Damien Hansen
@dhansen.bsky.social
Translation, literature and video game amateur
Assistant Professor of Translation and AI at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
TRADITAL ~ Liège Game Lab ~ CIRTI
https://hansenda.github.io
Assistant Professor of Translation and AI at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
TRADITAL ~ Liège Game Lab ~ CIRTI
https://hansenda.github.io
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There once was a dream called making games without AI slop https://kotaku.com/anno-117-pax-romana-ai-loading-screen-patch-ubisoft-2000644399
Ubisoft Says Anno Pax Romana AI Slop Slipped In By Accident
The strategy game is the first Ubisoft release to have an AI disclaimer on Steam
kotaku.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There once was a dream called making games without AI slop https://kotaku.com/anno-117-pax-romana-ai-loading-screen-patch-ubisoft-2000644399
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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Pendant 20 ans, on m’a dit que pirater les œuvres des artistes c’était le mal absolu et que ça allait détruire la culture, et maintenant on me dit que oh bon, les IA génératives, qu’est-ce qu’on y peut, hein, les gens vont s’en servir de toutes façons.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Pendant 20 ans, on m’a dit que pirater les œuvres des artistes c’était le mal absolu et que ça allait détruire la culture, et maintenant on me dit que oh bon, les IA génératives, qu’est-ce qu’on y peut, hein, les gens vont s’en servir de toutes façons.
Ah, yes, the WiFi. The new "it's not me, it's the controller, bro"
September 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ah, yes, the WiFi. The new "it's not me, it's the controller, bro"
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🚩Machine Translation is far from “solved” - the test sets just got too easy. 🚩
Yes, the systems are much stronger. But the other half of the story is that test sets haven’t kept up. It’s no longer enough to just take a random news article and expect systems to stumble.
Yes, the systems are much stronger. But the other half of the story is that test sets haven’t kept up. It’s no longer enough to just take a random news article and expect systems to stumble.
Our new #EMNLP2025 paper is out: "Estimating Machine Translation Difficulty"! 🚀
Are today's #MachineTranslation systems flawless? When SOTA models all achieve near-perfect scores on standard benchmarks, we hit an evaluation ceiling. How can we tell their true capabilities and drive future progress?
Are today's #MachineTranslation systems flawless? When SOTA models all achieve near-perfect scores on standard benchmarks, we hit an evaluation ceiling. How can we tell their true capabilities and drive future progress?
September 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚩Machine Translation is far from “solved” - the test sets just got too easy. 🚩
Yes, the systems are much stronger. But the other half of the story is that test sets haven’t kept up. It’s no longer enough to just take a random news article and expect systems to stumble.
Yes, the systems are much stronger. But the other half of the story is that test sets haven’t kept up. It’s no longer enough to just take a random news article and expect systems to stumble.
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POV : tu relis ton manuscrit de thèse
Congratulations on the launch of Silksong, @teamcherry.bsky.social!
However, it is a shame to see that the care with which the game was crafted does not extend to the French localization, which is riddled with errors.
(Descriptions of the mistakes provided in the ALT text.) (1/3) #Silksong
However, it is a shame to see that the care with which the game was crafted does not extend to the French localization, which is riddled with errors.
(Descriptions of the mistakes provided in the ALT text.) (1/3) #Silksong
September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
POV : tu relis ton manuscrit de thèse
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And the wait is over! The workshop proceedings are now available on the @aclanthology.org! Check them out at aclanthology.org/volumes/2025...
Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology (CTT) - ACL Anthology
aclanthology.org
August 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
And the wait is over! The workshop proceedings are now available on the @aclanthology.org! Check them out at aclanthology.org/volumes/2025...
Very important and interesting contribution on MT in localization, featuring extensive work with actual translators on real translation projects. Definitely worth reading!
My very first paper is out 🥹
As a wrap-up for this year's CTT edition, we invite you to take a peek at our workshop's draft proceedings, in which you'll find the full papers of our wonderful speakers. The final version will be published ont he ACL Anthology, but in the meantime:
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/proceedings
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/proceedings
June 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Very important and interesting contribution on MT in localization, featuring extensive work with actual translators on real translation projects. Definitely worth reading!
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As a wrap-up for this year's CTT edition, we invite you to take a peek at our workshop's draft proceedings, in which you'll find the full papers of our wonderful speakers. The final version will be published ont he ACL Anthology, but in the meantime:
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/proceedings
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/proceedings
CTT 2025 - Proceedings
The draft proceedings are available at this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yCOHAHTpqsyFCL2c5jj7Khy6yyKJ7BbC/view?usp=drive_link
Important note: these are just the drafts, provided for your vie...
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be
June 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As a wrap-up for this year's CTT edition, we invite you to take a peek at our workshop's draft proceedings, in which you'll find the full papers of our wonderful speakers. The final version will be published ont he ACL Anthology, but in the meantime:
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/proceedings
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/proceedings
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Good morning @mtsummit2025.bsky.social ! 🌞 We're ready to kick off #GITT2025 in a few minutes. We'll be live skywriting (is that the tweeting equivalent of 'tweeting'? It is now) using our hashtag. Looking forward! 🤩
June 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Good morning @mtsummit2025.bsky.social ! 🌞 We're ready to kick off #GITT2025 in a few minutes. We'll be live skywriting (is that the tweeting equivalent of 'tweeting'? It is now) using our hashtag. Looking forward! 🤩
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J'ai supprimé mon post avec un clic intempestif et machiavélique.
