Susana Valdez
@susanavaldez.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Leiden University • Visiting Fellow at University of Warwick • Researcher of Medical Translation and Pivot AVT • 15 years in L10 industry
Presented 2 papers this week at #EST2025Leeds on MT use in healthcare by migrants (w/ @anaguerberof.bsky.social) & in UK local councils (w/ @dorrego.bsky.social). Thanks Larroyed & Caldwell for the great panel on translation & human rights. Read more about the first project: doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Presented 2 papers this week at #EST2025Leeds on MT use in healthcare by migrants (w/ @anaguerberof.bsky.social) & in UK local councils (w/ @dorrego.bsky.social). Thanks Larroyed & Caldwell for the great panel on translation & human rights. Read more about the first project: doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...
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New Research 🏥 💬
@susanavaldez.bsky.social explores the use of the #vignette technique for data collection in linguistically and culturally diverse healthcare settings involving #migrants. Read more here: tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #commsky #qual #AcademicSky #methods #lingsky #medsky #healthsky
@susanavaldez.bsky.social explores the use of the #vignette technique for data collection in linguistically and culturally diverse healthcare settings involving #migrants. Read more here: tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #commsky #qual #AcademicSky #methods #lingsky #medsky #healthsky
March 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
New Research 🏥 💬
@susanavaldez.bsky.social explores the use of the #vignette technique for data collection in linguistically and culturally diverse healthcare settings involving #migrants. Read more here: tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #commsky #qual #AcademicSky #methods #lingsky #medsky #healthsky
@susanavaldez.bsky.social explores the use of the #vignette technique for data collection in linguistically and culturally diverse healthcare settings involving #migrants. Read more here: tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #commsky #qual #AcademicSky #methods #lingsky #medsky #healthsky
I'm happy to share that my paper, “Using the vignette technique to research health communication in linguistically and culturally discordant settings,” is now available online in Qualitative Health Communication!
It's open access. Feel free to reach out w/ thoughts.
tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/...
It's open access. Feel free to reach out w/ thoughts.
tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/...
February 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I'm happy to share that my paper, “Using the vignette technique to research health communication in linguistically and culturally discordant settings,” is now available online in Qualitative Health Communication!
It's open access. Feel free to reach out w/ thoughts.
tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/...
It's open access. Feel free to reach out w/ thoughts.
tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/...
This is yet another story of how migrants try daily to navigate linguistically and culturally discordant settings, and how technology—most importantly, the members of the host community—can make a difference.
January 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is yet another story of how migrants try daily to navigate linguistically and culturally discordant settings, and how technology—most importantly, the members of the host community—can make a difference.
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The 2nd article in our special issue of Translation Spaces on the question 'Is MT Translation?' has been published. Brian Mossop: Do machines and humans translate in the same sense? Check it out!
benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2...
@transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social
benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2...
@transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social
Do machines and humans translate in the same sense?
Human and machine translation share several features, one of which is actions that are not motivated by meaning. In addition, the human process often consists initially in the semi-conscious productio...
benjamins.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The 2nd article in our special issue of Translation Spaces on the question 'Is MT Translation?' has been published. Brian Mossop: Do machines and humans translate in the same sense? Check it out!
benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2...
@transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social
benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2...
@transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social
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Call for abstracts & papers: Human-Centered, Augmented Machine Translation - LANS-TTS issue 25, publication year 2026
Guest Editors:
Vicent Briva-Iglesias (Dublin City University)
Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University)
lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LA...
Guest Editors:
Vicent Briva-Iglesias (Dublin City University)
Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University)
lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LA...
January 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Call for abstracts & papers: Human-Centered, Augmented Machine Translation - LANS-TTS issue 25, publication year 2026
Guest Editors:
Vicent Briva-Iglesias (Dublin City University)
Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University)
lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LA...
Guest Editors:
Vicent Briva-Iglesias (Dublin City University)
Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University)
lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LA...
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Call for Papers for special issue of Stridon - Journal of Studies in Translation and Interpreting. 'Responding to the 21st-century Migration Challenge: Community Interpreting in the European Periphery' journals.uni-lj.si/stridon/anno...
Call for Papers
| STRIDON: Journal of Studies in Translation and Interpreting
journals.uni-lj.si
January 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Call for Papers for special issue of Stridon - Journal of Studies in Translation and Interpreting. 'Responding to the 21st-century Migration Challenge: Community Interpreting in the European Periphery' journals.uni-lj.si/stridon/anno...
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Aaaaand here we go! A tech skills self-assessment tool for translation students, published under a creative commons license, with many thanks to the kind and amazing @bowkerl.bsky.social for the impetus and input.
drive.google.com/file/d/1nCFk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1nCFk...
