Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst
@agdorst.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Translation and Human-Centred AI @LeidenHumanities (NL). Loves metaphor, stylistics and (machine) translation. PI of NWO-Vidi project "Metaphors in Machine Translation: Reactions, Responses, Repercussions" (2025-2030).
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Proud PhD supervisor 🦚 Read Jiahui Liang's first article 🎉on using #GPT-4 for conventional #metaphor detection in news texts here: www.clinjournal.org/clinj/articl...
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Congratulations to the new RaAM Executive Committee! 🎉👏 And a huge thank you to the outgoing members for their hard work and dedication, you’ve done an amazing job!
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Congratulations to Laura Baiocco, Aleksandra Żukowska, and Carina Rasse for winning this year’s RaAM grants! We’re excited to see your projects come to life!
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My American Dream! What an absolute blast to be keynote at #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Detroit 🇺🇸
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Ready. Set. Go! Great start to #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social in Southfield Detroit! @al-azary.bsky.social officially opening the conference and Vicky Lai kicking off with the first keynote 🚀
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Just arrived in Detroit for the #RaAM17 conference! Looking forward to catching up with old friends, meeting new people, exchanging ideas, and delivering my keynote entitled "Hype, Help, Hindrance? Identifying, analyzing and translating #metaphors with #AI" 🤩 Stay tuned for updates 😎
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Also presented my ongoing research on #metaphors in #MachineTranslation, with @karakanta.bsky.social Katinka Zeven and Mayra Nas, "Translating Metaphors in Literature with AI" 🤩 #ESTcongress was huge, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Brain has been buzzing with so many new ideas ✨ #EST2025Leeds
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A week ago I presented our ongoing project on "Translating Metaphors in Wine Language: Challenges and Strategies for Global Engagement" with the fabulous Allison Creed at the #ESTcongress #EST2025Leeds and we got to try several Zeno nolo wines 🥂 #Translation #Metaphor #WineCommunication
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How do SOTA MT systems translate metaphors in literary MT? Just presented our work with @agdorst.bsky.social and Mayra Nas to a lively audience at #MTSummit2025

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Alina Karakanta on a podium of Geneva university presenting a blue-white slide with the title “Metaphors in Literary machine translation: Close but no cigar?”
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Road trip to #NITS2025! @leidentranslat1.bsky.social represented by @agdorst.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social @susanavaldez.bsky.social Tian Yang, Laura de Meij van Streefkerk, Lotte van Eupen, Mayra Nas. Best MA Thesis Award won by our own Lotte! 🙌 Looking forward to seeing everyone in Brussels!😎
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𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙖𝙖𝙠 𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙣

Dit kan leiden tot miscommunicatie in belangrijke sectoren zoals journalistiek, onderwijs, zorg & rechtspraak, vertelt @agdorst.bsky.social, taalkundige @unileiden.bsky.social aan @trouw.nl ⬇️

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Vertaalapps gaan de mist in met metaforen en dat gaat ons allemaal aan
Computers vinden het moeilijk om metaforen te vertalen. Taalkundige Lettie Dorst onderzoekt wanneer dit tot problemen leidt.
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Artikel in Trouw over mijn onderzoek naar #metaforen in #machinevertaling 🤩 www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/l...
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📢New publication!
🔎We investigated how students in #translation #languages #DigitalHumanities understand how #MT #AItranslation works.
💡We found they see differences but also similarities based on #misconceptions and #humanization of the technology, especially #LLMs #GenAI
🔗 see lnkd.in/eaeuMVNc
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Building and crossing bridges with Bissie Anderson, Jeannette Littlemore, Marcus Perlman, Matteo Fuoli, Ruth Page, Merten Reglitz and Jack Grieve at University of Birmingham 🌸
Our turn in May @leidenhumanities.bsky.social with @tomasdodds.bsky.social @agdorst.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social
Four researchers smiling on a wooden bridge in a park Eight researchers posing smiling in a university room
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What a blast! 🚀Some great ideas for collaborative work 🫶
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Just wrapped up a two-day workshop on "Meaning Making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI" in Birmingham with @agdorst.bsky.social and @karakanta.bsky.social, hosted by @bissieanderson.bsky.social and the fantastic team at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social!

We leave with a pocket full of ideas!
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AI is een buiten alle proportie opgeklopte hype. Meer nog: het is een zwendel die vooral een beperkt clubje rijk maakt. Dat is de boodschap van onderzoekers @emilymbender.bsky.social en @alexhanna.bsky.social.

Maar: “Onderschat nooit de kracht van ‘neen’ zeggen”.
Emily M. Bender en Alex Hanna: “Zeg nee tegen de AI-hype”
Met hun boek 'The AI Con' willen ze tonen hoe we ons kunnen verzetten tegen de hypemachine van Big Tech.
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