RE: Machine Translation Users Workshop
in conjunction with AMTA-2000
Dear all,
At the request of Laurie Gerber and Mary Flanagan, organizers of the MT
Users Workshop indicated below, I am forwarding this call for papers to all
of my contacts in the area of language technologies, technical writing,
translation and localization. My apologies if you receive this message in
addition to copies of it distributed on various e-lists.
Best,
Jeff Allen
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Call for Papers <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Machine Translation Users Workshop
in conjunction with AMTA-2000
October 10, 2000
Mision del Sol, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Machine Translation Users: From Old Guard to Vanguard 60
Even more than MT developers, users are at the forefront of
innovation in machine translation applications. The pro-
liferation of Internet, intranet and speech applications of
MT, including translated search, cross-language information
retrieval, and translation of e-mail, chat and real-time
news has been driven by users responding to the market's
increasing demands for globalization of information.
The profile of the MT user in the year 2000 is very
different from what MT developers envisioned as recently as
10 years ago. Nonetheless, the traditional application of MT
as a translation productivity tool endures, and is in fact
thriving in many companies. The two sectors of usage have a
number of opposing characteristics, such as assimilation vs
dissemination, differing volume and turnaround considerations,
pricing structures and user populations.
Internet applications have received the lion's share of press
attention and development focus from MT vendors in recent
years, perhaps to the detriment of more traditional applications.
But will unedited Internet MT eventually crash and burn on the
tarmac of user acceptance? Or will the traditional MT user
simply fade away, a victim of the focus shift to the Internet
on the part of MT vendors and translation consumers? Better
still, can both types of user thrive and contribute mutually
to the other's success? Who will be the MT user of 2010?
MT Users are invited to submit papers addressing the
conference theme or describing their use of MT. Papers should
not exceed 10 pages and should be prepared using 12pt font.
Authors of accepted papers will be invited to make a 20 minute
presentation of their paper at the Workshop.
Submissions should include title page containing:
� Title
� Author's name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail and
company or university affiliation
� A one paragraph abstract,
� A list of keywords (if any) used in the paper
Format requirements are are:
� Microsoft Word 6.0 or higher or Rich Text (RTF)
� 12pt Arial font
� 1" margins
Deadlines and Submission Instructions:
Submissions are due August 11, 2000. Acceptance decisions will
be submitted no later than August 25, and final versions of
accepted papers are due by September 11.
Papers must be submitted by e-mail to BOTH addresses below:
Mary Flanagan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laurie Gerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Main conference site:
http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/conferences/amta2000
Venue site:
http://www.misiondelsol.com.mx
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