Excited to present Smarter edits at #EAMT2026! Do LLM-derived error highlights and correction suggestions make PE smarter? We run a study comparing QE highlights, APE highlights and APE correction suggestions (En→NL). Want to know more? See you at oral session 2! arxiv.org/abs/2605.21135

Smarter edits? Post-editing with error highlights and translation suggestions

As MT quality increases, interest in enhanced post-editing features such as QE-derived error highlights is growing, yet evidence for their usefulness remains limited. In this work, we explore the usef...

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LeidenTranslation🟥@leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⭐Smarter edits? Post-editing with error highlights and translation suggestions (Best paper award candidate) Fleur V.J. van Tellingen, Gautam Ranka, Dora Zugcic, Joyce van der Wal, Andrea Camasta, Livio Guerra, @karakanta.bsky.social We ask the question: Do LLM suggestions make PE smarter?

See you at #EAMT2026!

LeidenTranslation🟥@leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

‪ Leiden Translation is heading to #EAMT2026 in Tilburg next week with 5 accepted papers! 🎉 Super excited to share our work with the MT community. See you there June 15–18! 🇳🇱 #MachineTranslation #NLP @agdorst.bsky.social @mayranas.bsky.social @susanavaldez.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social

⏳ Only 5 days left to apply! Please note the updated application link (due to a recent university webpage update): 👉 PhD Candidate in Emotionally and Socially Aware Natural Language Processing careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/PhD-Cand...

Flor Plaza@florplaza.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 Are you interested in a PhD in #NLProc to study and improve how AI model emotions and social signals? 🚨Exciting news:🚨 I’m hiring a PhD candidate at LIACS, @unileiden.bsky.social. 📍 Leiden, The Netherlands 📅 Deadline: 17 Nov 2025 👉 Position details and application link: tinyurl.com/5x5v6zsa

So excited to continue this collaboration! With our first outputs in the making. Keep tuned. 🌷

Bissie Anderson 🇺🇦🌻@bissieanderson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We've won an extra round of funding to extend our collaboration with @unileiden.bsky.social on the project Meaning-making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI (Co-PI @karakanta.bsky.social) Go @agdorst.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social and #TeamTulips 🌷🌷

Time to celebrate international translation day! Cheers to all translators!

LeidenTranslation🟥@leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We’re celebrating International Translation Day with a Song translation slam! 🥁 Join us to vote for your favourite translations, sing along or have a drink! 🎤 🥂 #ITD #t9n #L10n @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

How do SOTA MT systems translate metaphors in literary MT? Just presented our work with @agdorst.bsky.social and Mayra Nas to a lively audience at #MTSummit2025 @leidentranslat1.bsky.social

Road trip to #NITS2025! @leidentranslat1.bsky.social represented by @agdorst.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social @susanavaldez.bsky.social Tian Yang, Laura de Meij van Streefkerk, Lotte van Eupen, Mayra Nas. Best MA Thesis Award won by our own Lotte! 🙌 Looking forward to seeing everyone in Brussels!😎

Got a research excitement boost at the two-day workshop on "Meaning Making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI" at University of Birmingham. Looking forward to working on our new ideas!

LeidenTranslation🟥@leidentranslat1.bsky.social · last yr.

Building and crossing bridges with Bissie Anderson, Jeannette Littlemore, Marcus Perlman, Matteo Fuoli, Ruth Page, Merten Reglitz and Jack Grieve at University of Birmingham 🌸 Our turn in May @leidenhumanities.bsky.social with @tomasdodds.bsky.social @agdorst.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social

We’re striking against budget cuts in higher education! 🟥 #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #DitMoetStoppen #StakingHO #WOinActie

Interested in “unraveling” how MT systems “craft” metaphors in different languages? Or how machine-translated metaphors “shape” human perception? Then join us!

Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst@agdorst.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢job alert📢🚨PhD vacancy🚨the #vacancy for a #PhD position (4 yrs, 1 fte) in my Vidi-project #Metaphor in #MachineTranslation is now online: www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20... Apply before 31 January 2025 🤩

Excited to have presented our Leiden Translation Lab today during the opening of the Humanities Hub. Cheers to the great things that lie ahead 🎉

LeidenTranslation🟥@leidentranslat1.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Leiden Translation Lab proudly participating in the opening of the Humanities Hub at Huizinga. We're thrilled to be part of this community and look forward to collaborating on new projects and exploring fresh ideas. #xl8 #subtitling #MT #EMTnet @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

New paper out! "Machine Translation in the Workplace: Deciding on the Whether, Why and How", with Joop Bindels and Mark Pluymaekers, funded by de Taalunie. #MT #MTLiteracy #MTatWork Available via: commons.emich.edu/gabc/vol11/i...

Hello world! This week in Translator’s Tools, my translation students explored MT customisation through fine-tuning, glossaries, prompting, and even RAG—topics seen as too advanced for translators. That's a myth! Their creativity and excitement proves they can be at the forefront of innovation. #MT