Félix do Carmo
@felixdocarmo.bsky.social
Researcher, translator, independent thinker, educator, technology critic, trying to do a good and rigorous job out of all of these things.
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An FOI study conducted at CTS Surrey by me and Sarah Herbert shows how all the NHS Trusts in England use translation and interpreting services and how they (do not) manage the use of MT in multilingual communication. See the project here shorturl.at/jt3lu and explore all links to data and reports.
"I am here. Are you?"
If you don't understand the importance of this text, if you are dedicating all your time to AI, don't complain about what the world is becoming.
When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions – POLITICO share.google/PGkF84TZ3CGB...
If you don't understand the importance of this text, if you are dedicating all your time to AI, don't complain about what the world is becoming.
When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions – POLITICO share.google/PGkF84TZ3CGB...
When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions
We are building a world that treats translation as a problem to be solved. But translation was never just a technical challenge — it is an act of witnessing.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"I am here. Are you?"
If you don't understand the importance of this text, if you are dedicating all your time to AI, don't complain about what the world is becoming.
When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions – POLITICO share.google/PGkF84TZ3CGB...
If you don't understand the importance of this text, if you are dedicating all your time to AI, don't complain about what the world is becoming.
When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions – POLITICO share.google/PGkF84TZ3CGB...
Still thinking about what #AI will do to #translation and #interpreting? Join +200 professionals that took the #CPD courses created by CTS Surrey in collaboration with @iti-uk.bsky.social, and who have acquired an understanding of AI which cannot be found elsewhere.
www.iti.org.uk/training/eve...
www.iti.org.uk/training/eve...
Translation and AI
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September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Still thinking about what #AI will do to #translation and #interpreting? Join +200 professionals that took the #CPD courses created by CTS Surrey in collaboration with @iti-uk.bsky.social, and who have acquired an understanding of AI which cannot be found elsewhere.
www.iti.org.uk/training/eve...
www.iti.org.uk/training/eve...
An FOI study conducted at CTS Surrey by me and Sarah Herbert shows how all the NHS Trusts in England use translation and interpreting services and how they (do not) manage the use of MT in multilingual communication. See the project here shorturl.at/jt3lu and explore all links to data and reports.
June 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
An FOI study conducted at CTS Surrey by me and Sarah Herbert shows how all the NHS Trusts in England use translation and interpreting services and how they (do not) manage the use of MT in multilingual communication. See the project here shorturl.at/jt3lu and explore all links to data and reports.
Unmissable opportunity for all #translators: attend the first session of the #Translation and #AI CPD course by CTS Surrey, this Friday at 2pm (UK). Register and decide later if you want to enrol and pay for the whole course. More info here: www.surrey.ac.uk/news/transla...
Translation and AI CPD Course | University of Surrey
www.surrey.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unmissable opportunity for all #translators: attend the first session of the #Translation and #AI CPD course by CTS Surrey, this Friday at 2pm (UK). Register and decide later if you want to enrol and pay for the whole course. More info here: www.surrey.ac.uk/news/transla...
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
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
April 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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
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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In this day and age, living in a place that
- you like,
- you can afford,
- you can find a job,
- you have family/friends,
- you feel safe, and
- you *are* safe from natural disasters/bad laws/worse
is luxury and privilege. Almost no one gets to check all the boxes.
So maybe don’t be an asshole.
- you like,
- you can afford,
- you can find a job,
- you have family/friends,
- you feel safe, and
- you *are* safe from natural disasters/bad laws/worse
is luxury and privilege. Almost no one gets to check all the boxes.
So maybe don’t be an asshole.
January 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In this day and age, living in a place that
- you like,
- you can afford,
- you can find a job,
- you have family/friends,
- you feel safe, and
- you *are* safe from natural disasters/bad laws/worse
is luxury and privilege. Almost no one gets to check all the boxes.
So maybe don’t be an asshole.
- you like,
- you can afford,
- you can find a job,
- you have family/friends,
- you feel safe, and
- you *are* safe from natural disasters/bad laws/worse
is luxury and privilege. Almost no one gets to check all the boxes.
So maybe don’t be an asshole.
In this journey down memory lane, at my alma mater, I realised that I have a degree in #LLMs from the early 1990's.
Before you think we were way ahead of our time, note that at the time, LLM meant "Línguas e Literaturas Modernas" (modern languages and literatures).
Before you think we were way ahead of our time, note that at the time, LLM meant "Línguas e Literaturas Modernas" (modern languages and literatures).
November 19, 2024 at 10:25 AM
In this journey down memory lane, at my alma mater, I realised that I have a degree in #LLMs from the early 1990's.
Before you think we were way ahead of our time, note that at the time, LLM meant "Línguas e Literaturas Modernas" (modern languages and literatures).
Before you think we were way ahead of our time, note that at the time, LLM meant "Línguas e Literaturas Modernas" (modern languages and literatures).
I am back home for a workshop at FLUP - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. Early next week, we will discuss "The relevance of studying and researching translation in the age of AI" with researchers and PhD students.
More information (in Portuguese) here: id.letras.up.pt/clup/?p=5857
More information (in Portuguese) here: id.letras.up.pt/clup/?p=5857
18-19 de novembro | Workshop “Technological Translation” clup Idioma Contraste Visual
O CLUP tem por objetivo fomentar e desenvolver investigação fundamental e aplicada no âmbito da Linguística.
id.letras.up.pt
November 15, 2024 at 1:34 PM
I am back home for a workshop at FLUP - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. Early next week, we will discuss "The relevance of studying and researching translation in the age of AI" with researchers and PhD students.
More information (in Portuguese) here: id.letras.up.pt/clup/?p=5857
More information (in Portuguese) here: id.letras.up.pt/clup/?p=5857