Seo aistriúchán liomsa ar scéilín a thaitin liom. Sin an méid.
An dóigh a ndéantar clár cainte – Michal Viewegh
“Le dua, fáisceann tú dhá abairt bhacacha asat. An ceann díobh atá leathchiallmhar féin, gearrfar amach é.”
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From now on, every time I give a talk somewhere that doesn’t come with a publication, I’ll turn it into a blog post (or at least I’ll try). And I’m starting right now. www.lexiconista.com/ux-of-topony...
The UX of toponymy
We need to talk about the user experience of the websites we build as front-ends for our placenames databases.
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Roinn An Dá Agus. An mise amháin a cheapann gur foclaíocht thar a bheith amscaí é seo?
Ich freue mich, der Evolution dabei zu helfen, ihre Ziele zu erreichen.
Wenn ich gebrochenes Deutsch spreche, dann mit Absicht. Ich will die Sprache von innen zerbrechen.
Ich lasse mir ein Passbild machen. Fotografin: Ist das für eine österreichische Behörde? Ich: Ja. Fotografin: Dann bitte nicht lächeln.
Our research group at Uni Vienna is launching Translation Technology Talks, a series of workshops about, you guessed it, translation tech: haitrans.univie.ac.at/news-events/ I have the honour to be kicking it off with a workshop on gender bias in machine translation this Thursday, 2 July.
My new employer has decided to wheel me out in public. Let’s hope I don’t make them regret it. Register here (places are limited to 25 participants): www.termino.gv.at/meet/b/ad3df...
Is maith an rud é nach ag cur sneachta atá sé. B'fhuath liom bheith ag glanadh sneachta sa teas seo!
Mise i Lár na hEorpa ag éisteacht le mo chairde in Éirinn ag gearán faoin “tonn teasa” acu.
I thought the idea behind skeuomorphism was that it didn’t need an explanation but here we are.
Liam Proven@lproven.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat was nice about the UI of Windows 2000 buff.ly/n63oT2f <- really well done. Carefully points out how the shapes & shading works for those who grew up with flat UI, & also criticises what was already decaying, 5Y after Explorer debuted.
I loved this slide from Antonio Toral’s keynote at #EAMT2026. What if translations came with labels like these to tell you how much a human linguist has been in the loop?
We will, we will, rewrite you.
GITT 2026@gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 2mo agoPoster boasters at #GITT2026 ! 🤩 Come check our these brilliant posters in the afternoon! First up @lexiconista.bsky.social introducing Fairslator and @elenigkove.bsky.social introducing ReGender - gender fair rewriting is hot 🔥🔥🔥
I’ve been reviewing papers for @gitt-workshop.bsky.social since it started but I never got a chance to actually attend. So, today is my first time here and I‘m bringing a poster about Fairslator, a tool for detecting and removing bias in machine translation. www.fairslator.com
Táimid ag earcú / We are hiring! Fáiltítear roimh iarratais ar phost an Chúntóir Corpais le Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge (FNG), atá lonnaithe in Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann. Dáta deiridh: 15:00 ar an 29 Meitheamh 2026 Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil tabhair cuairt ar: www.ria.ie/about/career...
Nuair a bhí Sigmund Freud fostaithe in Ollscoil Vín, deirtear go mbíodh an ghráid aige ar an teagasc, agus go ndearna sé margadh leis an ollscoil gur maidin Dhomhnaigh a bheadh a chuid léachtaí á dtabhairt aige, sa dóigh nach dtiocfadh ach fíorbheagán de na mic léinn. Mo laoch é!
I ngan fhios don Algartam is fearr a bheith ann.
Ó tháinig na róbait tá gach lá ina lá cogaidh. #madmax
10 mbeart cosanta chun gníomhú in aghaidh botaí IS
Sa bhlagmhír seo, labhraíonn foireann theicniúil Gaois faoin ransú AI atá ag cur isteach ar sheirbhísí Gaois le tamall anois, agus ar na bearta atá á gcur i bhfeidhm acu chun dul i ngleic leis an dúshlán sin.
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Of course we should have machine translation for every language, right?
Of Course We Should Digitize Every Minority Script — Right? | MultiLingual
For some minority scripts, digitization would be unhelpful or even harmful to the people who use them.
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Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences? The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project! Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know! Details: lingcomm.org/grants #linguistics #langsky #lingcomm
When I was a child my mother bought a hostess trolley. It looked insane in our cramped little house. But she'd spent the cash and insisted we use it all the time, bumping and scratching as we went. It was, in every way, a worse experience than just carrying stuff yourself. This is a post about AI.
d1og0s8nlbd0hm.cloudfront.net/wp-content/u... TG4 ag cuardach Comhairleoirí Teanga - seans go mbeadh spéis ag cuid agaibh!
