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Omri Asscher is an Associate Professor at the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies in Bar-Ilan University. His work explores the practical, theoretical, and ethical implications of artificial intelligence and machine translation for intercultural communication in our time. He also studies the role literary and theological translation plays in homeland-diaspora frameworks - particularly in Jewish contexts - and, more broadly, the interplay between translation and cultural history.
Education/Academic qualification
Postdoc, UCLA
PhD, Tel Aviv University
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Humanities-based AI studies: theoretical and practical implications
Asscher, O. (PI)
1/10/25 → …
Project: Research
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Politics of Israeli-American Jewish religious exchange, 1990-2020
Asscher, O. (PI)
1/10/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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MACHINE TRANSLATION AND TRANSLATION THEORY
Asscher, O., 1 Jan 2025, London: Taylor and Francis. 172 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Reading Israel, reading America: the politics of translation between Jews
Asscher, O., 2020, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 241 p. (Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The position of machine translation in translation studies: A definitional perspective
Asscher, O., 9 Jun 2023, In: Translation Spaces(Netherland). 12, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human evaluations of machine translation in an ethically charged situation
Asscher, O. & Glikson, E., May 2023, In: New Media and Society. 25, 5, p. 1087-1107 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access43 Scopus citations -
Language ideology in American Jewish thought
Asscher, O., 2022, In: Religion. 52, 3, p. 384-408 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Selection to the ISF’s Forum of Young Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Asscher, O. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
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international symposium: Lay use and perceptions of machine translation
Asscher, O. (Organization - Program committee chair)
25 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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Chair of Division for the Association for Jewish Studies conference: Jewish Languages and Linguistics from Antiquity to the Present
Asscher, O. (Participant)
2021 → 2024Activity: Other
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University of California, Los Angeles, Nazarian Center for Israel Studies (External organization)
Asscher, O. (Postdoctoral fellow)
2018 → 2019Activity: Membership › Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Israeli responses to American Jewish moral-political critique: between the 1970s and October 2023
Asscher, O. (Speaker)
10 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Thesis
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Machine Translation Quality Assessment by means of the Error Analysis Framework of Multidimensional Quality Metrics (MQM): Information Accessibility in Emergency Situations
Levit, Y. (Author), Asscher, O. (Supervisor), 5 Nov 2023Student thesis: MA Thesis
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נורמות של תרגום ותרגום הומור: התערבות הנורמות ה'משכיליות' בתרגום לעברית של הומור בריטי
Asscher, O. (Author), Ben-Ari, N. (Supervisor), 2008Student thesis: MA Thesis