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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · 3d

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.

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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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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Aug 23

Translation is often used as the prime example of automation. These stories by @bcmerchant.bsky.social show what a complex panorama this paints and how translators' worsening working conditions can teach us about the impact of AI.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Aug 21

Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.

This is how AI is killing translation work:

AI Killed My Job: Translators

Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Joss Moorkens @jossmo.bsky.social · Aug 19

This update from Ahmed Kamal Junina in Gaza is so grim, testament to his and his students perseverance in impossible conditions.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focussed as an academic in Gaza

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

www.theguardian.com

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Aug 13

A single observational study, but "The skill of health professionals performing colonoscopies was significantly undermined by having routine assistance from artificial intelligence"

www.ft.com/content/74b8...

Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies

Study comes amid rapid adoption of the fast-developing technology

www.ft.com

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔊 One week left to submit your applications for our open post:
Teaching Fellow in Translation and Transcultural Studies (Maternity Cover)❗

We're looking for expertise:

🔹 Teaching translation technologies & audiovisual translation
🔹 Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish

Translation at Warwick @warwicktranslation.bsky.social · Jul 25

We're hiring! Teaching Fellow in Translation and Transcultural Studies (Maternity Cover)

Seeking expertise in:
- Translation technologies & audiovisual translation
- Game localisation
- Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish expertise

Apply by 17 August 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB494/t...

Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) (110677-0725) at University of Warwick

Recruiting now: Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) (110677-0725) on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · Aug 1

Guys

Screenshot of Neil renic’s post from last year Twitter.
Text: finally time to start my summer writing
Photo: tsunami wave approaching a woman on the beach looking at it. The Center of image says: August 1

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Jul 25

We are looking for a new colleague to join our #Translation and Transcultural Studies team!

Open to someone with expertise in translation #technologies, #AudiovisualTranslation, or #GameLocalisation, and any of our degree languages.

Please help us spread the word 😊

Deadline: 17 August 2025

Translation at Warwick @warwicktranslation.bsky.social · Jul 25

We're hiring! Teaching Fellow in Translation and Transcultural Studies (Maternity Cover)

Seeking expertise in:
- Translation technologies & audiovisual translation
- Game localisation
- Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish expertise

Apply by 17 August 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB494/t...

Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) (110677-0725) at University of Warwick

Recruiting now: Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) (110677-0725) on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

www.jobs.ac.uk

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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · Jul 24

⏰ TOMORROW (25 July) is the deadline to submit abstracts for the International Postgraduate Conference in #Translation and #Interpreting #IPCITI2025 ‼️

🔗 warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...

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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui) @abolgaresc.bsky.social · Jul 7

Do you watch foreign-language content with English subtitles? A survey explores how English-speaking viewers engage with subtitles and whether optional on-screen explanations could help improve understanding. It takes about 15-20 minutes to complete: forms.office.com/e/6Hd0DtYJsx.

Microsoft Forms

forms.office.com

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Susana Valdez @susanavaldez.bsky.social · Jul 4

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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Translation at Warwick @warwicktranslation.bsky.social · Jul 3

Translation & Transcultural Studies @warwick-smlc.bsky.social is exceptionally well represented at #EST2025Leeds!
Presentations from our staff & students covering feminist translation, literature, MT & human rights, digital culture, embodied practices & more...
Congrats to all! 🎉 #TranslationStudies

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Jun 27

Morning runners/walkers at #ESTCongress Leeds! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

I'm organising informal runs/walks during the congress to start the day!

📍 Exhibition Centre
⏰ 6:45 AM
📅 Starting July 1st

Planning loops around Woodhouse Moor. Local route tips welcome! Just show up if interested 🌅

#MorningRun #Translation

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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · Jun 26

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney (Newcastle University) as our keynote speaker at #IPCITI2025, 18th International #Postgraduate #Conference in #Translation and #Interpreting

📢 Don’t forget – the deadline to submit abstracts is 25 July
🔗 warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...
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Call for papers poster for IPCITI 2025 announcing the keynote speaker, Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney

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SUBTLE - the Subtitlers' Association @subtleuk.bsky.social · Jun 11

Check out this interview with Oscar-winning film sound designer Mark Mangini conducted by Subtle's chair, Max Deryagin. Highly recommended for all SDH authors, accessibility experts and film buffs!

www.md-subs.com/blog/celebri...