January 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Aaaaand here we go! A tech skills self-assessment tool for translation students, published under a creative commons license, with many thanks to the kind and amazing @bowkerl.bsky.social for the impetus and input.
drive.google.com/file/d/1nCFk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1nCFk...
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Joss Moorkens in Singapore will speak on AI, sustainability, and translation ethics, online on 10 Jan 2025, 4–6 pm! Zoom: nus-sg.zoom.us/j/8912872590... (Passcode: 551819)
January 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Joss Moorkens in Singapore will speak on AI, sustainability, and translation ethics, online on 10 Jan 2025, 4–6 pm! Zoom: nus-sg.zoom.us/j/8912872590... (Passcode: 551819)
🎙️Estou super entusiasmada por ver este episódio do Palavrões da Ciência já cá fora. A Hanna Pięta e eu estivemos à conversa com o Marco Neves e a Cristina Soares sobre tradução automática em contextos de saúde. Obrigada pelo convite!
A tradução automática nas Urgências
Neste novo episódio do Palavrões da Ciência, Marco Neves e Cristina Soares recebem duas convidadas especiais: Hanna Pięta Cândido, professora na Universidade Nova de Lisboa e investigadora em tradução...
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December 12, 2024 at 10:42 AM
🎙️Estou super entusiasmada por ver este episódio do Palavrões da Ciência já cá fora. A Hanna Pięta e eu estivemos à conversa com o Marco Neves e a Cristina Soares sobre tradução automática em contextos de saúde. Obrigada pelo convite!
Thrilled to have been the opponent for Dr Bennett’s PhD defense! Her study on agents in the translation process of the Portuguese Journal of Cardiology offers insights into translators’ roles in academical medical contexts. Honored to engage in such inspiring discussions. Congratulations! 🎓✨
December 6, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Thrilled to have been the opponent for Dr Bennett’s PhD defense! Her study on agents in the translation process of the Portuguese Journal of Cardiology offers insights into translators’ roles in academical medical contexts. Honored to engage in such inspiring discussions. Congratulations! 🎓✨
The European institutions are seeking translators for Danish (DA), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Maltese (MT), and Dutch (NL).
See more here: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato... #EMTnetwork
See more here: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato... #EMTnetwork
Translators into DA, EL, EN, ES, FR, IT, MT and NL | EU Careers
Do you have a passion for languages? Are you ready to start an international career in a multicultural and diverse team? If so, read on.
eu-careers.europa.eu
December 4, 2024 at 7:05 AM
The European institutions are seeking translators for Danish (DA), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Maltese (MT), and Dutch (NL).
See more here: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato... #EMTnetwork
See more here: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato... #EMTnetwork
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Uyghur is a complex language with a rich literary history. By eliminating it from schools, the party state will effectively make it a kitchen language (and that’s the best case scenario). youtu.be/CBdUK96f_EQ?...
Uyghur no longer taught or spoken in Kashgar Schools
YouTube video by Heaven is High and The Emperor is Far Away 天高皇帝远
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November 28, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Uyghur is a complex language with a rich literary history. By eliminating it from schools, the party state will effectively make it a kitchen language (and that’s the best case scenario). youtu.be/CBdUK96f_EQ?...
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What do you think of #subtitles?
We want to hear your opinion!
The UK #Subtitling #Audience 🎬 Survey is collecting information on #viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes.
We would love to hear from you 😊
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...
We want to hear your opinion!
The UK #Subtitling #Audience 🎬 Survey is collecting information on #viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes.
We would love to hear from you 😊
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...
December 2, 2024 at 1:23 PM
What do you think of #subtitles?
We want to hear your opinion!
The UK #Subtitling #Audience 🎬 Survey is collecting information on #viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes.
We would love to hear from you 😊
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...
We want to hear your opinion!
The UK #Subtitling #Audience 🎬 Survey is collecting information on #viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes.
We would love to hear from you 😊
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...
After a rough few weeks, it is lovely to be in Antwerp: loving the Antwerp accent, all the kriek options, and conversations about translation and interpreting. But seriously, what’s with all the Nijntje merch? Can we get more of that in Leiden, please?
November 29, 2024 at 7:09 AM
After a rough few weeks, it is lovely to be in Antwerp: loving the Antwerp accent, all the kriek options, and conversations about translation and interpreting. But seriously, what’s with all the Nijntje merch? Can we get more of that in Leiden, please?
