LINGUIST List 9.248

Thu Feb 19 1998

Confs: Translation Technology

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1. Colin Brace, CFP: EAMT '98 Workshop, 2-3 April, Geneva

 1998 EAMT WORKSHOP 

 Geneva, 2-3 April 1998 

 Translation Technology:
 Integration in the Workflow Environment 


Translation technology is maturing, becoming an increasingly viable
option for companies and organizations looking for ways to improve their
multilingual document management capabilities. However, there are still
many hurdles remaining before translation support software can be
universally adopted within the professional translation environment. The
EAMT '98 Workshop will be an ideal opportunity for translators, document
managers, software localization engineers and linguists to learn more
about translation technology, one of the most fascinating branches of
the software world, and to discuss with others when to use the
technology and when not. 

This workshop follows up two successful workshops in Vienna in August
1996 and in Copenhagen in May 1997. Its theme is the practical use and
integration of machine translation and computer-based translation tools
in the workflow of a variety of organisations. The two-day workshop will
be held at the World Health Organization in Geneva, starting at 9.30 on
April 2. 

The EAMT '98 Workshop will be the only international MT-specific event
taking place this year in Europe. The EAMT Organizing Committee has
adopted a structure designed to maximize the interactive exchange of
practical knowledge among the participants. The workshop will include
two discussion sessions when participants will have ample opportunity
for group discussion, for questioning speakers more fully, and for
finding out how these tools will help them in their own situations. 

Please note: the 1998 General Assembly of EAMT will be held in the
afternoon of April 2, starting at 16.45. 


Preliminary programme 

(Changes may take place) 

 April 2

 9.15
 Registration and coffee
 10.00
 Welcome
 10.15
 Dimitri Theologitis (CEC): latest developments of EURAMIS
 10.55
 Susan McCormick (SAP) on SAPTERM and OTELO
 11.35
 Lou Cremers on Oc\233 Technologies
 12.05
 Lunch
 13.30
 Doris Marty-Albisser on translation workflow
 14.10
 Maghi King (ISSCO) on the workflow investigation 
 for the EU.
 14.50
 Ken Garner on ALPNET in Europe
 15.30
 Discussion
 16.30
 Break
 16.45
 General Assembly


 April 3

 9.00
 Mikhael Blekhman on PARS systems
 9.40
 Joerg Schuetz (IAI) on MultiDoc
 10.15
 Break
 10.45
 Pierre Lewelle on WHO reference corpus development
 11.40
 Monica Beltrametti on Xerox tools
 12.20
 Lunch
 13.30
 Discussion
 15.00
 End


Workshop venue 

World Health Organization
Main building, Salle B, 3rd floor
20 avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27


Registration 

EAMT members will receive/will have received a preliminary program, a
list of suggested hotels and a registration form. Registration fees:
standard registration: SFR 400, EAMT member: SFR 250, Student: SFR 150 


Further information 

Questions related to local arrangements, contact: Olivier Pasteur, Tel
+41 22 791 2317, Fax +41 22 791 3995, Email pasteurowho.ch 

For queries related to the programme, contact: John Hutchins, Email
WJHutchinscompuserve.com 

For last-minute information about the EAMT '98 Workshop or general
information regarding the EAMT, contact:

 European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT)
 54 route des Acacias, CH-1227 Carouge (Geneva), Switzerland
 Internet eamtcst.ku.dk
 www.lim.nl/eamt 

The European Association for Machine Translation is a nonprofit
association registered in Switzerland.

Colin Brace <cbracelim.nl>
Amsterdam
NL