Date: Friday, 21^st to Saturday, 22^nd November 2025
Venue: The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

As part of Hang Seng University’s 45th Anniversary celebrations, this conference aims to bring together scholars, industry professionals and students to explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence and other types of technology on translation and language services. Designed for both academic and professional audiences, the event aims to address the challenges and opportunities presented by the new technologies in this rapidly evolving field. It thus seeks to stimulate dialogue and collaboration between stakeholders and across disciplines. By hosting the event, HSUHK underscores its commitment to advancing research and innovation in translation studies and to training the next generation of language professionals. Through the conference’s wide range of themes, participants will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts, showcase research and forge connections that will shape the future of language services in the AI era. We invite contributions that push the boundaries of understanding and practice in this exciting and dynamic field.

We invite paper submissions from people interested in participating in the conference. Possible themes and topics include but are not limited to the following:

1. AI-Driven innovations and applications (e.g. localisation; neural machine translation; multimodal translation; audiovisual translation; transcreation; sign language; real-time and simultaneous interpreting; specialised translation domains)
2. Ethics, standards and policy in AI-driven translation (e.g. ethical considerations; cultural sensitivity; legal and policy implications of the use of AI; standards and benchmarks for AI translation systems; and sustainability in AI-driven translation technologies)
3. Human and AI collaboration (e.g. post-editing and quality assurance; translator training; crowdsourced translation platforms; and technology in volunteer and community translation)
4. Tools and resources for translators (e.g. emerging tools, platforms, data and resources; improving and optimising CAT tools with AI; future-proofing CAT tools; evaluating the performance of AI in language services; and translation technology in the Greater Bay Area)
5. Industry and domain-specific perspectives (e.g. translation and AI in crisis communication; AI and the democratisation of language access; AI in literary translation; and AI and language services for global business success)

The Organising Committee:
Mark Shuttleworth, HSUHK
Gilbert Fong, HSUHK
Sai Cheong Siu, HSUHK
Sai Yau Siu, HSUHK
William Che, HSUHK

Submissions should be via EasyChair. They should include the following components in English:

• Name(s) of author(s)
• Institutional affiliation(s)
• E-mail address(es)
• Title of presentation
• An abstract of no more than 300 words (in English)
• Biographical note of 50 to 100 words each for each author
• A list of keywords (up to 5)

Conference language: English

If you are using EasyChair for the first time you will need to create an account to enable you to submit your abstract and receive updates about the review process.

Submission link
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ptls25

Submission deadline: Friday, 23^rd May 2025

Each presentation will be 20 minutes long followed by ten minutes of discussion.
Abstract submissions will be reviewed by at least two members of the Programme Committee, and decisions will be notified by Thursday, 31^st July 2025.

Information about how to register for the conference, and also about travel and accommodation, will follow in due course.

Submission deadline: Friday, 23^rd May 2025
Notification of results: Thursday, 31^st July 2025
Conference: Friday, 21^st to Saturday, 22^nd November 2025
Contact e-mail: ptls25@hsu.edu.hk