Le revoici:
Pour un projet scientifique sur le langage des joueurs et joueuses de jeu vidéo, nous cherchons des équipes pour enregistrer des sessions!
Le formulaire d'inscription: urlr.me/mnAx4J
N'hésitez pas à partager!
Le revoici:
Pour un projet scientifique sur le langage des joueurs et joueuses de jeu vidéo, nous cherchons des équipes pour enregistrer des sessions!
Le formulaire d'inscription: urlr.me/mnAx4J
N'hésitez pas à partager!
June 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
J'ai supprimé mon post avec un clic intempestif et machiavélique.
Le revoici:
Pour un projet scientifique sur le langage des joueurs et joueuses de jeu vidéo, nous cherchons des équipes pour enregistrer des sessions!
Le formulaire d'inscription: urlr.me/mnAx4J
N'hésitez pas à partager!
Le revoici:
Pour un projet scientifique sur le langage des joueurs et joueuses de jeu vidéo, nous cherchons des équipes pour enregistrer des sessions!
Le formulaire d'inscription: urlr.me/mnAx4J
N'hésitez pas à partager!
Coming soon to your local university in Belgium
Dans la septième puissance du monde, des bibliothèques universitaires, asphyxiées par l'austérité budgétaire, sont obligées de la faire la quête pour obtenir de nouveaux ouvrages.
Choose France !
Choose France !
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Coming soon to your local university in Belgium
Who could possibly have predicted that..? Almost as if there was some sort of undue hype around LLMs
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Who could possibly have predicted that..? Almost as if there was some sort of undue hype around LLMs
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[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)
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)
June 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
[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)
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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“When I’m told 'Think of how much time you could be spending instead on making the actual game!', [they] don't understand that all this brainstorming and iteration is making the game, it’s a crucial everyday part of game development (and human interaction) and is not a problem to be solved.”
‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers - Aftermath
'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea'
aftermath.site
April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“When I’m told 'Think of how much time you could be spending instead on making the actual game!', [they] don't understand that all this brainstorming and iteration is making the game, it’s a crucial everyday part of game development (and human interaction) and is not a problem to be solved.”
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A wonderful event coming up on 11th March with @dhansen.bsky.social of @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, who will join us to talk about translation technology and creative translation. Hosted by @delphinegrass.bsky.social. Find out more and sign up:
www.lancaster.ac.uk/global-affai...
www.lancaster.ac.uk/global-affai...
February 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A wonderful event coming up on 11th March with @dhansen.bsky.social of @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, who will join us to talk about translation technology and creative translation. Hosted by @delphinegrass.bsky.social. Find out more and sign up:
www.lancaster.ac.uk/global-affai...
www.lancaster.ac.uk/global-affai...
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Je me suis également permis de créer un pack de démarrage dédié aux études sur le jeu : go.bsky.app/LzQ3kgr
N'hésitez pas à me mentionner des comptes à rajouter, notamment celles et ceux qui travaillent sur d'autres pratiques ludiques que le jeu vidéo 🙂
N'hésitez pas à me mentionner des comptes à rajouter, notamment celles et ceux qui travaillent sur d'autres pratiques ludiques que le jeu vidéo 🙂
November 17, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Je me suis également permis de créer un pack de démarrage dédié aux études sur le jeu : go.bsky.app/LzQ3kgr
N'hésitez pas à me mentionner des comptes à rajouter, notamment celles et ceux qui travaillent sur d'autres pratiques ludiques que le jeu vidéo 🙂
N'hésitez pas à me mentionner des comptes à rajouter, notamment celles et ceux qui travaillent sur d'autres pratiques ludiques que le jeu vidéo 🙂
Wrapping up the 7th Fun4All Conference on Video Game Translation and Accessibility, where we got to open the discussion about the usual MT suspect, following up with actual, efficient and positive uses for it, such as neutralization, which resonated perfectly with current interests in accessibility!
January 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wrapping up the 7th Fun4All Conference on Video Game Translation and Accessibility, where we got to open the discussion about the usual MT suspect, following up with actual, efficient and positive uses for it, such as neutralization, which resonated perfectly with current interests in accessibility!
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[JE] 24.01.25 / 9:15 / MdR
Penser les interactions entre humains et machines
en traduction
Org. Corinne Oster (CECILLE) et @rudyloock.bsky.social (STL)
Programme ⬇️
Penser les interactions entre humains et machines
en traduction
Org. Corinne Oster (CECILLE) et @rudyloock.bsky.social (STL)
Programme ⬇️
January 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
[JE] 24.01.25 / 9:15 / MdR
Penser les interactions entre humains et machines
en traduction
Org. Corinne Oster (CECILLE) et @rudyloock.bsky.social (STL)
Programme ⬇️
Penser les interactions entre humains et machines
en traduction
Org. Corinne Oster (CECILLE) et @rudyloock.bsky.social (STL)
Programme ⬇️
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December 2, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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🚨Call for papers: "Second Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology", co-located with the MT Summit 2025
👇
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Follow us for updates: @ctt2025.bsky.social
Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo
👇
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Follow us for updates: @ctt2025.bsky.social
Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo
CTT 2025 - Calls
The workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology (CTT) aims to attract a broad range of attendees, such as researchers, educators, translators and industry stakeholders, to discuss the applica...
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be
December 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM
🚨Call for papers: "Second Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology", co-located with the MT Summit 2025
👇
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Follow us for updates: @ctt2025.bsky.social
Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo
👇
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Follow us for updates: @ctt2025.bsky.social
Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo