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LRC XIII
Localisation4All

The 13th Annual Internationalisation and Localisation Conference 
organised by the Localisation Research Centre (LRC)
with the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL)

02-03 October 2008
Marino Institute of Education, 
Dublin, Ireland

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LRC XIII, the 13th Internationalisation and Localisation Conference organised by the Localisation Research Centre, took place on 02-03 October 2008 at the Marino Institute of Education in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland with a pre-conference day taking place in Dublin on 01 October. The theme for this conference was Localisation4All, and the conference focused on the provision of quality localisation services for people world-wide.

 

Day 2 - Localisation4All

Friday 03 October 2008 - Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dromcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Official Opening
Josef van Genabith, Director CNGL
Keynote1
Facebook - Achieving Quality in a Crowd-sourced Translation Environment
Kate Losse, Facebook (USA)
Session 1: Localisation and Social Networking 
Introduced by Vincent Wade, Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
 
Localisation, Personalisation and Social Networking
Vincent Wade (TCD)
Using community feedback to improve social networking terminology in Microsoft products. 
Sara Nicolini,
Palle Petersen, Microsoft EDC
Session 2: Localisation and Language Technologies 
Introduced by Andy Way, Dublin City University (DCU)
 
Speech and Language Technologies in the Next Generation - Andy Way, DCU
Linguistic Comparison and Analysis of Statistical Post-Editing between Chinese and Japanese
Midori Tatsumi,
Yanli Sun, DCU
Keynote 2
Unlocking Knowledge - Localisation4All
Lori Thicke, Lexcelera (France)
Session 3: Localisation4All - Introduced by Reinhard Schäler  
The Open Localisation Platform - Reinhard Schäler, LRC
Sarawak Language Technology (SaLT) Initiative: The preservation of Sarawak Ethnic Languages
Alvin Yeo, UNIMAS

 

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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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