The Intersection Between Sound Design and Subtitling — An Interview with Mark Mangini

Here comes my new must-see celebrity interview, this time with none other than Mark Mangini — an Oscar-winning film sound designer and the mastermind behind the soundtracks of such movies as Dune, Bla...

www.md-subs.com

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Translation at Warwick @warwicktranslation.bsky.social · May 22

Full room today on-site and online for @javiermoreno.bsky.social's research seminar at @warwick-smlc.bsky.social. enlightening talk about language activism, #translation policies and minoritised languages.

Javier Moreno presenting his work ok language rights and power asymmetries

Group of students and staff in a classroom attending a research seminar

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404 Media @404media.co · May 20

Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist

🔗 www.404media.co/chicago-sun-...

Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist

"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."

www.404media.co

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Translation at Warwick @warwicktranslation.bsky.social · May 19

In today's #Translation MA #Writing #Bootcamp, our students shared strategies for academic work and research design.

It's inspiring to see their ideas evolve and how recognising shared challenges creates breakthrough moments.

We create spaces to support them and help them support each other.

Group of students working on speed writing

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · May 10

“Translated fiction becoming more popular in recent years has not necessarily led to a greater appreciation for the work of translators, or much consideration of the act of #translation itself”

Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom

Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’

www.theguardian.com

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · May 7

Join us @warwick-smlc.bsky.social in November for @ipciti2025.bsky.social!

IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · May 6

We are delighted to share the #CfP for the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in #Translation and #Interpreting 🤩 The deadline to submit abstracts is 25 July. Visit our website or scan the QR code to read the call for papers! Get in touch if you have any questions.

Call for papers poster for IPCITI 2025. Top left corner: IPCITI 2025. Main text: MODALITY MUTABILITY MOBILITY Currents of Change in Translation and Interpreting 13-14 November University of Warwick Deadline: 25 July IPCITI@warwick.ac.uk Keynote speaker TBC Workshop facilitators TBC. On the right is a QR code. The text is against a solid orange background. The right side of the poster is a photograph of an abstract textile art installation displayed on a window of the Faculty of Arts Building at the University of Warwick. On the bottom of the poster: logos of IPCITI and University of Warwick.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · May 2

This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that

1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.

2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.

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The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · Apr 25

Translation Scratch Night! 🖋️ hosted by the @ftnetwork.bsky.social & The Emma Press!

Friday 9 May, 7pm (Online)

Featuring translators Anam Zafar, @eletenf.bsky.social , Georgia Wall, Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social and Seán McDonagh!

Free tickets: buff.ly/8mnp0Pw

Images of 6 translators in the background with the text: Online, Translator Scratch Night, hosted by the Feminist Translation Network & The Emma Press

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Apr 29

Love the cover! And well done for getting this one out 👏🏽

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Apr 28

After more than a year with no climbing holidays & injury rehab, I was happy to disconnect for two weeks to simply enjoy climbing.
What else can I ask for?

🧗‍♀️ Physical challenges
⛰️ Mental clarity
🔋 A recharge
🤝 Quality time with friends
🧠 New perspectives on work

Now, let's tackle those emails!

Climbing an arrete in Kalymnos with the Arginonta beach and valley in the background.

Lowering off after a climb in Telendos on a very sunny day.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Apr 12

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Apr 11

Hopeful me trying to frantically tie loose ends before actually packing for the holidays. You can do a week's worth of work in a day, ain't it?

#AcademicLife #HigherEducation

a scene from schitts creek shows a woman crawling on top of a suitcase

ALT: a scene from schitts creek shows a woman crawling on top of a suitcase

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