A course on Translation at the 2025 FSCI Scholarly Communication Institute – brought to you by Translate Science!

It’s no secret that, for several decades now, the world of scientific research and publication has been dominated by the use of English as a lingua franca. Translate Science aims to promote multilingual open science. As part of this, it seeks to foster an appreciation for and to support the development of competences in translation for those who want to contribute to a more multilingual science.

In line with this, Translate Science applied to hold a course at the FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI). FORCE11 is a community of people with various roles in scholarly communication that aims “to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of information technology.” The theme of FSCI 2025 is “Working towards Open Scholarship in the Age of Intelligent Automation”, and this year’s edition offers a variety of online courses on how digital tools can aid in scientific workflows. While translation is a field that deals with language and culture, it is also highly technologized, with a wealth of digital resources and tools to support translation processes. This makes it a perfect topic to explore as part of FCSI 2025!

In the spirit of inclusivity, the Translate Science team has designed a course that is intended for a broad audience consisting of anyone who is not a(n experienced) translator. This includes researchers who may need to access and produce texts in other languages, administrators who interact with international students and staff, technologists who create academic software in various locales, librarians who manage multilingual metadata, and more. It begins by introducing the very basics of translation, debunking some of the myths and misperceptions of translation and exploring what makes it challenging for both humans and machines. The second day of the course will see us exploring a range of free online tools and resources – from term banks and multilingual concept maps to automatic translation and generative AI tools – to identify different options for supporting ourselves and others in multilingual situations. Finally, we’ll work on improving our machine translation literacy by understanding the role (and limitations) of data in data-driven technologies and picking up some tips to become both savvy and responsible users of these tools.

The course with the number E07 will be held from July 22nd to 24th from 9am to 10am Pacific time (UTC -7). The announcement and further details can be found on the FSCI 2025 web page. Registration is open and costs US$81 per course. Some scholarships are still available (apply by 20 June 2025). We hope to see you there!


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