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W3C announced the sixth MultilingualWeb workshop

W3C announced the sixth MultilingualWeb workshop in a series of events exploring the mechanisms and processes needed to ensure that the World Wide Web lives up to its potential around the world and across barriers of language and culture. To be held 12–13 March 2013 in Rome.

http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9584
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/en/documents/rome-workshop/rome-cfp

About "Google translate"

see the post on 

http://kv-emptypages.blogspot.com/2011/06/analysis-of-shutdown-announcements-of.html

Multilingual Web Sites Community Group

See http://www.w3.org/community/mws/

 

         The objective is to produce specifications to facilitate the use and creation of multilingual web sites. 

 

W3C Launches Work to Simplify Creation of Content in World's Languages

07 March 2012 | Archive

Today W3C announced new work to make it easier for people to create Web content in the world's languages. The lack of standards for exchanging information about translations is estimated to cost the industry as much as 20% more in translation costs, amounting to billions of dollars. In addition, barriers to distributing content in more than one language mean lost business. Multinational companies often need to translate Web content into dozens of languages simultaneously, and public bodies from Europe and India typically must communicate with citizens in many languages. As the Web becomes more diverse linguistically, translation demands will continue to grow.

The MultilingualWeb–LT (Language Technology) Working Group will develop standard ways to support the (automatic and manual) translation and adaptation of Web content to local needs, from its creation to its delivery to end users. Read the press release and learn more about the W3C Internationalization Activity. The MultilingualWeb-LT Working Group receives funding from the European Commission (project name LT-Web) through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

W3C Launches Work to Simplify Creation of Content in World's Languages

http://www.w3.org/ —7 March 2012— Many of the largest and most successful enterprises use the Web to reach customers around the world. Providing information in local languages is pivotal to their business. Today W3C announced new work to make it easier for people to create Web content in the world's languages. The new MultilingualWeb–LT (Language Technology) Working Group will develop standard ways to support the (automatic and manual) translation and adaptation of Web content to local needs, from its creation to its delivery to end users. 

 

See : http://www.w3.org/2012/02/mlw-lt.html.en

The Language Interoperability Portfolio

Linport Project

The Language Interoperability Portfolio (Linport)is a free format for packaging translation materials. The rationale is to specify an open, vendor-independent format that can be used by different programs.This rationale is similar to that of the Internet Message Format: one specification that has been implemented by many systems.

1st Linport Symposium

27 September 2011, Luxembourg

Hosted by the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission

Linport half-day informational working group meeting

10 October 2011, Santa Clara, California

Hosted by GALA in conjunction with Localization World Conference & Exhibits • More details…

• Current Work
• How to get involved with Linport
• Supporting organizations
• About
• Contact: info @linport.org

 

An introductory workshop to Apertium, a rule-based machine translation system

Source: http://apertium.eu/

This is an introductory workshop to Apertium, a rule-based machine translation system. The typical participant is expected to be a professional translator, with or without prior knowledge of machine translation, though the workshop is open to all EU officials. Theoretical presentations will be followed by hands-on practice; the emphasis will be on using Apertium for computer-aided translation. The workshop starts at 14:00 the 2nd May and it ends at 13:00 the 4th May.

• Objectives
• Registration
• Programme - programme overview
• Language pairs
• Venue
• Social evening
• Wiki main page

 

Google: The largest linguistic corpus of all time

Sources: 

http://blog.veronis.fr/2010/12/google-largest-linguistic-corpus-of-all.html (EN)

and 

http://blog.veronis.fr/2010/12/google-le-plus-grand-corpus.html (FR)

Google, Inc and the European Patent Office

Google, Inc., and the European Patent Office (EPO) have signed an agreement allowing the EPO to use Google's machine translation technology to translate patents into the languages of the 38 countries that it serves. In return, the EPO will provide Google with access to its translated patents, enabling Google to optimize its machine translation technology. Google technology will be used to translate patents originating in Europe as well as patents originating in other regions of the world and enjoying protection in Europe.

Source: www.multilingual.com

Translation: The many voices of the web

The internet: New combinations of human and computer translation are making web pages available in foreign languages from http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-quarterly/   Free download

The data deluge and how to handle it

Version française

A special and free report published in The Economist Febr, 27^th at

Download_The_Economist_Data_manage_2010_02

http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557507