Lynne Bowker
@bowkerl.bsky.social
FR/EN translator. Prof at Université Laval (Traduction/Translation). Research/teaching on: TranTech, Term/Lex, LibInfoSci, ScholComm, MTliteracy
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Our second day of our Summer School is starting with the lecture "Exploring the potential and pitfalls of AI for multilingual scholarly publishing" of @bowkerl.bsky.social .
A pleasure to be at the 2026 Digital Humanities Summer School at @unimoredh.bsky.social and to listen to the opening lecture by @michamahlberg.bsky.social on ‘The Fact & Fiction Continuum in the Age of AI’. #DHSS2026 #UniMORE
Are you researching non-professional translation or translation as a post-occupational practice? We want to hear from YOU! Consider submitting to a special issue of Translation Studies to be edited by Luis Pérez González and me. Deadline for abstracts: 31 Oct. cfp-translationstudies.my.canva.site
Call for Papers Translation Studies 21(2)
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Although it was already published earlier in 2025, it was a real pleasure to receive the printed copies of ‘Open Educational Resources for and as Assessment’ in the mail today. #OER #assessment #OpenEducation The book is available to download here: digitalcommons.usu.edu/oer_as_asses...
There’s still time to register for the free webinar/virtual book launch on “Plain Language for Translators”hosted by @translatescience.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy on April 13. Details below ⬇️
Lynne Bowker@bowkerl.bsky.social · 4mo agoBook launch hosted by Translate Science on 13 Apr 2026, 14:00 UTC. Lynne Bowker will explore plain language as a form of intralingual translation and offer tips on applying it + Q&A. RSVP: mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/f479a... Visit translatescience.org for more info about Translate Science
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT: Plain Language for Translators by @lynnebowker Join Translate Science online Monday, April 13th, 14:00 UTC. RSVP with your email at: https://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/f479aadc-4904-46ca-83ca-7f4a9bbe52cd Please share with all who are interested in multilingual open […]
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Really looking forward to this event. Thank you to Translate Science for hosting it!
Translate Science@translatescience.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 4mo agoBOOK LAUNCH EVENT: Plain Language for Translators by @lynnebowker Join Translate Science online Monday, April 13th, 14:00 UTC. RSVP with your email at: https://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/f479aadc-4904-46ca-83ca-7f4a9bbe52cd Please share with all who are interested in multilingual open […]
Book launch hosted by Translate Science on 13 Apr 2026, 14:00 UTC. Lynne Bowker will explore plain language as a form of intralingual translation and offer tips on applying it + Q&A. RSVP: mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/f479a... Visit translatescience.org for more info about Translate Science
📢📢 Announcing the grand finale of the 2025-26 English seminar series here at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social: 'Is ChatGPT Full of Bullshit?', by Laura Gorrieri (Università di Torino, Italy) Monday 13 April at 17:00 EEST Abstract and registration here: r.jyu.fi/engseminars25-26. Go go go!
JYU English seminars - 2025-26
2025-26
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Hooray! It’s publication day! 📖 “Plain Language for Translators” is now available from Routledge. You can use the code below for a 20% discount, and please ask your library to acquire a copy too. #PlainLanguage www.routledge.com/Plain-Langua...
Publication day for “Plain Language for Translators” is next week! Get 20% off pre-orders of ebook, paperback or hardback editions by using this code at checkout: 26SMA1 Please ask your library to order a copy to facilitate access for students & others www.routledge.com/Plain-Langua...
Plain Language for Translators
Readers shouldn’t need to struggle to understand documents. Whether they are reading a form to request government services, a contract for a mobile phone plan, or a patient information leaflet for pre...
