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25th-26th October 2006
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How to automate your localisation process while maintaining quality and achieving return on investment is the central theme of this year’s 11th Annual Conference organized by the LRC. The conference will be held in Dublin, in cooperation with the European Union funded IGNITE project, and aims to provide an insight into how linguistic resources can be employed in an automated localisation environment. Click on the links in the programme to view conference presentations or click here to view pictures from the conference |
| Wednesday 25 October 2006 - European Foundation Building, Loughlinstown, Dublin | |
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08:30 |
Registration |
09:00 |
Session 1: Awards Presentation Opening
- Once Upon a Time in Dublin Keynote 1: - CLDR - Locales for the World Lisa Moore, IBM National Language Competency Center |
10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 |
Session 2: Translation Quality and Automation Quality
Control when Localising Marketing Texts Automating
Translation in the Localisation Factory |
12:50 |
Lunch Break |
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14:00 |
Session 3: Outside the Mainstream Designing
a Virtual Training Environment for Localisation The Effects of the Localisation of FOSS in a
Sophisticated Developing World Economy WordForge |
15:40 |
Break |
| 16:00 |
Interactive Translation vs Pre-translation in the Context of Translation Memory Systems: Investigating the effects of translation method on productivity, quality and translator satisfaction - Winner of 2006 Best Thesis Award Julian Wallis, University of Ottawa |
16:25 |
Session 4: New Media Localisation How
Much do the Audio Visual Subtitling and Localisation
Industries Have in Common
Evolution of Online Communication Localisation
in the Age of Media Convergence |
17:30 |
Closing Session |
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19:30-22:30 |
Conference Dinner - Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel sponsored by IGNITE
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| Thursday 26 October 2006 - European Foundation Building, Loughlinstown, Dublin | |
09:00 |
Session 1 Welcome |
10:00 |
Coffee Break |
10:30 |
Session 2: Process Automation Localisation
Process Management and Workflow Control Using XLIFF
Files Automating
the HTML Localisation Process: An Implementation Using
a Java Internationalisation Appproach Automating
Globalisation |
13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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14:00 |
Session 3: The Ignite Project The
IGNITE Project - Linguistic Infrastructure for
Localisation: Language Data, Tools and Standards &
IGNITE - The Localisation Factory; A
Demonstration |
15:00 |
Break |
15:15 |
Session 4: Panel Discussion - Workflow and Process
Automation
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16:45 |
Close |
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The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) provides a comprehensive information service to the localisation industry; conducts research and development in localisation and related areas, such as language engineering; produces a range of publications including Localisation Focus - the International Journal of Localisation; and oversees a number of education and training programs.
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*Programme may be subject to change
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