13.1656, FYI: Translation, Native Arabic Speakers

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-1656. Tue Jun 11 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.1656, FYI: Translation, Native Arabic Speakers

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1)
Date:  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:15:26 +0100
From:  Anna Cermakova <anna at clg.bham.ac.uk>
Subject:  Fast Track to Translation

2)
Date:  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:09:49 +0000
From:  Bushra Zawaydeh <bzawaydeh at hotmail.com>
Subject:  speakers of Jordanian, Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:15:26 +0100
From:  Anna Cermakova <anna at clg.bham.ac.uk>
Subject:  Fast Track to Translation

Expert Training Package
FastTrack to Translation
NEW DATES: September 17-20, 2002
Extracting Translation Equivalents from Parallel Corpora

The Birmingham University Centre for Corpus Linguistics (CCL) is pleased
to announce its 4-day Expert Training Package "FastTrack to Translation
- Extracting Translation Equivalents from Parallel Corpora", September
17-20, 2002. This package, aimed at professionals in translation and
other multilingual areas, builds on the success and experience of the
first one which took place in September last year.

For preliminary programme and more information please contact
anna at ccl.bham.ac.uk




-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:09:49 +0000
From:  Bushra Zawaydeh <bzawaydeh at hotmail.com>
Subject:  speakers of Jordanian, Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese

BBN Technologies is working on a project to build a hand-held translator device
that will allow limited two-way communication between an English speaker and
speakers of other languages, such as Arabic, Spanish, or Chinese.  The device is
intended to be used by field workers in developing countries who may need to
provide refugee assistance or disaster relief.

To train the system to understand native speakers, we need to record native
speakers of Levantine colloquial Arabic (native speakers of Arabic from Lebanon,
Jordan, Palestine, or Syria) who will play the part of host-country residents
answering made-up questions in the domain. Subjects will remain anonymous, and
will be paid $40 for 45 - 60 minutes of their time.  The recording will take
place on the MIT campus or could be arranged individually.

If you are interested, please send an e-mail to Bushra Zawaydeh
(bzawaydeh at hotmail.com and bushra at bbn.com).


Thank you

Bushra Zawaydeh, Ph.D.
BBN Technologies
tel (617-873-2018)
bzawaydeh at hotmail.com
bushra at bbn.com			

Subject-Language: Arabic, Standard; Code: ABV

Language-Family:  Semitic; Code: AFF

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