--- title: "Alina Karakanta · Leiden University — author profile and papers" description: "Alina Karakanta, Leiden University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2026), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alina-karakanta/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alina-karakanta/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Alina Karakanta # Alina Karakanta Alina Karakanta has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2026, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/); often with [Luisa Bentivogli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luisa-bentivogli/), [Marco Gaido](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-gaido/), [Marco Turchi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-turchi/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5047533259) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1029-1337) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5047533259) · [43 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047533259) · [296 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047533259&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alina-karakanta/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 65 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alina-karakanta/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4972](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/50/#star-4972) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Alina+Karakanta) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Alina+Karakanta) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Alina+Karakanta) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Alina+Karakanta) ## Affiliations [🎓**Leiden University** Leiden · Netherlands 2022–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/leiden-university/) · [🎓**University of Trento** Trento · Italy 2019–2023 · 18 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-trento/) · [🔬**Fondazione Bruno Kessler** Trento · Italy 2019–2023 · 17 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/fondazione-bruno-kessler/) · [🎓**Saarland University** Saarbrücken · Germany 2016–2017 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/saarland-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) · [Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper Alina Karakanta's papers of 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tellingen-2026-smarter-edits-post-editing-error/) · [**2021** 1 paper Alina Karakanta's papers of 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bentivogli-2021-cascade-versus-direct-speech-translation/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Cascade versus Direct Speech Translation: Do the Differences Still Make a Difference?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bentivogli-2021-cascade-versus-direct-speech-translation/)** *(2021 · 124 citations)* The paper asks whether direct (end-to-end) speech translation has caught up with the traditional cascade pipeline of ASR followed by MT. 2. **[Smarter edits? Post-editing with error highlights and translation suggestions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tellingen-2026-smarter-edits-post-editing-error/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether LLM-based support helps professional translators post-edit machine translation more effectively. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Cascade versus Direct Speech Translation: Do the Differences Still Make a Difference?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bentivogli-2021-cascade-versus-direct-speech-translation/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Luisa Bentivogli, Mauro Cettolo, Marco Gaido, et al.*2021 · 124 citations* 2. **[What's Wrong With This Translation? Simplifying Error Annotation For Crowd Evaluation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.nbreal-1.3/) Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL 2025) · no summary yet**Iben Nyholm Debess, Alina Karakanta, Barbara Scalvini*2025 · 3 citations* 3. **[Smarter edits? Post-editing with error highlights and translation suggestions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tellingen-2026-smarter-edits-post-editing-error/) [Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eamt/)**Fleur V.J. van Tellingen, Gautam Ranka, Dora Žugčić, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Luisa Bentivogli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luisa-bentivogli/) - [Marco Gaido](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-gaido/) - [Marco Turchi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-turchi/) - [Matteo Negri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matteo-negri/) - [Mauro Cettolo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mauro-cettolo/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2021/) - [Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eamt/): [EAMT 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eamt/2026/) - Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL 2025) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 65 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [6 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alina-karakanta/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026