Lynne Bowker

In 2015, Bowker received the Canadian Association of Translation Studies Best Paper Award for her article "The Need for Speed! Experimenting with 'Speed Training' in the Scientific/Technical Translation Classroom."

In 2013, Bowker was awarded a $15,000 Research award from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)/Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) to investigate the use of machine translation in helping newcomers to Canada to make better use of the public library.

Upon completing her PhD, Bowker joined the faculty at University of Ottawa's School of Translation and Interpretation in 2002. While there, she published Computer Aided Translation Technology: A Practical Introduction and accepted a cross appointment to their School of Information Studies. In 2011, Bowker was named to the Membership Advisory Committee of the Association for Library and Information Science Education for a two-year term. The following year, she was appointed to the rank of Full professor. In 2019 she became a Concordia Library researcher-in-residence to study the best approaches for machine translations.

Lynne Bowker (born 1969) FRSC is a Canadian linguist. She is a Professor of Translation and Information Studies at the University of Ottawa and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Bowker was born in 1969. She earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master's degree from the University of Ottawa before travelling to Europe to attend the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and Dublin City University.