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
Driving culture change though Narrative CV training: A case study from Heriot-Watt University
Napier, J., Bastidas, C., Landt, C., Fitzpatrick, S., Gul, M. S., Ottobre, M. & Picken, L., 10 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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
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., 31 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Linguistics Review.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Social change through the arts? A critical view of applied theater
Pfeiffer, K. & Strani, K., 27 Dec 2025, (Accepted/In press) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Baikady, R., Sajid, S. M., Przeperski, J., Nadesan, V., Rezaul Islam , M. & Gao, J. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › 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
The Border Within: Highly skilled Syrians in the UK Narrativising Work and Belonging
Fadel, L., Strani, K. & Drugan, J., Dec 2025, In: Societies. 15, 12, 323.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
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
Advancing automatic assessment of target-language quality in interpreter training with large language models: insights from explainable AI
Wang, X. & Wang, B., 2 Oct 2025, In: The Interpreter and Translator Trainer. 19, 3-4, p. 465-485 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Creating Menstrual Health-Inclusive Workplaces within the Research and Innovation Ecosystem
Ali, N., Cocco, C., Sang, K. & Napier, J., 5 Sept 2025.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › 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
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
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
Demonstration of a Nanosecond Diode Pumped Solid State Laser Operating at 10 J, 100 Hz and Future Applications
De Vido, M., Quinn, G., Clarke, D., McHugh, L., Mason, P., Spear, J., Smith, J. M., Divoky, M., Pilar, J., Denk, O., Butcher, T. J., Edwards, C., Mocek, T. & Collier, J. L., 15 Aug 2025, 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC). IEEE, 11111188
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Edinburgh: A Translational City (Project Report)
Liao, M.-H., 14 Aug 2025, Heriot-Watt University. 32 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Assessing Resistance in Morocco: Comparative European Perceptions During the Early Protectorate (1912–1936)
La Porte, P., 18 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 37 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
“At home, I never felt included, I always felt on the outside”: Deaf peoples’ perspectives on how inadequate access to childhood communication influences mental health outcomes
McRae, R., Backholer, K., Adam, R., David, J. L. & O'Shea, A., 5 Jul 2025, In: BMC Public Health. 25, 2392.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Enhancing Engagement through Student-Centred Pedagogy in a Large-Scale Embedded EAP Course
Guion Akdağ, E. & Bell, J. G., 25 May 2025.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Silent Harm: Evidence-informed Training for Stakeholders Working in Interpreter-Mediated Gender-based Violence Settings
Leeson, L., Napier, J., Quigley, L. & Freir, C., 4 Apr 2025, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Gender Research. Azevedo, A. I., Azevedo, J. M. & Mesquita, A. (eds.). Academic Conferences International Limited, p. 210-217 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brel, Jacques (1929–1978)
Tinker, C., 2006, Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Volumes 1 & 2. Bloomsbury, p. 65-66 2 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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
Bécaud, Gilbert (François Silly) (1927–2001)
Tinker, C., 24 May 2005, France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Marshall, B. (ed.). Bloomsbury, Vol. 3. p. 140-141 2 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
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Die Schönen und Verdammten: A corpus-based study of loan words and code switches as features of translators' style
Winters, M., 2004, In: Language Matters. 35, 1, p. 248-258 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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