A message for the class of 2026: We need more friction!

Next on, @jdaems.bsky.social presenting their work on Dutch audience perceptions of human and machine-translated pronouns for non-binary referent in subtitles at #GITT2026

#GITT2026 is off at #EAMT2026 - @manuellardelli.bsky.social now opening the workshop. We'll attempt to live skywrite as we go!

i've been thinking about the work we're doing at varying levels to organize against AI, and maybe i've also been in the headspace of gardening and getting rid of weeds. i can't shake the feeling that AI takes up space opportunistically where people's needs are not being met. a little like weeds.

Ali Alkhatib: Weeds tend not to grow where they can't take root

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"No matter how rapidly technology changes, I am coalescing around some core beliefs: 1. Things that are worth doing are worth doing well. 2. Things that are done well require time and effort. 3. You make meaning through the doing. 4. Ideas are common; effort is not. 5. There are no shortcuts."

Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.

⌛Time doing that funny thing when suddenly there's less of it than you thought? We hear you! The #GITT2026 deadline will be extended with a few more days so you can catch up 😉 ➡️ NEW DEADLINE: 26 April 2026 (AoE) No extensions after this one, so go write! We're excited to see what you come up with!

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Belgium not international enough? Fine. Our third and final keynote is none other than @katta.bsky.social from TU Wien 🇦🇹! Their work on Critical Access in Embodied Computing inspires #design and #engineering, ensuring that #technology reflects and supports #diversity - a perfect fit for #GITT2026!

I have some big boots to fill, but I will do my best to live up to the expectations! 🤝 Really excited about this new role, looking forward to exploring new #Translation Spaces with all of you! 🚀

John Benjamins Publishing Company@johnbenjamins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🎉 Happy to announce that Joke Daems @jdaems.bsky.social has been added to the team of Editors of @transpaces.bsky.social: welcome on board! And after years of excellent editorship, Dorothy Kenny will continue as Consulting Editor soon. 🙏 🔍 More on Translation Spaces: www.benjamins.com/catalog/ts

This was a bit out of my usual #MachineTranslation comfort zone, but it was great to get to know the field of #CriticalLanguageAwareness and meet so many fascinating people. Thanks to the CLADES organisers for the invitation! 🤩 If you too want to fight #bias in MT, check out biasshield.org 🛡️

Bias Shield

Push back against bias in machine translation

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LT3@lt3-ugent.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Did you know LLMs can inherit gender bias, affecting translations and even diagnostic predictions for women? 🤖⚖️ On Feb 25, Joke Daems presented “Bias & Binaries” at CLADES, exploring how gender bias arises in language tech and how research is driving more inclusive, fair AI. 👏

Did someone say 'more international keynotes'? 😉 #GITT2026 will have it all: Introducing Professor Sofie Decock (Ghent University, 🇧🇪), who works on the use and perception of #genderinclusive #language in professional communication, from newspapers to #interpreting ➡️ sites.google.com/view/gitt202...

Looking for English and/or Spanish readers to read a 600-word text and participate in a short survey (impact of translation on audience perception) Feel free to share! ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #booksky #reading #books #translation #espanol #english

Will #GITT2026 be worth it? If our brilliant keynotes are anything to go by...😉 Introducing @odettes.bsky.social Full Professor of Inclusive Speech Communication at 🇳🇱 Delft University of Technology. Human & automatic speech, combining technical x ethical x societal, just how we like it! Excited yet?

📣2nd #CFP for #GITT2026 at @eamt2026.bsky.social (15 June 2026) 🏁Deadline = 20 April 🕵️Gender bias in translation and MT, inclusive language, mitigation strategies, and more 📝Research papers, abstracts, communications & potluck presentations welcome! 🕸️All info on: sites.google.com/view/gitt202...

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Gender bias in #MT is not a "solved" problem. ⚖️ The 4th edition of the #GITT @gitt-workshop.bsky.social is coming to #EAMT2026. The call for papers is open, check it here 👉: sites.google.com/view/gitt2026/ #GITT2026 #GenderBias #Inclusivity

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SCOPE The "Gender-Inclusive Translation Technologies Workshop'' (GITT) is the only dedicated workshop that focuses on gender-inclusive language in translation and cross-lingual scenarios. The worksho...

