The Big Wave

By: Konstantin Dranch With barely over a hundred delegates, the European Language Industry Association events are sometimes overshadowed by more crowded gatherings. But size isn’t everything, indeed, one quickly realizes at ELIA ND. There is great value in the intense and motivating communication that only a smaller group can offer. “Kitchen talk” Unlike most conferences, [...]

By: Sergio Alasia As stated by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the main purpose of standardization is to allow interoperability and freedom of choice for buyers in a multi-vendor, multi-network, multi-service context. In particular, Language Service Providers (LSPs) cannot afford to allow their increasingly demanded services not to meet at least some unified industry [...]

  Di: Mario Spoto «Pronto? Siete voi quelli del Traduttore Automatico?» «Buongiorno, sono il responsabile dei prodotti di traduzione automatica. Sì, abbiamo diversi prodotti di traduzione automatica…» «Sono il ragionier Brambilla della ditta Brambilla. Volevo sapere se il vostro traduttore automatico può risolvermi questo problema: ho qui in azienda una signora che mi traduce i [...]

By: Orlando Chiarello This article has the purpose of discussing the role of standards in written communication. Since the creation of international organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union, the need for a common code became evident. English soon became the international language of politics, business and travel, and controlled languages were [...]

By: David Canek, CEO, MemSource Technologies This year the Globalization and Localization Association’s annual conference took place in Monte Carlo. According to Wikipedia, Monte Carlo “is widely known for its casino and its prominence”. Also, the Principality of Monaco is one of the few European tax havens. With no personal income tax, it attracts a [...]

By: Kirti Vashee The issue of standards continues to come up in the translation industry and most people agree that they are needed for the evolution of the translation industry. It is increasingly clear that global businesses will require various different standards to cope with the increasing volumes of translation, the decreasing timeframes to get [...]

By: Pete Thomas It’s an unusual sci-fi story that isn’t based on the fears about the future. And The Matrix is not an unusual sci-fi story. In the first part of this highly successful trilogy, a super-computer has imprisoned the entire human race in a virtual reality. Behind the facade, and without knowing it, everybody [...]