One of the most rewarding aspects of raising a bilingual child is watching them begin to use both languages. Our 2-year-old is now counting in #English and #Spanish, and every day he surprises us with new words in both languages. #bilingualism #parenthood #toddler 💙

I am pleased to announce that I have been elected as a member of the University of York Senate. I look forward to contributing to the University's governance and to working with colleagues and student representatives in support of its mission and strategic priorities.

Glad to have met T.J. Thyne, who played Dr. Jack Hodgins in #Bones

How is machine translation reshaping legal translation in the UK? Dr Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff surveys freelance translators on changing workflows, training gaps, and shifting client expectations. Read the article:

Technology-driven changes in the UK legal translation market: a practice-based study of NMT and its impact on freelance translators’ workflow

Recent advances in Neural Machine Translation (NMT) have reshaped the language services industry, with the number of language service providers offering machine translation services nearly doubling...

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New publication alert! My paper on how automation is shaping legal translators' practices in the #UK is now available online. #legaltranslation #automation #translationstudies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Technology-driven changes in the UK legal translation market: a practice-based study of NMT and its impact on freelance translators’ workflow

Recent advances in Neural Machine Translation (NMT) have reshaped the language services industry, with the number of language service providers offering machine translation services nearly doubling...

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Happy Father’s Day to all fathers and father figures, whatever your circumstances may be. Our little human made these for us. #fathersday #papaanddada

A productive weekend in #London talking about all things #AI and how LLMs continue to shape the #localisation industry. As an academic and practitioner, I found discussions with industry stakeholders insightful. #SlatorCon #UoY www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...

York lecturer joins industry leaders at SlatorCon London

Engagement with global language service providers helps keep the department's translation and interpreting teaching aligned with industry practice.

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I am pleased to share that I've been promoted from Associate Lecturer to Lecturer (Grade 7), effective September 2026. Grateful to colleagues and friends for their guidance and support throughout the process, and I look forward to the opportunities ahead. @uoylangling.bsky.social

I was asked to peer review an article for a journal in my field. On reading the first few pages, it soon became clear that it had been written with AI. Needless to say the quality was bad. Result: Reject. Lesson: #AI can be useful, but don't let it write your paper for you. #academia

Delighted and honoured to be joining the Reading Committee of Traduction, Terminologie, Rédaction (TTR). www.erudit.org/en/journals/... ##translation #translationstudies @uoylangling.bsky.social

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TTR : Traduction, Terminologie, Rédaction is a leading translation studies journal devoted to disciplines that study texts and their interlinguistic and intercultural …

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Join us for an interesting discussion on #Neurodiversity Joy. We'll have a student and staff panel on Monday 16th March at 4 pm. Here is the link if you want to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... See you there, folks! #neurodiversityweek #UoY #York #EDI

In case you missed it, you can check my new article below.

Language and Linguistic Science @ UoY@uoylangling.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Dr Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff from @UoYLangLing has written a new entry on Critical Discourse Analysis for ENTI, an international open-access encyclopaedia. The article is available to read for free in English, Spanish and Catalan. Read it here: www.aieti.eu/enti/critica...

New publication alert: My article on Critical Discourse Analysis is now available online in the Encyclopaedia of Translation and Interpreting, published by the Iberian Association for Translation and Interpreting Studies (AIETI). www.aieti.eu/enti/critica...

New year and a new blog post! To mark World Braille Day (January 4th), Lilian reflects on workshop that we ran in October, aiming to introduce staff to braille and ways to support our blind students who use braille: blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...

Braille and tactile materials to support Vision-Impaired students – workshop reflections

To celebrate World Braille Day (4 Jan), we’re releasing this blog post about a workshop that we ran in October 2025, introducing staff to braille and ways to support our blind students who use brai…

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Well said. I emphatically agree.

Stephen King@stephenking.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Maduro's not a good guy, agreed. But neither is Putin, and Trump rolled out the red fucking carpet for him. It's not about dope, it's about oil (which kinda IS dope). Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.

It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.

Trump says we need to go after drug cartels. Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on. And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking. Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy. It's a power grab.

Oh

Oh, the irony.

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 7mo ago

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

He gets to keep his FIFA gold star as long as he doesn't bomb places that have qualified for the World Cup* *this calendar year

The Nobel Peace Prize nominee 😂.

Craig Johnson@cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 7mo ago

i've sat here for a while thinking but i'm out of takes right now. the President of the US is starting a war that nobody wants, without public support or even perceived justification, simply because he wants to. he wants a war, and to be able to say he killed communists.

This 👇

Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The US attack on Venezuela is rampantly and shamelessly illegal. Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear that the US wants to steal Venezuela's resources. This gangsterism, trashing anything left of the 'international order', will pave the way for global violent mayhem.

As much as I dislike Maduro's regime in #Venezuela, make no mistake: the US armed aggression is not about "liberating" a sovereign country, it's about seizing control of its oil reserves.

Five myths about learning a new language – busted theconversation.com/five-myths-a... via @theconversation.com #languagelearning #langsky

Five myths about learning a new language – busted

Less formal language learning can encourage us to think more about communication than accuracy.

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As the year draws to a close, I would like to thank my colleagues at #UoY, the #OU and around the world for their continuous hard work, passion and commitment despite all the challenges our beautiful profession currently faces. Here is to a 2026 full of interesting projects. #translation #academia

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Wishing all my colleagues and friends a happy festive season, however you choose to celebrate. Here is to a better 2026!

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Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands

The UK ended its participation in the scheme in 2020 after agreeing a Brexit deal with the EU.

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My partner and I attended our first #ComicCon in #Liverpool, as it had been on our to-do list for way too long. We met this fabulous lady, the one and only #MiriamMargolyes

Happy International #Translation Day to all my colleagues and friends! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

International Translation Day - Wikipedia

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