Publications

Research in LINCS focuses on our established strengths of translation and interpretation, as well as building the emerging areas of living cultural heritage and language policy.

Eco-translation practice in resisting AI’s ecological harms: Towards a preliminary action framework
Riemland, M., 31 May 2026, In: Encounters in Translation. 5
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automatic hate speech detection: a case study on online comments with a focus on self-victimisation and sentiment
Baider, F., Szczepaniak-Kozak, A., Strani, K. & Jaszczyk-Grzyb, M., 26 Mar 2026, In: Applied Linguistics Review. 17, 2, p. 641-666 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Museum Renovation as Retranslation: A Space Syntax Analysis
Johnstone, E. & Liao, M.-H., 18 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. p. 1-20 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Neural network models vs. MT evaluation metrics: a comparison between two approaches to automatic assessment of information fidelity in consecutive interpreting
Wang, X. & Wang, B., 12 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Countering the Trampoline Effect in Pivot Subtitling: A Case Study of a Reciprocal Collaborative Intervention
Merakchi, K., 27 Feb 2026.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
From Post-Editors to Ethical Buffers: Rethinking Subtitling in the Age of AI
Merakchi, K., 16 Feb 2026, (Submitted) In: Language and Intercultural Communication .
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pivot subtitling: The Achilles’ heel of AI-mediated audiovisual translation
Merakchi, K., 16 Feb 2026, (Submitted) Translating Cultures and Artificial Intelligence. The UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Post-Editing Metaphorically Dense Texts: Toward Textual and Cultural Sensitivity in AI Assisted Translation
Rutherford, J. & Merakchi, K., 16 Feb 2026, (Submitted) Translating Cultures and Artificial Intelligence. The UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Creating new spaces in children’s literature in translation
Harrington Fernández, O., Alderete Diez, P., Alfven, V., Van Meerbergen, S. & Lindgren, C., Feb 2026, In: International Research in Children's Literature.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Switching cost and cognate facilitation between two signed languages
Adam, R. & Morford, J. P., 12 Jan 2026, In: Frontiers in Language Sciences. 4, 1722425.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Speech-to-speech assessment vs text-based assessment of simultaneous interpreting: Tapping into the potential of large language models and the metrics of machine translation quality estimation in enabling automatic assessment
Wang, X. & Wang, B., 16 Dec 2025, In: Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies. 24, p. 23-54 32 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Speech-to-Speech Assessment vs. Text-based Assessment of Simultaneous Interpreting. Tapping the potential of LLM and MTQE metrics in realising automatic assessment
Wang, X. & Wang, B., 16 Dec 2025, In: Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies. 24, p. 23-54 32 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sign LOUD: Perspectives of Deaf mothers and signing practitioners on domestic abuse, communication issues and the impact on Deaf families
Napier, J., Houghton, C., Clark, L. & Ahmed, T., 4 Dec 2025, Heriot-Watt University. 32 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Mindreading in translation: Theory of Mind in a shared cognitive translation process
Harrington Fernández, O., 21 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Translation. 21, 1, p. 103-122 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Subtitling Stories, Situating Learning: A Case Study of Industry Collaboration in AVT Training through African Women’s Films
Merakchi, K., 4 Nov 2025, (Unpublished).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Are metaphors explicited in translation?
Merakchi, K. & Rogers, M., 1 Nov 2025, (Submitted) In: The Journal of Specialised Translation.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sciences: Translation, Knowledge, Trajectories, and Disciplinary Landscapes
Dullion, V., Salama-Carr, M., Liao, M.-H., Sharkas, H., Schögler, R. Y. & Buzelin, H., 30 Oct 2025, A Cultural History of Translation in the Modern and Contemporary World. Gambier, Y. & Wakabayashi, J. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 145-164 21 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Volunteer conference interpreting: Its possible benefits and place in the training journey towards professional interpreting
Chouc, F., 30 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Forum: revue internationale d'interprétation et de traduction.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Subtitlers: Who Are they
Merakchi, K., 1 Oct 2025, Institute of Translation and Interpreting.
Research output: Other contribution
Analysing the language of political conflict: a study of war rhetoric of Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky
Chiluwa, I. & Ruzaite, J., 3 Sept 2025, In: Critical Discourse Studies. 22, 5, p. 477-493 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Constructing Africa in Chinese international news reporting: peace or conflict journalism?
Cooper, V. A. & Chiluwa, I., 3 Sept 2025, In: Critical Discourse Studies. 22, 5, p. 551-569 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Investigating the language of conflict and peace in critical discourse studies
Chiluwa, I., 3 Sept 2025, In: Critical Discourse Studies. 22, 5, p. 471-476 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Signed language interpreting profession
Napier, J. & Goswell, D., 16 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Chapelle, C. A. (ed.). 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Research on signed language translation and interpreting
Napier, J., 15 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Chapelle, C. A. (ed.). 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Edinburgh: A Translational City (Project Report)
Liao, M.-H., 14 Aug 2025, Heriot-Watt University. 32 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
The Translator in the AI Era: An “Ethical Buffer*”?
