Lynne Bowker

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...

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...

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
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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) 👇

RAPPEL! Date limite pour postuler : le 2 mars 2026

L’Université Laval cherche un.e professeur.e adjoint.e en interprétation : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...

L’Université Laval cherche un.e professeur.e adjoint.e en interprétation : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...

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/...

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.

"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...

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

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...

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....

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...

Cover image of new book with swirling lines becoming a single straight line.

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

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]

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]

Friendly reminder that you still have two weeks to submit a proposal for our co-edited volume on #Localization and #OER. Details below 👇

→ 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

Will machine translation overthrow the hegemony of English in science? For now, the literature suggests that this is not happening. Learn more from a recent publication by Philip, Emanuel, and @bowkerl.bsky.social

📣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

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...

As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪
plos.io/3TBbzie

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...

As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪
plos.io/3TBbzie

Two futures for academic publishing using artificial intelligence language tools. Information communicated in English is shown in pale blue and that in a language other than English (Japanese in this example) is shown in orange.

Can we imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess & read science with the help of AI? Read this to see why we believe this is the future of academic publishing. Great collab with @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones. #languagebarriers
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...

As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪
plos.io/3TBbzie

💡 JB EDITOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT! 💡

🌟 We are happy to introduce you to the first Editor in our new series of short videos: Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social !
Who tells you all about our journal Digital Translation: 📽️ youtu.be/nIzBlsE4NUQ

More info on the journal: 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/dt

This is a big team effort with

Omri Asscher, Kalika Bali, @luisabentivogli.bsky.social, Frédéric Blain, @bowkerl.bsky.social‬, Monojit Choudhury, @haldaume3.bsky.social, Kevin Duh, Ge Gao, Alvin Grissom II‬, @markar.bsky.social‬, Elaine C. Khoong, ‪@wildlewis.bsky.social...

An online #translation course at the #FCSI Scholarly Communication Institute (22-24 July)… brought to you by @TranslateScience.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy. Scholarships available — apply now! transci.hypotheses.org

Thanks for the opportunity to shine a spotlight on #DigitalTranslation. We look forward to welcoming new submissions!

The potential of implementing micro-credentials to support self-directed learning for lifelong learning In a world where the pace of change is relentless and the shelf life of skills is shorter than ever, the concept of self-directed learning (SDL) has become central to the discourse on lifelong educati...

Just shared some thoughts on the intersections between self-directed learning and micro-credentials: 'The potential of implementing micro-credentials to support self-directed learning for lifelong learning'
www.linkedin.com/pulse/potent...

A final group picture of Our Summer School 😍

[SEM] 13.06.25 / 14h / Zoom
Lynne Bowker @bowkerl.bsky.social (@ulaval.ca): La vulgarisation scientifique comme approche pour enseigner les technologies de la traduction
Org. @rudyloock.bsky.social (STL) et Julie Loison-Charles (CECILLE) pour TRAIL (Translation in Lille)