Here’s a preview of what’s in store at TC47!
AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed?
AI is transforming language services, but the real question is no longer whether change is coming. It is what that change means, how we respond to it, and where we want to go next.
For its 47th edition, Translating and the Computer is evolving too. TC47 is conceived not simply as a succession of presentations of various formats, but as a three-day conversation connecting research, professional practice, institutional experience and technological innovation.
And we have plenty to talk about. The richness and diversity of the submissions received show how broadly AI is reshaping our field. They take us from research and evaluation to real-world workflows, from terminology and multilingual quality to accessibility and high-stakes contexts, and from education and emerging skills to questions of professional roles, human control and responsibility. Different communities are looking at the transformation from different angles, and TC47 will bring those perspective together.
This diversity provides the starting point for a journey across the three days.
We will first look at the shift already under way: how AI is changing language work, professional roles, quality, trust and human agency.
We will then turn to the response: what happens when AI enters real workflows and organisations, what works in practice, where human expertise remains decisive, and how technology can support rather than simply automate language work.
Finally, we will look ahead: what skills we need to develop, what we need to teach differently, how we should evaluate multilingual quality, and what the language community should preserve, and help shape, as AI continues to evolve.
Throughout the three days, contributions will be brought into dialogue rather than considered in isolation. Research findings will meet operational experience, demonstrations will lead into discussion, and different perspectives will be deliberately confronted. Presentations, workshops, posters, debates and interactive sessions will all contribute to a conversation that develops from one day to the next.
The ambition is not to organise just another conference about AI, but to create a space where the language community can examine what AI is actually changing, learn from what is already happening in practice, and help shape what comes next.
What is genuinely changing? How should we respond? And what should we build, teach and preserve for the future?
Join us in Luxembourg or online, and be part of the conversation.
