22.1884, Calls: Translation, Computational Linguistics/United Kingdom

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Subject: 22.1884, Calls: Translation, Computational Linguistics/United Kingdom

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Date: 28-Apr-2011
From: Helen Evans [hevans at emeraldinsight.com]
Subject: Translating and the Computer 33

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From: Helen Evans [hevans at emeraldinsight.com]
Subject: Translating and the Computer 33

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Full Title: Translating and the Computer 33 
Short Title: TC 33 

Date: 17-Nov-2011 - 18-Nov-2011
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Helen Evans
Meeting Email: submissions at aslib.com
Web Site: http://www.aslib.com/training/conferences/tc_2011/index.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 17-Jun-2011 

Meeting Description:

The Translating and the Computer Conference is now in its 33rd year! The conference is a meeting point for translators, researchers and students in the translation and localization field. 

Benefits of attending:

- Learn about the latest developments and the current issues in the translation area 
- Investigate new technologies available on the market 
- Identify new methods and expand horizons 
- Network with industry leaders 

Call for Papers:

We invite you to submit abstracts of papers to be presented at the Conference. Talks should be slanted towards a practitioner's point of view, even when dealing with the latest product developments and theoretical research. The papers (and the presentations) should focus on the user aspects of translation or translation-related software. Presentations accompanied by demonstrations are especially welcome.

The range of topics includes (but is not limited to):

Machine Translation (MT) - Related Topics:

- Hybrid rule-based/statistical MT systems 
- Production use of MT systems 
- Controlled languages and their use in MT 
- Synergy of MT with other language tools (CAT, TM, workflow management)
- Case-studies of cost-savings
- Portability of MT systems across languages and domains
- MT for social networks

Speech in the Translation Process:

- Use of speech recognition to dictate translation
- Use of speech recognition to transcribe audio originals and translations
- Speech recognition systems 
- Use of speech recognition in TM or MT post-editing contexts

CAT Tools including TM and Various Translation Aids: 

- Hybrid solutions in practice including post-editing 

Terminology

Localization: 

- Translation/localization in emerging markets/non-European/US context 

Standards and Sharing:

- Application of XML tools and XML standards 
- Standardisation/normalization in the industry 
- The future of TMX (Translation Memory eXchange), TBX (TermBase eXchange) 
- Practical experiences in transfer of terminology data from one format to another (MultiTerm, NTRF, etc.) 
- Exchange between terminology, lexicography and MT-lexicons 
- TM and terminology collection copyright Issues 
- Wikis and other forms of massive online collaboration in translation 
- Practical reports on crowd sourcing

Around the Translation Process:

- Internet and translation aids/services 
- Revision aids/tools 
- Workflow systems 
- Multilingual document management/workflow 
- Resources for translation including corpora 
- Open source software/workflow and implications 
- Exact translation: problems using tools, requirements

Training and Research:

- Training possibilities for translators 
- E-learning for translators 
- Research in MT and multilingual NLP 
- Bridging language industry and academia 
- Measure the productivity/quality of e-translation 
- Case studies, including especially cost-savings studies of technology-based solutions

Other Topics:

- Language services of international organizations

Authors are required to submit an abstract of a minimum of 500 words of the paper they would like to present, together with an outline of the structure of the paper and short biography. Abstracts should be sent by email by the 17th June 2010 to submissions at aslib.com

The authors of abstracts will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their submissions by 5th August 2011. Speakers' presentations must be submitted by 12th November 2011. 

Important Dates:

17th June 2011 - Deadline for abstracts
5th August 2011 - All authors will be notified of decisions 
10th October 2011 - Deadline for papers to be included in the Proceedings
12th November 2011 - Speakers' presentations to be submitted 
28th November 2011 - Presentations posted on the conference web site in a password protected area

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