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Come join us discussing open educational resources and localisation on Thursday as part of Open Education Week 2026: Panel - Global to Local: Reimagining #OER #localisation in higher education 5 March 2026 Time: 7:00 PST / 10:00 EST / 17:00 SAST / 20:30 IST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This is going to be a fascinating discussion on #localization of #OER in #HigherEd with panelists from different continents sharing their experiences! Join us (free but registration required) 👇
Jako Olivier@jakoli4.bsky.social · 5mo agoCome join us discussing open educational resources and localisation on Thursday as part of Open Education Week 2026: Panel - Global to Local: Reimagining #OER #localisation in higher education 5 March 2026 Time: 7:00 PST / 10:00 EST / 17:00 SAST / 20:30 IST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
L’Université Laval cherche un.e professeur.e adjoint.e en interprétation : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
Professeure ou professeur en interprétation | Ressources humaines | Université Laval
Milieu de vie privilégié au cœur de la ville de Québec, l’Université Laval est une grande université complète reconnue pour sa culture de l’excellence en enseignement et en recherche.
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L’Université Laval cherche un.e professeur.e adjoint.e en interprétation : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
Professeure ou professeur en interprétation | Ressources humaines | Université Laval
Milieu de vie privilégié au cœur de la ville de Québec, l’Université Laval est une grande université complète reconnue pour sa culture de l’excellence en enseignement et en recherche.
rh.ulaval.ca
Translation technologies for professionals within and beyond the language industries, Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social, Mary Nurminen @marynurm.bsky.social and Pilar Sanchez-Gijon @pilarsg.bsky.social Tradumàtica Dossier - revistes.uab.cat/tradumatica/...
Tradumàtica tecnologies de la traducció
Editors convidats de la secció Dossier: Lynne Bowker, Mary Nurminen i Pilar Sánchez-GijónEditora principal de Tradumàtica Oberta: Celia Rico PérezEditora del número i de la secció Tradumàtica Breve: Pilar Sánchez-Gijón
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"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...
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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Building on the success of Convergence2023, we are thrilled to announce the sequel at CTS Surrey. More info here: www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-trans... Hoping you join us in Guildford next summer! #xl8 #1nt # tech #AI #Convergence2026
Happy publication day! 🌟 "Translation and Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications", co-authored by Anne O'Connor and myself in Translation Studies, is now available in #OpenAccess. #translation #infrastructuralthinking www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Translation and infrastructure: concepts and applications
Engagement with infrastructural thinking, prominent in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology, has received little attention in translation studies. This article argues that tr...
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Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...
Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
This book has been fun and also somewhat liberating to write. To explain this we have to tell the story of how the book came about.
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Excited to share the cover for my new book “Plain Language for Translators”. Currently in production at Routledge and available in March 2026. www.routledge.com/Routledge-In...
journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/... By @bowkerl.bsky.social very timely
Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice and Climate Justice
The use of English as a lingua franca for scholarly publishing has created inequities and is leading to a social justice movement to develop a more multilingual scholarly publishing ecosystem. However...
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In ‘Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice & Climate Justice’ Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social weighs these tools potential to aid linguistic diversity with their environmental harm & (non)human costs: doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [6/n]
Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice and Climate Justice
The use of English as a lingua franca for scholarly publishing has created inequities and is leading to a social justice movement to develop a more multilingual scholarly publishing ecosystem. However...
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We at @jepub.bsky.social are excited to announce the publication of our new special issue on Publishing and Climate Justice, edited by Janneke Adema! journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/38... [1/n]
The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 2(28) Publishing and Climate Justice (2025)
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Friendly reminder that you still have two weeks to submit a proposal for our co-edited volume on #Localization and #OER. Details below 👇
Lynne Bowker@bowkerl.bsky.social · last yr.📣Call for chapters! Jako Olivier & I are co-editing a volume on #Localization and #OER in #HigherEducation to be published in 2026 by the Commonwealth of Learning. If you work in this area, we would love to receive a proposal from you by 15 August. Details of the call: jako.nom.za/oercall.pdf
→ Plaidoyer pour le multilinguisme en sciences 📚 Article à lire : @bowkerl.bsky.social, Mikael Laakso & @jpolonen.bsky.social explorent les risques liés au monolinguisme anglophone sur l’écosystème scientifique. 📌 L'article : id.erudit.org/iderudit/111... 📌 Résumé de l'article : shorturl.at/nKGgo
