deadline for applications: 1 April 2025 rebrand.ly/0vfxdmr
Seminari de TraducciΓ³: Β«AI, la intelΒ·ligΓ¨ncia artificial!Β». Ateneu BarcelonΓ¨s, Barcelona, 01.03.2025 β 09:30h
www.escriptors.cat/agenda/semin...
Conference in Manchester: Translation and Language Education in the Age of AI: Theoretical and Practical Frameworks
25 April 2025, 9:30AM - 5:00PM
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...