Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst

@agdorst.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Translation and Human-Centred AI @LeidenHumanities (NL). Loves metaphor, stylistics and (machine) translation. PI of NWO-Vidi project "Metaphors in Machine Translation: Reactions, Responses, Repercussions" (2025-2030).

Back from another inspiring visit to Birmingham as part of our strategic collaboration 🌈 amazing workshop by Matteo Fuoli on using LLMs for metaphor analysis and lots of ideas on how to take our project on information integrity in the age of AI forward! 🌸

It has been a pleasure and a privilege!

John Benjamins Publishing Company@johnbenjamins.bsky.social · 7mo ago

✨ Happy to announce that Sarah Turner will succeed @agdorst.bsky.social and join Susan Nacey & Dennis Tay as editor of the journal 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱: welcome on board! We thank Lettie Dorst for all the hard work and support. 🙏 🔎 More info on the journal: www.benjamins.com/catalog/msw

𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙖𝙖𝙠 𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙣 Dit kan leiden tot miscommunicatie in belangrijke sectoren zoals journalistiek, onderwijs, zorg & rechtspraak, vertelt @agdorst.bsky.social, taalkundige @unileiden.bsky.social aan @trouw.nl ⬇️ @leidentranslat1.bsky.social @ortv.bsky.social

Vertaalapps gaan de mist in met metaforen en dat gaat ons allemaal aan

Computers vinden het moeilijk om metaforen te vertalen. Taalkundige Lettie Dorst onderzoekt wanneer dit tot problemen leidt.

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