Postdoc position

**Job Description**
Applications are invited for a Postdoc position within the INCREC research project, funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant and coordinated by Prof. Ana Guerberof-Arenas. The project aims to understand the creative process of translation for literary and audiovisual content and its reception by users, particularly in the context of new machine translation paradigms and generative AI. This involves triangulating data from eye-tracking, retrospective think-aloud interviews, translated material, diaries, and questionnaires from professional translators and users. The postdoc will work alongside the PI and a team of a Research Coordinator and three PhDs, focusing on analyzing user creativity in Audiovisual Translation (AVT) across different modalities, defining links between user attention/preference and creativity, and gathering data on how errors affect user attention, using a mixed method approach.

**Skills & Abilities**
• An independent, proactive work ethic.
• A flexible, mobile and internationally oriented mentality.
• Excellent academic writing skills in English.

**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Translation Studies
• Digital Humanities
• Linguistics
• Literary Studies
• Information Science
• Computer Science
• Cognitive Science/Psychology

**Experience**
Experience Required:
• Using eye-tracking as part of experimental research
• With quantitative/qualitative methods (statistical methods and interview analysis)
Other:
• Experience as audiovisual translator is a distinct advantage
• Knowledge of Dutch and Spanish is an advantage (other language combinations can be considered)
• Experience with AVT tools is an advantage

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