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If it isn't my favourite workshop of the year! Working on #gender #inclusive #translation #technology? See you there! 😜

GITT 2026@gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🤩 After 3 successful editions, we're ready for more! #GITT2026 to take place at @eamt2026.bsky.social 🤩 🐴 @manuellardelli.bsky.social will be taking the reins 🤝 @elenigkove.bsky.social is joining the crew 🕸️ all info at sites.google.com/view/gitt2026 Start prepping those submissions, see you soon!

🌈 Help with my LGBTQIA+ research! 🌈 I'm building a dataset to fight harmful LGBTQIA+ stereotypes in AI. Take my quick survey: 👉 IT: lnkd.in/dfPuyT6j 👉 NL: lnkd.in/d-3Di7WY 👉 FA: lnkd.in/dfvWzWCu Everybody is welcome! 📤 Share if you can!

These are gorgeous, thanks for capturing this historic moment so beautifully! 😍

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See photos from day 3 of the IQA World Cup on the BB5 website! www.beyondthebig5.com/articles/day...

Are you intrigued by the impact of #language on #sustainability #solidarity and #inclusion? Then I have the conference for you! CLADES focuses on #social and #ecological #justice and #injustice and you can submit contributions (🛠️🗨️💃🎨🎮🤝🤔🎶🎭 and more) until 1 October! ⏩ clades.ugent.be/en/call-cont...

The proud supervisor moments are piling up at #MTSUMMIT2025 😍 Now Xiaoye Li presenting (for the first time!) at #CTT2025 the work we did on revision and perceived origin of a translation (HT vs NMT) It's been great working together in Ghent these past few months 🔥

Full house at #CTT2025 at #MTSUMMIT2025 for the paper with Lieve Macken and @paolaruffo.bsky.social on translation difficulties in different workflows in literary translation 🤩

Another proud supervisor moment - very first big conference presentation and killing it 🤩🔥 #GITT2025

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Eleni Gkovedarou presenting work on gender bias in English to Greek MT 🇬🇷 - master thesis work that formed the basis for her current PhD project #GITT2025

Very proud supervisor at #GITT2025 🤩 @jhackenbuchner.bsky.social acing the poster boaster 😎Come check out our poster later if you're at @mtsummit2025.bsky.social

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@jhackenbuchner.bsky.social - Gender bias and the role of context in human perception and machine translation

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! 🤩

The #GITT2025 🕘schedule📆 is now available! Fan of... 📣 poster boasters 📊 presentations 🗣️ keynote speakers 🖼️ posters 🍀 potluck presentations? We've got all of that and more at: sites.google.com/tilburgunive... See you there! @mtsummit2025.bsky.social

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👀 Wanted: #Italian or #Dutch native speakers to take a survey on audiovisual translation for a master thesis student: watch a short video, answer some questions, help academic research 😎 ⏩ Sharing = nice! ❤️ NL link: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... IT link: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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💭Dreaming of attending #GITT2025 but need a little extra 💸 boost? 📣 Bursary applications to support participation are now open at tinyurl.com/gitt25 📆 Deadline May 9th 🙏Thanks to our incredible sponsors DCA at Tilburg University tinyurl.com/tudca25 and FLW at Ghent University www.ugent.be/lw/en

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📢New publication! 🔎We investigated how students in #translation #languages #DigitalHumanities understand how #MT #AItranslation works. 💡We found they see differences but also similarities based on #misconceptions and #humanization of the technology, especially #LLMs #GenAI 🔗 see lnkd.in/eaeuMVNc

👂 What's that? You almost had a paper ready for #GITT2025 and you need one last final deadline extension? We hear you! ⏱️ Submission deadline extended to: 31 March AOE ✅Author notification: 7 April 🤝GITT workshop 23 June @mtsummit2025.bsky.social See you there! sites.google.com/tilburgunive...

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