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What does it mean to translate in a world where everything is translated automatically?

Umberto Eco famously wrote that translating means “saying almost the same thing”. What does that “almost” mean in the age of artificial intelligence? To reflect on the changing nature of translation in the age of AI, digital communication and global connectivity, we spoke with Barbara Ivančić, Associate Professor of German Language and Translation at the University of Bologna

Global cluster no more

A new analysis based on observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggests that Terzan 5, long considered a globular cluster, may instead be a kind of living archaeological relic of the birth of our galaxy

Eco Library opens in Bologna

One of the most important contemporary author libraries is opening to the public in Bologna. The collection brings to the University of Bologna the books that accompanied Umberto Eco’s work as a writer, semiotician and professor. This has been made possible thanks to the collaboration with the Umberto Eco Foundation, the donation made by his heirs to the Italian State in 2020, and the loan for use to the University of Bologna, requested by the heirs themselves from the Ministry of Culture