As AI-based translation tools become increasingly integrated into translation workflows, what are some of ethical considerations facing language professionals? How might they need or want to adapt their professional practices to ensure sustainability? Which pre-AI skills remain essential, even in an AI world? These are the types of questions that we will examine in this talk for translation students who are preparing to enter the language industries.
Lynne Bowker is Full Professor and Canada Research Chair in Translation, Technologies and Society at Université Laval in Quebec. Her teaching and research interests focus on the ways in which translation tools are used within and beyond the language industries. She is an advocate for open access and open education. Her most recent book is Plain Language for Translators (Routledge, 2026). During November, she is a visiting professor in the LIDILE research group at Université Rennes 2 through the Chaire des Amériques program.
