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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 5h

University of Vienna is among the Top 100 in the World University Ranking by @timeshighered.bsky.social for the first time, at rank 95! 🥳 This strengthens visibility & international connections for outstanding researchers and students worldwide. #univie #THERanking 👉 www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...

THE Ranking – University of Vienna among the top 100 for the first time

University of Vienna has improved from rank 110 to 95

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Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social · 21d

Werte Politikerinnen, werte Politiker, warum sind Sie noch auf X?

Diese Frage stelle ich in meiner aktuellen Kolumne in @derstandard.at - und erkläre, wie radikal Elon Musk derzeit auftritt und welch problematische Kampagnen auf der Plattform ablaufen (zB zu @dunjahayali.de)

Werte Politikerinnen, werte Politiker: Warum sind Sie noch auf X?

Jetzt wäre ein guter Zeitpunkt für die Politik, die grässliche Plattform X von Milliardär Elon Musk zu verlassen

www.derstandard.at

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Sep 3

See you at the XXIII FIT World Congress in Geneva. My first FIT Congress ever!

Antonia Baumann and I will be talking about "The curious translator: Between intrinsic drive and external demand".

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Mar 24

Registration for the XXIII FIT World Congress is now open.

Join the International Federation of Translators, @wipo.int and the global industry at the XXIII FIT World Congress, 4-6 September 2025!

fitift.eventsair.com/fit2025/regi...

#xl8 #1nt #event #congress #Switzerland #Geneva

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · Sep 1

Mich würde ja mal eine Studie interessieren: Würden wir all das Geld, das wir in privaten Verkehr stecken, vom Benzinpreis bis zu den Kosten für Autos und Garagen, in ein öffentliches Verkehrssystem investieren, was für ein öffentliches Verkehrssystem könnten wir uns dann leisten?

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Sep 1

1987 warnte der große US-Ozeanforscher Wally Broecker in der Top-Fachzeitschrift Nature eindringlich vor abrupten Klimawechseln durch Instabilität der Atlantikströmung #AMOC: „Wir spielen russisches Roulette mit dem Klima“.
Jahrzehnte Forschung zeigen: die Gefahr ist noch größer als er dachte.

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Aug 22

'AI didn't kill translation, it didn't kill my job, it killed everyone's capacity to care about anything but the bottom line.'

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Aug 22

'...the drumbeat, marketing, and pop culture of "powerful AI” encourages and permits management to replace or degrade jobs they might not otherwise have. More important than the technological change, perhaps, is the change in a social permission structure.'

Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social · Aug 22

Lesenswert: Der KI-Hype schadet bereits Übersetzer:innen, deren Jobs eingespart und durch KI-Übersetzungen ersetzt wird

Das berichtet @bcmerchant.bsky.social, an den sich viele solcher Übersetzer:innen wandten

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.

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Aug 12

Found this in my mailbox! Thanks to Regina Rogl & Daniela Schlager for the wonderful cooperation. The authors did a great job delivering insightful papers within tight deadlines. Thanks also to Benjamins - and to FWF for making it open access.
www.benjamins.com/catalog/btl....

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Aug 10

CfP by Christopher D. Mellinger & Elisabet Tiselius on Evolving approaches to Cognitive Interpreting Studies: From psychological to socio-cognitive perspectives
incontextjournal.org/index.php/in...

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · Jul 13

«Ukraine fights today so that we may not have to fight tomorrow. Their fight is our fight,» - Kaja Kallas, Former Prime Minister of Estonia

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jul 6

Early-Career Fellowships are open to scholars who have completed their PhD within the past eight years and have shown evidence of outstanding academic achievement.

Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jul 6

Apply now: Senior & Early Career Fellowships at the University of Vienna!

The Vienna Center for Advanced Studies (ViCAS) invites applications for its Senior & Early Career Fellowship Programme for the academic year October 2026 to June 2027.

Deadline: 1st September 2025

vicas.univie.ac.at

Center for Advanced Studies

vicas.univie.ac.at

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jul 4

Hope to see all the 711 participants again at the EST2028 in Krakow!

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happiness is EST2025, the 11th Congress of the Society for Translation Studies in Leeds: wonderful organisers Sara Ramos Pinto and Callum Walker, great panels and keynotes and lovely discussions on the next research steps and the private and behind-the-scenes stuff.

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School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social · Jun 26

Job klaxon! We are advertising for a permanent lecturer in German (Teaching and Research). Come and join our team here at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. Deadline 9th July. @lcsleeds.bsky.social jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer (Teaching & Research) in German Studies

Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out cutting-edge teaching and research in German Studies?We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual with expertise in German ...

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jun 17

I am looking forward to giving a talk at the International Translation Day, 30 September, in Turku, Finland. Many thanks to www.sktl.fi and kieliasiantuntijat.fi/en/ for the invitation!
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Ohjelma

Vuoden 2025 Kansainvälisen kääntäjienpäivän seminaarin teema on Asiantuntijana tekoälyn aikakaudella. Ohjelma päivittyy. Pidätämme oikeudet muutoksiin. Ohjelma: 9.30 Aamukahvit ja ilmoittautuminen …

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jun 16

Special thanks to Regina Rogl and Daniela Schlager for the - as always - great cooperation!

Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jun 16

The volume includes contributions from various areas of translation and interpreting and explores the experiences of translators in different areas of practice. A particular focus is also placed on the discussion of key methodological questions and challenges in field research on T&I.

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our new volume Field Research on Translation and Interpreting has now been published online (Open Access): benjamins.com/catalog/btl.165 - enjoy!

Field Research on Translation and Interpreting

This volume constitutes a significant step in establishing field research as a central methodological approach in translation and interpreting studies.Published with the support of the Austrian Scienc...

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jun 14

We interviewed and observed translators, project managers and heads of translation agencies, collected documents and carried out focus group discussions. Come and listen to what we found out after coding, analysing and interpreting over 350 pages of transcripts!

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jun 14

My entire research group Socio-Cognitive Translation Studies (socotrans) was involved in the research for our common presentation at the EST Congress in Leeds: "Navigating complexity: The construction and communication of translation expertise in the workplace".

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · Jun 14

Just two weeks to the 11th EST Congress in Leeds!
My keynote will be on "Distributed, Collective Enaction: Reframing the Study of Translation and Translation Expertise"
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ev...

11th EST Congress: The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting Studies

The 11th European Society for Translation Studies (EST) Congress will take place at the University of Leeds in 2025.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jun 9

In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Jun 9

Escalating to escalate.

"Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized ... and will join the National Guard troops that were activated ... over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor."

Freeways blocked, cars on fire: LA protests against immigration raids and National Guard deployment | CNN

Police have used flash-bangs and tear gas while dispersing crowds as protesters set at least two Waymo self-driving cars on fire. Follow for live updates

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · May 28

#MSCA Postdoctoral #Fellowships 2025 – Call now open! 🚨
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️

MSCA-PF

Marie-Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Vienna

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · May 27

Huge congratulations to Regina Rogl for the Teaching Award and Christina Rosner for the Mary Snell-Hornby Award for the best Master's thesis of the year at the Vienna Centre for Translation Studies! Christina's thesis deals with translation in climate organisations. Well-deserved, both!

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