News - translatE | Transcending language barriers to environmental science

26 Mar Survey on the type of support for non-native English speakers at ICCB 2025

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The 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology 2025 (ICCB 2025) will be in Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia on 15-20 June 2025. At ICCB 2025, we are committed to reducing the language barriers to encourage the participation of people of all linguistic backgrounds. We have come up with a...

13 Mar New paper in Proc R Soc B

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We are excited to announce yet another new publication "Academic publishing requires linguistically inclusive policies" in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, led by Henry Arenas-Castro, a former translatE member, with over 30 collaborators. As gatekeepers of scientific knowledge, academic publishers play a key...

12 Mar New paper in Biological Conservation

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We are pleased to announce a new publication "Content analysis of nature documentaries in China: Challenges and opportunities to raise public conservation awareness" in Biological Conservation, led by Haonan Wei, a former honours student at translatE! In this study, we investigated the challenges and opportunities for...

05 Mar Tatsuya’s presentation for Integrative Conservation Webinar Series

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Tatsuya gave yet another presentation titled "Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions" for Integrative Conservation Webinar Series. Integrative Conservation is a new interdisciplinary journal encompassing a wide range of perspectives and scholarly disciplines relevant for our understanding and conservation of biodiversity. As a member of the journal's...

01 Mar Tatsuya’s presentation at the closing keynote session of Open Research Week 2024

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Tatsuya contributed to the closing keynote session "Is open science really open for everyone?" of Open Research Week 2024, organised by University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University, and the University of Essex, and gave a presentation titled "Language barriers in open...

08 Feb February 2024 update

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We are glad to share our first project update of the year! It includes our project member Kelsey Hannah's first PhD paper, recent media coverages and presentation, as well as a new call for collaborators for an exciting global project. Hope you will enjoy it and we...

29 Jan Tatsuya’s presentation for Meta-Research Methods – A Webinar Series

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Tatsuya gave a presentation titled "Making a better use of non-English-language literature in meta-research studies" for Meta-Research Methods – A Webinar Series, organised by the Berlin Institute of Health. See the recording of his presentation here....

29 Jan New paper in Research Synthesis Methods

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We are excited to announce a new publication “Language inclusion in ecological systematic reviews and maps: Barriers and perspectives” led by Kelsey Hannah, a PhD student at translatE. In this paper she examined the inclusion of non-English-language literature in environmental systematic literature reviews and maps, and...

21 Nov Coverage by Chemical & Engineering News

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See the excellent coverage of our work and others by Chemical & Engineering News here: What to do when language impedes science....

15 Nov The Linnean Society of London lunchtime lecture

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Tatsuya gave a lunchtime lecture for the Linnean Society of London, titled "One-way mirror in the room: how language barriers impede conservation". The lecture recording is available here....