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September 2003 |
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Click here for a copy of this month's LRC electronic newsletter Introduction of a Subscription Fee for Localisation Focus From this month onwards, there will be a subscription fee of €20.00/$20.00 per year introduced for the LRC's quarterly magazine, Localisation Focus. Note: This charge will not apply to anybody who is a member of The Institute of Localisation Professionals - TILP.Additionally, past issues of the magazine are now only available online to magazine subscribers (who can find the required username and password inside each issue of the magazine). Find out why... LRC Staff travel around Europe giving free courses As part of the EU-funded ELECT project, members of the LRC are running a series of free 2-day foundation courses in eContent Internationalisation and Localisation during this month. The courses will be held in four European cities - Munich, Madrid, Prague and Athens. A limited number of places are still available, so register today... Job Vacancies in the Localisation Industry The LRC have recently been notified of several job openings in the localisation industry. LRC Conference 2003 The 8th Annual LRC Conference will take place from 17-19 November, 2003, in the O'Reilly Hall, Dublin. Click here for further details. Presentations and Photographs from the 3rd LRC International Summer School The 3rd Annual LRC International Summer School took place in the University of Limerick, Ireland from June 3-6, 2003. Speakers' presentations and photographs from the summer school are now available. 7th Annual LRC Best Thesis Award sponsored by Symantec Ireland The LRC announces the seventh annual award for the best thesis on a localisation-related topic, again generously sponsored by Symantec Ireland Ltd. Students who have completed a thesis on a relevant theme within the past two years are invited to submit their work to the LRC for consideration. The award offers a grand prize of €1,200 plus a copy of Norton Internet Security 2003. For more information, click here. 1st ELECT LRC European Localisation Scholar Award As part of the ELECT project, the LRC are launching another annual award, namely the ELECT LRC European Localisation Scholar Award. This industry sponsored scholarship, sponsored by IBM, is open to postgraduate researchers at European third-level institutions. The scholarship is given based on the submission of competitive proposals. Click here for further details. |