Retiring translation scholar seeking to branch out.
Anthony Pym
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How to Research Technology, Trust, and Authenticity Claims in Translation. A workshop by Anthony Pym on October 22 at KU Leuven and online:
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LAST CHANCE: CFP for conference in Tarragona, Spain. New Literacies in Translation. Keynotes by Sánchez-Gijón and Moorkens. October 9-10, 2025.
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Masters in Professional Translation - Enrolment open! The courses develop a broad range of professional skills in technical, legal, and literary translation and provide a functional introduction to new translation technologies.
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GenAI translation and linguistic capital -- a talk. Databases function as capital and can generate value. So why am I not paid when my books go into genAI databases?
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Glad to see examples of #AI impact on translation taking centre stage. Considering the rather generalised assumption that #translation is already automated, this is worth a read.
Hot off the press: Pym, A. (2025). Deconstructing Translational Trust. Translation Studies, 1-16. doi.org/10.1080/1478...
The blind trust idealistically invested in professionals may be instructively contrasted with the vigilant low trust with which automated translations can be received.
Free online, for anyone interested in translation policy analysis:
How should we study interactions between translation policies, practices, and beliefs?
Reine Meylaerts, Rachel Macreadie, Kadija Bouyzourn, &Anthony Pym
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The referenced clip in the below post is this. I think everyone should watch it. What also hits me hard in this is at the end when he says "I fear we are nearing to the end of times. We humans are losing faith in ourselves."
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New report from @britishacademy.bsky.social on language skills & capabilities in the UK research base
Multilingual capabilities are integral to research excellence, impact and integrity
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We're excited about welcoming the Translation and Interpreting Postgraduate community in November! Mark your calendars for @ipciti2025.bsky.social !
This article is a methodological reflection based on a particular research experience around the following question: if effective translation policy must align with translation practices and belief...
Although trust seems germane to the post-Renaissance translation form, it is also important in numerous other kinds of service provision. The act of trusting is pertinent because it responds to unc...
#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!
IPCITI 2025
YouTube video by Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World
On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
