The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) has announced the LRC XV Conference – Brave New World: The Future of Localisation Services, September 23-24, 2010 in Limerick, Ireland.
The First International XLIFF Symposium (XML Localisation Interchange File Format) will be held on September 22, 2010 in Limerick, preceding the LRC conference.
This is an opportunity to present your work with XLIFF and to discuss XLIFF’s future development. Submissions for presentations are due by May 15. Details are posted on the LRC site.
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Event, Localization, XML
In January the Shenzhen Association for Quality and the China office of the American Societ for Quality held a quality forum in Shenzhen, China. The forum invited participants to learn about quality development. Approximately 300 attendees heard Kevin Wu, ASQ China general manager; Peter Shi, ASQ member and employee at Nokia Siemens Networks Corp.; and Lestie Carey, organizational change specialist share their experiences. Learn more about the forum on the ASQ website.
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China, Quality
SCMLA 67th Annual Convention, October 28-30, 2010
Sheraton Forth Worth Hotel and Spa
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
For more information vist http://www.ou.edu/scmla/
For information on the technical writing and other sessions, download http://www.ou.edu/scmla/2-25-10.doc
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Event, Technical writing
7-9 June 2010
Hotel Maritim ProArte, Berlin, Germany
Ulrich Henes and Donna Parrish are finalizing the program for Localization World Berlin and will let us know when the program is published. Get a first look at parts of the great program being planned. There is an ad for the conference listing some of the program offerings; see it before it appears in print.
Visit http://localizationworld.com for details as they are available.
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Event, Localization
A Facebook site announces the forthcoming English-language translation competition held by the European Commission for EU nationals who translate into English. You must have a Facebook account to see this site. The purpose of the competition is to recruit English-language translators into the EU institutions.
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Europe, Translation
GALA is offering webinars of interest, including one by SIG members Hans Fenstermacher and Aki Ito.
Setting up Localization Collaboration in a Global Market
Thursday, 4 March, 11:00 EST
Sneak preview for the GALA 2010 workshop by Jean-Luc Mazet (Hewlett-Packard)
http://www.gala-global.org/gala-webinar-setting-localization-collaboration-global-market
Easy Translation Management with memoQ 4.0
Thursday, 11 March, 11:00 EST
Tool Demonstration by Istvan Lengyel (Kilgray Translation Technologies)
http://www.gala-global.org/gala-webinar-easy-translation-management-memoq-40
Managing Artwork Localization and Versioning of Language by Artwork
Thursday, 25 March, 11:00 EDT
Tool Demonstration by Luke Alexandre (StorePOINT International)
http://www.gala-global.org/gala-webinar-managing-artwork-localization-and-versioning-language-artwork
Prague Meeting Primer: Taking Stock of Your Business
Thursday, 8 April, 11:00 EDT
Primer for the GALA 2010 workshop,
“Not Your Same Old Differentiators: How LSPs Can REALLY Stand Out”
by Gordon Husbands (Wordbank), Hans Fenstermacher (TransPerfect / Translations.com) and Aki Ito (TOIN Corporation)
http://www.gala-global.org/gala-webinar-taking-stock-your-business
Effective Localization Workforce Management
Thursday, 22 April, 11:00 EDT
Presentation by John Watkins, ENLASO Corporation
http://www.gala-global.org/gala-webinar-effective-localization-workforce-management
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Artwork, Business, Event, Internationalization, Localization, Translation
Registration is open for the 2010 conference of the Globalization and Localization Association, GALA.
The Global Community: Capturing Customers Worldwide
10-12 May 2010
InterContintental Hotel, Prague
http://www.gala-global.org/conference
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Event, Internationalization, Localization, Translation
Follow this link to an interesting article that reports on how jargon can actually be a detriment to security. Perhaps it is a lesson to us all…
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Communication, Simplified English
“Human Work Interaction Design: Usability in Social Cultural Contexts” edited by Dinesh Katre, Rikke Orngreen, Pradeep Yammiyawar, and Torkil Clemmensen has been listed on Amazon as due for release in March 2010. The book is published by Springer Verlag in the series of IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (AICT).
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Cross-cultural context, Resource, Usability
Aalto on Tracks is taking a hundred Aalto University students and other people on a private train from Helsinki to Shanghai World Expo, China, on May 5 and 6, 2010. The trip of over 10,000 kilometers will feature educational activities the whole way, with virtual participation for those who can’t make the trip. Read about the trip on the Aalto on Tracks site, http://aaltoontracks.com/about/
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Education, Event
The Worldware Conference takes place March 16-18, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California, USA.
The theme of the Worldware Conference is “The ROI of Software Internationalization.” This conference explores methodologies to get international product releases out on time and on budget. Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.worldwareconference.com/
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Event, Internationalization
The 18th Annual WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance will be held in Seattle, Washington, from March 21 to 24, 2010.
http://www.writersua.com/index.html
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Event
As part of STC’s memberships in the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA), STC has the opportunity to nominate experts to join the working group for the new Simplified English international standard. Details are posted on STC’s Notebook:
http://notebook.stc.org/nominations-for-simplified-english-international-standard-working-group/
Anyone interested should contact Annette Reilly, STC Standards Council Manager, annette.d.reilly@lmco.com, by 13 November with a brief statement of experience and qualifications in this area.
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Simplified English, Standards
i-manager of India has announced the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Educational Technology will focus on Ethics, Learning Design, and Consequences of IT in Educational Technology. Topics include:
- Education and Development
- Design Theory and Research
- Organization Theory
- Strategy and IS
- Human Behavior and IT
- Human Computer Interaction
- Alternative Systems Development
- Global Information Systems Management
- Extreme Innovation
- Learning Design for Innovative Pedagogies
- Transforming Student Learning with Learning Design
- Learning Design
- Design for Learning and Other Theoretical Approaches
- Using Learning Design for Strategic Change in Education
- Teacher Educators and Learning Design
Contributions are invited. Contact the editor, editor_jet@imanagerpublications.com, for the full call for papers.
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Call for papers, Education, India, Training
A report has been posted on the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) HWID 2009 Working Conference on Usability in Social, Cultural and Organizational Contexts held on October 7-8, 2009, Pune, India.
The theme of Cultural Usability and Human Work Interaction Design was very timely and relevant for India, given the increasing investment by the government in e-governance, e-learning, e-health and applications of information systems to empower the rural and agricultural population of India. Cultural usability is also highly relevant to the work of information technology in India in providing solutions for customers world wide.
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Cross-cultural context, Event, India, Interaction design, Social media, Training, Usability
