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Jiaming Zheng

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Manchu ｜ Translator Durham University alumni Interested in Translation Dialects Linguistics Sociolinguistics Ethnography History

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Jiaming Zheng @jiamingzheng.bsky.social · Nov 15

Here is a starter pack for academics and researchers in Translation Studies.

Please let me know if you want to be added to this list.

@neilsadler.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/Mto2Yuo

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CTIS Manchester @ctis-manchester.bsky.social · 17d

Ready for a new academic year? Let's start on a high note by kicking off the brand-new CTIS Research Seminar Series 2025-26 together! Here is the Semester 1 programme. Zoom links for individual sessions will be shared in the comments.

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Translation Spaces @transpaces.bsky.social · 16d

Recently published open access article:
Rethinking censorship in translation: A Bourdieusian field approach

Behrouz Karoubi addresses the broadening concept of censorship and its constitutive modes.

Article at doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...

#onlinefirst #translationstudies #openaccess

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Matt Valler, PhD @mattvaller.bsky.social · May 29

Super-pleased to have a chapter in this new book on Bible Translation. There is a WILD chasm between Translation Studies and Bible Translation, despite the Bible being the world’s most translated text! Lots of historic reasons, but time to bridge the gap! wipfandstock.com/978166677128...

Expanding Approaches to Bible Translation- Wipf and Stock Publishers

The assertion in this book, included within the BPC series, is that translation is as fundamental to biblical material as performance--both in its history as...

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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · May 6

🔗 warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...

Call for Papers — IPCITI 2025 — University of Warwick

Call for Papers for the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting. IPCITI 2025 at the University of Warwick, 13-14 November 2025.

warwick.ac.uk

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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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Kasia Szymanska @kaszyma.bsky.social · Apr 29

If you happen to be in Oxford on 19 May, please join me for the book launch of Translation Multiples @oxfordcct.bsky.social! It will be a relaxed event & we'll discuss a few texts from my book (hot off the press @princetonupress.bsky.social). Bonus: sandwich lunch!
occt.web.ox.ac.uk/event/on-mul...

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Félix do Carmo @felixdocarmo.bsky.social · Apr 21

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

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Luis Pérez-González @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social · Apr 4

4th Int'l Research School for Media Translation & Digital Culture (MTDC25), #HongKong 23-28 June

Under MTDC's theoretical module, @neilsadler.bsky.social will explore the role of translation within the practice of #disinformation #MTDC25

Find out more here: ctn.hkbu.edu.hk/research-sch...

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Luis Pérez-González @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social · Apr 9

4th Int'l Research School for Media Translation & Digital Culture (#MTDC25 )

#HongKong 23-28 June

Also under #MTDC25 's theoretical module, #HenryJones will examine how materiality impacts media translation in digital culture

Learn more here: ctn.hkbu.edu.hk/research-sch...

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

This year, the #APTIS conference will be online and hosted by @centras-ucl.bsky.social.

#APTIS25 “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future #language professionals?”) will take place on 3–4 November The Call for Contributions is open until 16 June.

APTIS25 conference (“Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?”) will take place on 3–4 November 2025 via Zoom Webinar.

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Clara Chuan Yu @clarachuanyu.bsky.social · Apr 2

@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...

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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · Apr 7

#IPCITI is coming to Warwick in 2025 🤩 Save the date 🗓️ The 18th International Postgraduate Conference in #Translation and #Interpreting will take place on 13-14 November @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @warwick-smlc.bsky.social CFP coming soon!

Portrait poster for IPCiTI 2025. The background shows the stairs at the Faculty of Arts Building (University of Warwick) from the bottom up, looking towards the large roof window that shows the bright blue sky outside. In the centre of the poster, there is a text box that reads: "IPCITI 2025 Save the date! 13-14 November 2025". On the bottom are the logos of IPCITI and the University of Warwick.

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Jiaming Zheng @jiamingzheng.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · Mar 26

CFP conference in Tarragona, Spain. New Literacies in Translation. Keynotes by Sánchez-Gijón and Moorkens. October 9-10, 2025.
www.intercultural.urv.cat/en/conferenc...

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Drew Maust @drewmaust.bsky.social · Mar 27

Now here's a fascinating article: “Capital-T-truth: Stative Capitalization, Translation, and Comparing Theologies in Religious Studies” by Debra Scoggins Ballentine. In Bible translation studies, we've known for a while that capitalization has its limits (i.e., lost in audio).

Ballentine, Debra Scoggins. 2025. “Capital-T-Truth: Stative Capitalization, Translation, and Comparing Theologies in Religious Studies.” Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 37 (2): 123–45. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-bja10144.

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Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff @drgustavogongora.bsky.social · Mar 14

We are hiring! @uoylangling.bsky.social

Associate Lecturer in Chinese Interpreting and Translation (PT, fixed term). Apply by 03/04/2025. More info 👇 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/associ…

https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/associ…

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EST Congress Leeds 2025 @estleeds25.bsky.social · Mar 13

The EST 2025 draft programme is now live - bit.ly/3FBYRMs.

Don't forget that reduced rate ‘Early Bird’ registration is also still open until 31 March ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ev...

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Callum Walker @callumwalker.bsky.social · Mar 11

A promotional post for our new Centre for Translation, Interpreting and Localisation Studies account (
@ctilsleeds.bsky.social) following our recent rebrand.

And also, our dedicated EST 2025 account (@estleeds25.bsky.social).

Go on! Give us a follow! 😉

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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · Mar 12

Tourism 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...

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miguelajimenez.bsky.social @miguelajimenez.bsky.social · Mar 12

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

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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · Mar 7

Summer School in Translation Studies: "Authenticity, Adaptability, and AI: Balancing Trust in Translation and Intercultural Communication”. Venice/Treviso, Italy, 9-13 June 2025

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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · Feb 21

Risk management in translation - new promo for free book youtu.be/ZLrHW1QVIEY?... via @YouTube
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Risk management in translation - free book

YouTube video by Anthony Pym

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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · Feb 24

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/...

(PDF) Risk management in translation: A reply to critics

PDF | Risk management has been proposed as an approach that can help explain why translators make certain decisions in certain situations. A review of... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Anthony Pym @anthonypym.bsky.social · Mar 6

New issue of Cultus free online: Back to culture. Includes Pym & Katan on cultural translation, authenticity, and fellow travellers
www.cultusjournal.com/index.php/cu...

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miguelajimenez.bsky.social @miguelajimenez.bsky.social · Feb 14

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Sign Language Machine Translation

Collects important current topics in the area of sign language translation to improve the ways and means deaf users can engage with machine translation

link.springer.com

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