Space-x, An Exchange Forum on Information Design for Visually Impaired People, will be held on October 25-26, 2010 in Vienna, Austria.
The forum will investigate the contribution of information design to make space more accessible and enjoyable for visually impaired people. This design approach must fulfill the requirements of functionality but at the same time, space-x introduces the aspect of aesthetics in barriere-free design. The experience of public space, private space, work environment space, public transport space and sports spce will be approached from an intercultural East-West perspective.
This is an exchange forum in cooperation with the Austrian Relief Organisation for Visually Impaired and the Japan Sign Design Association.
CALL FOR PAPERS ** DEADLINE: April 19 2010.
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Event, Information design
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
The ITC SIG business meeting at the upcoming STC Summit is scheduled as follows.
Monday, May 3
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Meeting Room: Cumberland E
Contact: Traci Nathans-Kelly
The schedule is still being adjusted. If there is a change, it will be posted here.
STC News
Event, Localization, Technical communication, Translation
Neil Perlin is bringing “Beyond the Bleeding Edge” back to the Summit this year in Dallas. This session presents summaries of technologies and methodologies that are too new or unusual to fit into traditional Summit sessions–and Neil is looking for presenters.
Is there a technology or methodology you’d like to discuss? Can you share experiences in using XML or machine translation technologies? Do you have unique approaches to assuring effective communication across cultures? Share your experiences! See the full description of Beyond the Bleeding Edge on STC’s Notebook at for details and instructions on how to submit a proposal.
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Event, Localization, Technical communication, Translation
The full preliminary program for the STC Summit to be held in Dallas May 2 – 5 is now online.
Visit the program page to see the available sessions. You can register online.
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Event, Localization, Technical communication, Translation
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
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
Do you ever wonder what authoring tools to use for developing e-learning? In this webinar, three experienced users will demonstrate authoring tools, showing features as well as giving pros and cons. You’ll learn about Captivate, Articulate, and ProForma.
Join the Instructional Design and Learning SIG of STC, Wednesday, March 17, for the e-Learning Authoring Tools Panel to see a 15-20 minute demonstration of each tool followed by a Q&A session. Read on for the features and benefits that will be demonstrated and general questions that will answered.
Time
- 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Eastern Time
- 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Central Time
- 11:30 – 1:00 pm, Mountain Time
- 10:30 – 12:00 pm, Pacific Time
Cost
- $20 member of the Instructional Design and Learning Special Interest Group (IDL SIG
- $30 STC Member – Join the IDL SIG to break even on this Webinar, and save money on future Webinars
- $70 Non Member – Consider joining the Society for Technical Communication (STC) today to receive member pricing for this Webinar as well as other STC benefits. http://www.stc.org/membership/
Register and pay at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/724890258
Read more…
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Event, Training
Optimizing the Source Using Translation Memory
Presented by Joseph Campo, manager of technical documentation at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp. in Concord, MA
Tuesday, 23 March
1:00-2:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Registration and details
About this webinar:
How many times have you written something and known that you wrote something similar, but can’t remember where it was or how it was written? So you write a new sentence. If you could only find that text and replicate it, you would save money and time for your translation team by reusing already-translated text strings and would produce more consistent documentation. This webinar describes a pilot project that tested a potential solution to this issue using translation memory to optimize the source documentation.
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Event, Translation
The next virtual watercooler chat for STC Technical Editing SIG members is coming up next week. In this chat, you will have a chance to discuss the topic of “Collaborative Authoring with Wikis” by chatting with other participants. This is an encore presentation of the same topic as January’s chat, offered at a time convenient for members in Australia and India.
Bring your questions and ideas about the topic in general: collaborative authoring in wikis, where the editor fits in, and how standard editing techniques apply. Janice Gelb will moderate the session, both answering questions and directing general conversation about the topic, but not giving a formal presentation.
When:
Sydney, Australia: March 4, 2010 at 14:00
Bangalore, India: March 4, 2010 at 08:30
San Jose, California: March 3, 2010 at 19:00
UTC (GMT): March 4, 2010 at 03:00:00
Preparation:
• Prepare a few questions or comments about the topic. Be ready to participate in the discussion, not just “listen.”
• Test the chat software at least one day before the session, by signing into the SIG chat page: http://www.stc-techedit.org/Chat (STC Technical Editing SIG members only. You can add the SIG to your STC membership.)
More Information about the watercooler chat:
http://www.stc-techedit.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=105
Moderator Introduction:
Janice Gelb has been a senior technical editor at Sun Microsystems for 18 years. She was the project lead for three major revisions of the “Sun Editorial Style Guide” and for all three editions of “Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry.” She has a BS in Journalism with a specialty in editing from the University of Florida and has worked as a senior editor at Ashton-Tate and at Scitex Corporation.
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Event, Social media
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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