On orientation.ch, Orane Laeri, COO of Neur.on, looks back on her path in linguistics

We are proud to highlight the remarkable career path of Orane Laeri, COO of Neur.on. The orientation.ch website has published an article about her, in which she describes her path in language sciences, linguistics and computational linguistics.

Orane’s academic journey led her to the University of Geneva, where she studied translation. Today, she stands out as head of operations at a dynamic LegalTech start-up specialising in neural machine translation.

Amid rapid advances in technology, Orane stresses that Neur.on’s objective is not to replace humans with machines, but to give them tailor-made tools. As she rightly points out: “There’s reason to rejoice: the machine is a tool that makes our work more interesting.”

Looking back on her first steps in professional life, Orane describes her journey from a legal translation internship to her current leadership role.

Her advice to students: embrace the fusion of technology and linguistics, and adapt to the way the profession is evolving. Whether you are drawn to the subtleties of language or to the connection between people and linguistics, there is a niche waiting to be mastered.

I invite you to find out more about Orane’s career by reading the full article.