All posts by translationsinlondon

05Jul/23

TiL at Gumley House School

“Let’s Fill This Town with Linguists: Inspiring Students to Embrace Language Learning and Explore Exciting Career Paths”

Discover the power of language and its potential for success! Join our initiative to encourage students on their language journey, highlighting the incredible language programs and achievements at Gumley School. Explore diverse career opportunities as translators, interpreters, teachers, and more, while gaining valuable skills beyond language proficiency. Together, let’s inspire a generation of linguists who will shape the cultural enrichment and growth of our town. Don’t miss out on our insightful presentation and join the movement to #fillthistownwithlinguists! Explore our slides below and share the blog to spread the word!

27Jun/23

Beyond Words: Uncovering Gender Bias in Machine Translations

Machine translation has many benefits but, also, many faults, one of these being the gender biases seen in MT. If these go unchecked, not only does it cause societal issues, it can cause major confusion when translating from a language that does not use gendered terms (e.g. English) into a gendered language (e.g. French). What can be done about this? Why not read and find out!