confs translating computer 20 aslib association information management http www aslib co uk conferences index html supported iti bcs eamt iamt present translating computer 20 conference exhibition thursday 12 friday 13 november 1998 one great george street westminster london sw1 20th translating computer conference exhibition celebrate invited past delegates submit papers last year conference attracted international audience number delegates made suggestions following year event response call papers overwhelming hope find programme greater number contributions actual users ever number papers showing new developments applications developers users opportunities network others look latest products including talked papers exhibition area questions want find exhibit year exciting conference please contact nicole adamides manager pdg aslib 44 0 171 903 0030 email nicole aslib co uk key issues evaluating mt systems improving translation source controlled authoring author memory make mt user friendly machine translation trends europe japan organise translation service maximise efficiency relocating mt education training companies customised current mt systems developers produced new products day one 12th november 1998 09 00 registration 09 50 introduction chair chris pyne international communications europe germany 10 00 twenty years translating computer john hutchins eamt since first tc conferences 1978 field machine aided translation seen many changes mainframe computers personal computers internet mainly academic research pursuit competitive commercial field discussions future possibilities discussions actual uses translation profession largely antagonistic automation one making costeffective exploitation computerised translation tools presentation look major changes developments research commercial systems last 20 years consider learnt forgotten 10 25 evaluating mt systems testing researching feasibility task diagnostic approach michelle vanni us defense spirit new directions mt evaluation mte proposed hovy 1998 paper describes approach taken us department defense appropriate particular information processing ip environment needs determinant features characterise methodology approach consists selecting ip tasks mt output used selecting specific features handled system comparing scores system 11 00 coffee 11 30 organising translation service maximise efficiency quality ian jones supreme headquarters allied powers europe overall functions translation service organised best effect objectives tasks resources future paper examine various aspects elements also refer nato terminology standardisation programme 11 55 post editing service mt users ec dorothy senez european commission translation service machine translation freely available via internal electronic mail system staff working european institutions machine translation help desk supplies number backup services growing population users paper looks specifically postediting service per balancing quality speed rapid postediting short lived documents end users responsible quality control way forward commission 12 25 dimitrios theologitis european commission 12 50 discussion 13 05 lunch opportunity visit exhibition network 14 30 introduction afternoon session chair professor ruslan mitkov university wolverhampton uk 14 35 testbench workflow relocating mt education training professor dr klaus schubert fachhochschule flensburg germany professor tony hartley university brighton uk arrival market place last three years relatively highquality lowcost mt tm lead greater demand skills expertise also take account user requirements organisation workflow paper look initiatives university brighton fachhochschule flensburg give students firsthand experience evaluating system situ achieved provision inhouse mt service interested endusers design scenarios intersite collaboration introduction elements human computer interaction 15 00 reflections pedagogy mat pascaline merten haute ecole de bruxelles institut superieur de traducteurs et interpretes isti cat tools interest researchers translators increasingly integrated education future translators gives rise two issues education translators experience tools enough important understand underlying concepts computational linguistics far empirical approach translator facilitate introduction new tools paper look integration cat tools translation process good mean conciliate practice translator reflection computational linguist 15 25 discussion 15 35 tea 16 00 improving translation source dawn murphy multilingual technology ltd uk improvements quality efficiency translation effected time authoring paper examine concepts controlled authoring author memory supporting technologies benefits techniques provide author translator translation manager processes involved developing techniques within organisation 16 25 lcc language consulting centre language consulting cyber space jeannette orsted danish association business language graduates lcc project supported european commission project partnership teleport sachsen anhalt gmbh de centre language technology dk erhvervssprogligt forbund danish association business language graduates dk gesellschaft fur technische kommunikation e v de objective project support small medium sized enterprises optimising production management multilingual information paper concentrate language strategy integral part company policies language technology tool language strategy overview lcc project services 16 50 discussion 17 00 close day one 17 15 20th anniversary reception great hall aslib reserves right make changes programme without prior notice day two 13th november 1998 09 15 registration 09 55 opening remarks chair daniel grasmick sap germany 10 00 horses courses key mt becoming commonplace technology acceptance steve mclaughlin lernout hauspie gms germany user perception machine translation decisive issue mt must seen universal translation solution one several potential tools isolation within context user work processes mean machine translation vendors mt offered isolation products must scaled user purse environment must easy access use mt mt must available user needs whatever application 10 25 kielikone mt takes user friendliness seriously kaarina hyvonen kielikone ltd finland kielikone mt produced commercial mt product transmart use several major finnish corporations paper examine transmart adapted meet needs individual endusers four special features userfriendly interface ability preserve document formatting facilitation postediting documentspecific translation lexicons 10 50 discussion 11 00 coffee 11 30 eptas client server based translation support system klemens waldhor ep electronic publishing partners germany eptas translation server system allows integration different translation components various support tools contains sophisticated linguistic database system uses advanced html based unicode document format main advantage system allows simultaneous usage different translation methods like tm mt parallel controlled sophisticated process management system paper examine system translation tools incorporated vendors 11 55 promt 98 current state svetlana sokolova project mt ltd russia promt 98 latest version mt software stylus family different applications mt kernel inside interface solutions intended different kinds end users promt internet kit promt home pocket promt promt professional 12 20 multilingual language technology automotive documentation workflows joerg schuetz iai germany multidoc concerned design implementation new translationcentred approach technical documentation field automotive service repair project entirely geared needs requirements industrial users fully integrated stages project among users bmw bertone volvo renault rolls royce automotive side star itr translation orientated side project technically coordinated volvo together iai 12 45 discussion 13 00 lunch opportunity visit exhibition network 14 25 introduction chair tony hartley university brighton uk 14 30 machine translation trends europe japan sophia ananiadou umist uk paper examine conditions geographical area given rise mt systems associated aids order shed light functionality systems japan extent respond european requirements examination based types user profiles role mt providers use translation aids terminology management systems bilingual multilingual translation memories etc 14 55 fully integrated machine translation logos gmbh germany corporate world slow accept mt past mt systems acted apparent isolation change mt becomes component integrated suite tools addresses whole process paper look process describe offering begins terminology management tool writerfriendly authoring tool translation memory component tightly coupled mt smart postediting environment easy integrating suite translation tools place rapid good quality lower cost translation become reality 15 20 discussion 15 30 tea 16 00 towards multi language multi script web based reference terminology system olaf michael stefanov united nations vienna united nations office vienna unov possibly first database containing reference terminology multiple scripts accessible via internet unov use support work six official un languages paper look evolution unov attaining consistency terminology references via mainframe adding arabic chinese workload resulted unov looking customised replacement system using windows nt platform controlled query update via application run web browser 16 25 paper confirmed 16 50 discussion 17 00 close conference fees two days 395 members 485 non members one day 245 members 285 non members academic institutions two days 285 one day 155 includes coffee tea buffet lunch documentation conference proceedings half day 125 members 155 non members includes coffee tea buffet lunch documentation please note conference proceedings included members fees apply aslib corporate members members aslib ttg eamt iamt iti bcs 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