Just popped in to see if #EST or #Leeds was trending 👀—and guess what? Thrilled to share that I'll be presenting at the 11th EST Congress on the Global Visions, Local Voices panel! Excited to discuss two projects that mean the world to me. 🌍💬 #TranslationStudies #EST2025
November 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Just popped in to see if #EST or #Leeds was trending 👀—and guess what? Thrilled to share that I'll be presenting at the 11th EST Congress on the Global Visions, Local Voices panel! Excited to discuss two projects that mean the world to me. 🌍💬 #TranslationStudies #EST2025
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CALL FOR BOOK CONTENT! Understanding Research Culture Through the Hidden Curriculum 🥳
HC Book 3, focuses on new ideas for how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisations of ‘research culture’! Full call: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/c...
HC Book 3, focuses on new ideas for how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisations of ‘research culture’! Full call: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/c...
Call for contributions to the blog: understanding research culture through the Hidden Curriculum
The Hidden Curriculum team are now preparing to collaborate on Book 3! Our third collective work focuses on thinking about how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisa…
drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:55 AM
CALL FOR BOOK CONTENT! Understanding Research Culture Through the Hidden Curriculum 🥳
HC Book 3, focuses on new ideas for how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisations of ‘research culture’! Full call: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/c...
HC Book 3, focuses on new ideas for how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisations of ‘research culture’! Full call: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/c...
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Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)
November 26, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)
A good but shocking read for this morning.
the fallout from the Francesca Gino research misconduct scandal isn't over. @engber.bsky.social writes about how an effort by some of her colleagues to self-audit their work with her ended up raising even more questions — for them personally and their whole field www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:32 AM
A good but shocking read for this morning.
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Now that a lot of you are migrating here, I take the opportunity to say that the #INCREC project has a monthly podcast about #xl8n #creativity #technology. You will 💜 it! open.spotify.com/show/2Xk77k6...
The Visible Art of Translation
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Now that a lot of you are migrating here, I take the opportunity to say that the #INCREC project has a monthly podcast about #xl8n #creativity #technology. You will 💜 it! open.spotify.com/show/2Xk77k6...
CFP - Are you interested in media accessibility and taboo? Then, this is the call for you. JAT is calling for papers for the Thematic Section 2025. More info: shorturl.at/clVW4
(PDF) Thematic Section 2025: Taboo for all? Accessibility of taboo(s) in Audiovisual Contexts
PDF | In order to broaden our knowledge on taboo accessibility, we invite scholars to submit proposals of different theoretical or methodological... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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May 13, 2024 at 9:26 AM
CFP - Are you interested in media accessibility and taboo? Then, this is the call for you. JAT is calling for papers for the Thematic Section 2025. More info: shorturl.at/clVW4
Calling #local authorities, #charities and #NGOs in the West Midlands working with multilingual communities. We are interested in learning how automatic translators, such as Google Translate, and #AI are being used.
Help us by filling out our survey: t.co/LYU2X24toI
More info: @dorrego.bsky.social
Help us by filling out our survey: t.co/LYU2X24toI
More info: @dorrego.bsky.social
February 23, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Calling #local authorities, #charities and #NGOs in the West Midlands working with multilingual communities. We are interested in learning how automatic translators, such as Google Translate, and #AI are being used.
Help us by filling out our survey: t.co/LYU2X24toI
More info: @dorrego.bsky.social
Help us by filling out our survey: t.co/LYU2X24toI
More info: @dorrego.bsky.social
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Reposting from @EST25Leeds: 🗓️ Another reminder that the Call for Panels for EST 2025 in Leeds closes on 2 February!
💪 We've had some great panel proposals so far, but there's still time to submit a proposal.
🔗 For more details see bit.ly/3QRCJ2O
🔁 Please share widely!
💪 We've had some great panel proposals so far, but there's still time to submit a proposal.
🔗 For more details see bit.ly/3QRCJ2O
🔁 Please share widely!
January 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Reposting from @EST25Leeds: 🗓️ Another reminder that the Call for Panels for EST 2025 in Leeds closes on 2 February!
💪 We've had some great panel proposals so far, but there's still time to submit a proposal.
🔗 For more details see bit.ly/3QRCJ2O
🔁 Please share widely!
💪 We've had some great panel proposals so far, but there's still time to submit a proposal.
🔗 For more details see bit.ly/3QRCJ2O
🔁 Please share widely!
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Ciao bellissime infografiche! The Machine Translation Literacy Project team is excited to share that our #OpenAccess #MTLiteracy infographic series is now available in #Italian! Grazie mille to Federico Gaspari from @adaptcentre.bsky.social for the translations. sites.google.com/view/machine...
January 18, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Ciao bellissime infografiche! The Machine Translation Literacy Project team is excited to share that our #OpenAccess #MTLiteracy infographic series is now available in #Italian! Grazie mille to Federico Gaspari from @adaptcentre.bsky.social for the translations. sites.google.com/view/machine...