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LRC XIII – The Localisation Research Forum Localisation4All

The 13th Annual Conference of the Localisation Research Centre ▪ 02-03 October 2008 ▪ Marino Institute ▪ Dublin. LRC XIII – The Localisation Research Forum Localisation4All. Keynote Speakers Kate Losse, Facebook (USA) Lori Thicke, Lexcelera (France). Contributions from

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LRC XIII – The Localisation Research Forum Localisation4All

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  1. The 13th Annual Conference of the Localisation Research Centre ▪ 02-03 October 2008 ▪Marino Institute ▪Dublin LRC XIII – The Localisation Research ForumLocalisation4All Keynote Speakers Kate Losse, Facebook (USA) Lori Thicke, Lexcelera (France) Contributions from CNGL, Dublin City University, Facebook, Independent Experts, Lexcelera, Microsoft, Moravia Worldwide, Project ]Open[, Symantec, TEK Translations, Trinity College Dublin, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, University of Limerick TM Reinhard Schäler Director University of Limerick Reinhard.Schaler@ul.ie www.localisation.ie

  2. House Rules – Tips - Requests • House rules • No smoking • Please switch off your mobile telephones • Resist the temptation to use your computer • Coffee breaks, Lunch, Meeting-up • Tips • If you need a taxi, please check well in advance with reception • Local public transport information available at reception desk • Requests • All speakers, please meet ahead of your session at the “front desk” • We will record the sessions and make them available on localisation.ie

  3. Agenda • Main conference programme • Announcement of Awards • 01 Oct 2008: 10:30 • Reception – Meeting-up • The Bank, 20:00 • Public transport • Reception • Airport

  4. LRC Conferences • 2004 Open Source Localisation • 2005 The Global Initiative for Local Computing • 2006 The Localisation Factory • 2007 The Localisation Research Forum

  5. Day 1 – Localisation Upate

  6. Day 2 – Localisation4All

  7. Session I The Localisation Decision The Enterprise Localisation DecisionJames Grealis, Symantec Corporation The Consumer Localisation DecisionDaniel Goldschmidt, Internationalization and localization expert

  8. The LRC Awards • The 12th LRC Best Thesis Award • Sponsored by Symantec & CNGL • The 6th LRC Best Scholar Award • Sponsored by con[text] & CNGL • The Panel • Dr Arthur Cater (Senior Lecturer, UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics) • Mr Tony Jewtushenko (Director- R&D - Product Innovator Ltd., Ireland) • Dr Fred Hollowood (Director R&D Language Services, Symantec Corporation)

  9. The Best Thesis Awards • 1997 Pat O’Sullivan (University College Dublin) • 1998 Bróna Collins (Trinity College Dublin) • 1999 Yvonne Cleary (University of Limerick) • 2000 Pat O’Sullivan (University of Limerick) • 2001 Noelia Corte Fernández (City University London, UK) • 2002 John Papaioannou (University of Warwick, UK) • 2003 Francie Gow (University of Ottawa, Canada) • 2004 Huatong Sun (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) • 2005 Asgeir Frimannsson (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) • 2006 Julian Wallis (University of Ottawa, Canada) • 2007 Federico Gaspari (University of Manchester, U.K.)

  10. The 2008 12th Best Thesis Award • Runner-up • Data-Driven Machine Translation for Sign Languages, submitted to the School of Computing at Dublin City University in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), under the supervision of Prof. Andy Way, by Sara Morrissey

  11. The 2008 12th Best Thesis Award • Winner • Readability and Controlled Language: does the study of readability have merit in the field of controlled language, and is readability increased by applying controlled-language rules to texts?, dissertation submitted to Dublin City University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA in Translation Studies, under the supervision of Dr Sharon O’Brien, by Patrick Cadwell

  12. The Best Scholar Awards • 2003 Aoife O’Gorman (University of Limerick, Ireland) • 2004 Manuel Mata Pastor (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain) • 2005 Abdalghani Mushtaha (Free University of Brussels) • 2006 Miguel Bernal (University of Roehampton, UK) • 2007 Asgeir Frimannsson (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

  13. The 2008 6th Best Scholar Award • The title of the proposed research project is Productivity and quality in the post-editing of outputs from translation memories and machine translation, to be supervised by Prof. Anthony Pym, PhD program in Translation and Intercultural Studies, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain. The researcher and winner of the 2008 LRC Best Scholar Award is Ana Guerberof Arenas.

  14. Session II Localisation – from Open Standards to Open Source Open standards in use in localisation - an engineering approachAndres Vega, Tek Translations The Race for Open SourceFrank Bergmann, Project Open & Tiny Tm

  15. Session III Streamlining the process Process Automation at LSPs – It Ain’t Just About the ToolsDavid Filip, Moravia Worldwide Systemic localisation validation across languages Martin Ørsted, Microsoft Ireland

  16. Session IV In no uncertain terms… Checking Terminology Consistency with Statistical MethodsAlfredo Maldonado, Masaki Itagaki, Microsoft EDC Automation of terminology tasks using T-ManagerRafael Guzmán, Symantec

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