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Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · 13d

Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...

Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare

This book has been fun and also somewhat liberating to write. To explain this we have to tell the story of how the book came about.

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · 17d

Excited to share the cover for my new book “Plain Language for Translators”. Currently in production at Routledge and available in March 2026. www.routledge.com/Routledge-In...

Cover image of new book with swirling lines becoming a single straight line.

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monabaker11.bsky.social @monabaker11.bsky.social · Sep 7

journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/... By @bowkerl.bsky.social very timely

Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice and Climate Justice

The use of English as a lingua franca for scholarly publishing has created inequities and is leading to a social justice movement to develop a more multilingual scholarly publishing ecosystem. However...

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Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · Sep 2

In ‘Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice & Climate Justice’ Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social‬ weighs these tools potential to aid linguistic diversity with their environmental harm & (non)human costs: doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [6/n]

Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice and Climate Justice

The use of English as a lingua franca for scholarly publishing has created inequities and is leading to a social justice movement to develop a more multilingual scholarly publishing ecosystem. However...

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Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · Sep 2

We at @jepub.bsky.social are excited to announce the publication of our new special issue on Publishing and Climate Justice, edited by Janneke Adema! journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/38... [1/n]

The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 2(28) Publishing and Climate Justice (2025)

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · Jul 31

Friendly reminder that you still have two weeks to submit a proposal for our co-edited volume on #Localization and #OER. Details below 👇

Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣Call for chapters! Jako Olivier & I are co-editing a volume on #Localization and #OER in #HigherEducation to be published in 2026 by the Commonwealth of Learning. If you work in this area, we would love to receive a proposal from you by 15 August.

Details of the call: jako.nom.za/oercall.pdf

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Érudit @erudit.org · Jul 23

→ Plaidoyer pour le multilinguisme en sciences

📚 Article à lire : @bowkerl.bsky.social, Mikael Laakso & @jpolonen.bsky.social explorent les risques liés au monolinguisme anglophone sur l’écosystème scientifique.

📌 L'article : id.erudit.org/iderudit/111...
📌 Résumé de l'article : shorturl.at/nKGgo

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Scholarly Communication @scholarlycommrg.bsky.social · Jul 18

Will machine translation overthrow the hegemony of English in science? For now, the literature suggests that this is not happening. Learn more from a recent publication by Philip, Emanuel, and @bowkerl.bsky.social

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣Call for chapters! Jako Olivier & I are co-editing a volume on #Localization and #OER in #HigherEducation to be published in 2026 by the Commonwealth of Learning. If you work in this area, we would love to receive a proposal from you by 15 August.

Details of the call: jako.nom.za/oercall.pdf

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Jun 24

As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪
plos.io/3TBbzie

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Jun 25

As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪
plos.io/3TBbzie

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Jun 24

Can we imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess & read science with the help of AI? Read this to see why we believe this is the future of academic publishing. Great collab with @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones. #languagebarriers
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Two futures for academic publishing using artificial intelligence language tools. Information communicated in English is shown in pale blue and that in a language other than English (Japanese in this example) is shown in orange.

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Jun 24

As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪
plos.io/3TBbzie

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...

plos.io

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John Benjamins Publishing Company @johnbenjamins.bsky.social · Jun 17

💡 JB EDITOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT! 💡

🌟 We are happy to introduce you to the first Editor in our new series of short videos: Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social !
Who tells you all about our journal Digital Translation: 📽️ youtu.be/nIzBlsE4NUQ

More info on the journal: 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/dt

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Marine Carpuat @marinecarpuat.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is a big team effort with

Omri Asscher, Kalika Bali, @luisabentivogli.bsky.social, Frédéric Blain, @bowkerl.bsky.social‬, Monojit Choudhury, @haldaume3.bsky.social, Kevin Duh, Ge Gao, Alvin Grissom II‬, @markar.bsky.social‬, Elaine C. Khoong, ‪@wildlewis.bsky.social...

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · Jun 17

An online #translation course at the #FCSI Scholarly Communication Institute (22-24 July)… brought to you by @TranslateScience.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy. Scholarships available — apply now! transci.hypotheses.org

Translate Science | an all-volunteer community of interest for multilingual open science

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks for the opportunity to shine a spotlight on #DigitalTranslation. We look forward to welcoming new submissions!

John Benjamins Publishing Company @johnbenjamins.bsky.social · Jun 17

💡 JB EDITOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT! 💡

🌟 We are happy to introduce you to the first Editor in our new series of short videos: Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social !
Who tells you all about our journal Digital Translation: 📽️ youtu.be/nIzBlsE4NUQ

More info on the journal: 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/dt

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Jako Olivier @jakoli4.bsky.social · Jun 16

Just shared some thoughts on the intersections between self-directed learning and micro-credentials: 'The potential of implementing micro-credentials to support self-directed learning for lifelong learning'
www.linkedin.com/pulse/potent...

The potential of implementing micro-credentials to support self-directed learning for lifelong learning

In a world where the pace of change is relentless and the shelf life of skills is shorter than ever, the concept of self-directed learning (SDL) has become central to the discourse on lifelong educati...

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UniMoRe - Digital Humanities Summer School @unimoredh.bsky.social · Jun 7

A final group picture of Our Summer School 😍

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CECILLE @cecille-ulille.bsky.social · Jun 4

[SEM] 13.06.25 / 14h / Zoom
Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social (@ulaval.ca): La vulgarisation scientifique comme approche pour enseigner les technologies de la traduction
Org. @rudyloock.bsky.social (STL) et Julie Loison-Charles (CECILLE) pour TRAIL (Translation in Lille)

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · Jun 6

I’m so glad to have the opportunity to share and learn from the participants at the DH Summer School at UniMoRe! The theme is integrating traditional and new tools - very appropriate for these times!

UniMoRe - Digital Humanities Summer School @unimoredh.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is the last day of our Summer School. The first lecture is being held by Professor @bowkerl.bsky.social (University of Ottawa).

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · May 21

A great postdoc opportunity👇

Scholarly Communication @scholarlycommrg.bsky.social · May 21

Our next Newsletter is out! Besides more info on our seminars there is an importatn annoucment about open post-doc position in our project on Academic Capitalism in Poland. You don't have to knwo Polish, just be intersted in developing critique of capitalism in academia!

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Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks to Prof. Nataša Pavlović and students at the University of Zagreb, the #MTLiteracy infographics are now available in Croatian in #OpenAccess on the project website: sites.google.com/view/machine...

a red and white checkered heart with a white border

ALT: a red and white checkered heart with a white border

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Julie McDonough Dolmaya @jlmdolmaya.bsky.social · May 7

Digital Translation, published biannually by John Benjamins and edited by @bowkerl.bsky.social, is seeking new submissions related to translation/interpreting technologies, digital methods for translation research, software/website localization, terminotics, & more!

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Call for submissions! The _Digital Translation_ journal published by John… | Lynne Bowker

Call for submissions! The _Digital Translation_ journal published by John Benjamins Publishing Company is seeking manuscript submissions for upcoming issues. We publish three main types of contributio...

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LucyCes @lucyces.bsky.social · May 1

New #preprint alert ! 🚨
By queen of data viz @caropradier.bsky.social , @lariviev.bsky.social and myself, trying to understand the multiple layers of multilingualism in science by looking at the languages of references in scientific publications.

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#AcademicSky #SciComm

A smack of all neighbouring languages: How multilingual is scholarly communication?

Language is a major source of systemic inequities in science, particularly among scholars whose first language is not English. Studies have examined scientists' linguistic practices in specific contex...

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