JC Penet is both a scholar in Translation Studies and a Certified Personal and Executive Coach (Level 7). At Newcastle, he teaches a wide range of BA and MA modules, including on the language service industry, CAT tools and project management, translation theory, institutional translation and interpersonal relations, emotions and wellbeing in the translation profession. Between 2017-21, he was the President of the Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies UK & Ireland, which helped create mutually benefiting connections between academia and the language industry. His research interests lie in the field of Translator Studies/Language Industry Studies and more particularly in the role of emotions for translation performance among trainee translators. His forthcoming Routledge textbook 'Working as a Professional Translator' is due to be published in April 2024. 

Joseph Lambert is a Lecturer in Translation Studies at Cardiff University. He teaches a broad range of modules across the BA and MA programmes in Translation and his primary area of research interest is the ethics of translation. Like his teaching, this work sits at the interface between translation theory and practice. He has recently published a textbook with Routledge entitled Translation Ethics and has authored and co-authored several articles and book chapters relating to the translation profession, questions of pay, status, and regulation in the UK, and translation codes of ethics. He also has significant experience as a freelance translator and is a member of the ITI.

Callum Walker is an Associate Professor of Translation Technology at the University of Leeds, where he teaches computer-assisted translation technology, project management, translation theory, and specialised translation. Alongside his academic roles, he has worked as a freelance translator since 2009 (French and Russian into English) and small translation business owner, as well as being a Chartered Linguist, Member of the CIOL, and Member of the ITI. His research interests relate to translation industry studies, with a specific focus on project management (culminating in the recent Routledge textbook Translation Project Management), micro- and information economics, and the interaction between technology and translation workflows.