Projects
Translation and interpreting in the global, digital age: Designing quality standards in audio description University of Antwerp
VegOsmOke: Development of high quality (mildly) smoked meat alternatives through knowledge translation of smoke application in fish and meat products KU Leuven
The goal of this VLAIO TETRA project is to overcome the lack of knowledge and understanding regarding the smoking of meat analogues. Specifically, a knowledge matrix will be developed for this purpose, clearly mapping the impact of (i) smoking techniques, (ii) process parameters related to the smoking process and (iii) meat alternative composition (protein and fat source) on product quality. The acquired knowledge and insights will be ...
Improving the quality of care in early pregnancy: the added value of medical imaging, 3D-mapping and translational research KU Leuven
Optimal customized patient management is based on adequate diagnosis, early detection of possible problems and accurate risk stratification. The present research will focus on the role of 3D-ultrasonography in early pregnancy complications (e.g. ectopic pregnancy, non-viable pregnancy, retained products of conception) and early obstetrical risk stratification (e.g. for abnormal placentation, vasa praevia, cesarean scar pregnancy). Our project ...
Control of nitrogen and water in full-grain barn for a sustainable transition to increased taste and storage quality Soil service of Belgium
Main goal in the study was to achieve a higher fruit quality in strawberry trough sustainable irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilization. The project focused on the relation between irrigation and N fertilization with fruit firmness and taste quality. Taste quality was quantified by the ratio between sugars and acids.
Irrigation trials were set up between 2014 and 2017 at Proefcentrum Hoogstraten (PCH) and Proefcentrum Fruitteelt ...
Control of nitrogen and water in full-grain barn for a sustainable transition to increased taste and storage quality. KU Leuven
Irrigation and fertilization in the strawberry cultivation with a final goal, better hardhead and better taste quality.
Effect of maternal transition of omega-3 fatty acids on hatchability, chick quality and performance until slaughter age Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The goal of this research is to improve the health and performance of broilers by adding omega-3 fatty acid to the feed of the broiler breeder hens. The research question is: Can dietary enrichment of the broiler breeder hens with omega-3 fatty acid program the metabolism and the immune system of the progeny with long term postnatal effects? Can we prove maternal transition of omega-3 fatty ...
'From the fury of the Vikings and translators release us, O lord.' Translation beliefs and legal translation policies in Belgium, 1830-1914 KU Leuven
In the past decade, translation studies have seen an increased interest in translation in institution settings (Koskinen 2008, 2014; Meylaerts 2011; Wolf 2012; Kang 2014; Schäffner, Tcaciuc en Tesseur 2014; Prieto Ramos en Guzmán 2017…): a previously neglected area of research in the discipline (Mossop 1988), which has traditionally focused on the study of literature. This dissertation, on institutional translation in Belgium (1830-1914) is ...
Translation Evaluation Products of Political Translation through Holistic, Analytic, CDI (Calibration of Dichotomous Items) and PIE Method (Preselected Items Evaluation) KU Leuven
Translation Evaluation targets at scrutinizing and marking the students' drafts and translators’ competences, analyzing linguistic and paralinguistic facets of the text, perusing tools and models of translation evaluation, developing an independent method to retrieve data which quantifies scientific output expatiating societal impacts, and valuing and validating translation evaluation results of societal quality on the basis of specific ...
MUTUALIST: Machine translation with User-specific Training and User-specific Adaptation for Literary texts: impact on Individual Style in Translation Ghent University
In the translation industry, improving machine translation (MT) output
by post-editing is commonly used to increase productivity and
consistency. However, some research showed that post-editing leads
to homogenization and normalization. And, although the application
of MT to literary translation has been limited, with the increased MT
quality due to neural MT, literary translators could also benefit from ...