Merakchi, K., 9 Apr 2025, Mona Baker.
Research output: Other contribution
Speech-to-Text Technology for Code Switching in Arabic: Progress and Challenges
Merakchi, K., Abou Houcine, D., Mimoune, K., Ezzini, S. & Ahmidouche, N., 7 Apr 2025, (Unpublished).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
The environmental costs of AI: Exploring the environmental impacts of AI in language services and the steps we can take as a profession to address them
Riemland, M., 7 Mar 2025
Research output: Other contribution
Critical discourse studies of conflict, war and terrorism: a case study of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab
Chiluwa, I., 9 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies. Forchtner, B. & Zappettini, F. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
Landscape, Time, and the Philosophy of Michel Serres
Kelly, J., 2025, In: The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy. 41, 1, p. 24-40
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A phenomenological approach towards understanding age-based differences in how lay readers intend children’s fiction in translation
Harrington Fernández, O. & Alderete Diez, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) New Voices in Children's Literature in Translation . Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Sign-presented versus sign-interpreted content on British TV: What do deaf signers want?
Adam, R., Barber, M., Francisco, L., Napier, J., Kusters, A. M. J., Clark, L. & Liburd-Spencer, M., 2025, (Unpublished) 20 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
The role of arts, media, film and literature in framing and establishing norms and culture of war and peace
Chiluwa, I., 3 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) De Gruyter Handbook on Conflict and Health. de Gruyter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Hate speech and political violence
Chiluwa, I., 28 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Political Conflict. Dubinsky, S., Gavin, M. & Starr, H. (eds.). Cambridge University Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Theorizing sustainable, low-resource MT in development settings: Pivot-based MT between Guatemala’s indigenous Mayan languages
Riemland, M., Dec 2023, In: Translation Spaces. 12, 2, p. 231-254
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deaf and hearing capital? Strategies in navigating the audist labourmarket
Sommer Lindsay, M., 6 Sept 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Masculinity in Deaf Entrepreneurship
Sommer Lindsay, M., 10 May 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Translation and technocracy in development: defining the potentials and limitations of translation technology for Maya inclusion in Guatemalan development
Riemland, M., 12 Dec 2022, In: Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies. 21, p. 203–221
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
US voter rights in translation: Semantic shifts in Spanish renderings of “felony”
Riemland, M., 10 Nov 2022, In: Translation Spaces. 11, 2, p. 303-328 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multilingualism and Language Contact in Signing Communities
Quinto-Pozos, D. & Adam, R., 2 Jun 2022, The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact: Volume 2: Multilingualism in Population Structure. Cambridge University Press, Vol. 2. p. 172-200 29 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The impact of COVID-19 on deaf students and accessibility in higher education
Sommer Lindsay, M., England, R. & Obasi, C., 9 Mar 2022.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Language contact considering signed language
Quinto-Pozos, D. & Adam, R., 5 Mar 2020, The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact. Oxford University Press, p. 679-693 15 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Potential and clinical relevant drug-drug interactions among elderly from nursing homes: a multicentre study in Murcia, Spain
Iniesta-Navalón, C., Gascón-Cánovas, J. J., Gama, Z. A. D. S., Sánchez-Ruiz, J. F., Gutiérrez-Estrada, E. A., De-La-Cruz-Sánchez, E. & Harrington-Fernández, O., May 2019, In: Ciência e Saúde Coletiva. 24, 5, p. 1895-1902 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deaf Interpreters in Europe - a comprehensive European survey of the situation of Deaf Interpreters today
Sommer Lindsay, M., 2016
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Dissemination and Transfer of Knowledge to the Deaf Community
Adam, R., 6 Feb 2015, Research Methods in Sign Language Studies: A Practical Guide. Wiley-Blackwell, p. 41-52 12 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Døvfødte børn og deres livsbetingelser
Translated title of the contribution: Deaf children – everyday life and life conditionsBengtsson, S., Larsen, L. & Sommer Lindsay, M., 2014
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Døve og døvblevne mennesker Hverdagsliv og levevilkår
Translated title of the contribution: Deaf and deafened people – everyday life and life conditions. Larsen, L., Sommer Lindsay, M. & Bengtsson,, S., 2014, The Danish National Centre for Social Research (SFI) .
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Music (Pop)
Tinker, C., 24 May 2005, France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Marshall, B. (ed.). Bloomsbury, Vol. 3. p. 850-852 3 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Aznavour, Charles (Charles Aznavourian) (1924-)
Tinker, C., 1 Jan 2005, France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: Volume 3. Bloomsbury, Vol. 3. p. 108-109 2 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Spanish military cultures and the Moroccan wars, 1909-36
Balfour, S. & La Porte, P., Jul 2000, In: European History Quarterly. 30, 3, p. 307-332 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review