2nd International Summer School in Translation Technology

KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Faculty of Arts – Campus Sint-Andries, Antwerp

4-8 September 2017

From the 4th until the 8th of September 2017, University of Leuven (KU Leuven) organises the 2nd International Translation Technology Summer School for language professionals who are looking for a practice-oriented and state-of-the-art introduction to translation and localisation processes, issues and tools.

In the last decades, technology has become an absolute necessity in meeting the global translation and communication needs. To increase their employability, the professionals selling translation services need to become tech-savvy and digital literate. The market offers a myriad of tools and resources that can be used in every step of the translation process: from the moment of quoting until the delivery step. But how can one know which tools and resources to include in their toolbox to optimise their translation/localisation workflow? During this one-week event, experienced trainers and experts from both the academic and the commercial world will answer this question through presentations, hands-on workshops, and use case scenarios.

Topics and components

How to set up your freelance translation business and market your services
Essential project management skills in the translation/localisation business
Terminology management and corpus query
Computer-assisted translation tools: desktop vs. cloud, commercial vs. open-source
Computer-assisted translation tools and exotic languages
Automatic speech recognition and CAT tools
Technical communication
Search engine optimisation
Website & software localisation
Machine translation and post-editing
Quality in translation
Train the trainers of translation technologies

Language of instruction and discussion

English

Maximum enrollment

40 participants

Deadline for enrollment

1 August 2017

Note: The registrations will close as soon as we have reached the maximum number of participants!

Certification

Certificate of attendance issued by the University of Leuven with 4 ECTS credits.

Venue

University of Leuven – Faculty of Arts
Campus Sint-Andries Antwerp
Sint-Andriesstraat 2
2000 Antwerp, Belgium

Tel: + 32 (0)3 502 15 00

All workshops will take place in the skills lab of campus Sint-Andries in Antwerp, where every computer is equipped with modern publishing and authoring tools (Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign and Photoshop), CAT tools (SDL Trados Studio 2015, Kilgray memoQ 2015, OmegaT, Memsource, MadCap Flare), terminology tools (SDL MultiTerm, i-Term), localisation tools (Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Expression, Alchemy Catalyst, SDL Passolo, CoffeeCup, Yamagata QA Distiller), Machine Translation platform (KantanMT) and a subtitling system (SWIFT).

PROGRAMME COMMITTTEE

Ken de Wachter, Research Associate and CAT tools trainer

Prof. Isabelle Delaere, Translation and Technology Research Group

Prof. Kris Heylen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Prof. Hendrik Kockaert, Campus Dean

Shana Michiels, Coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in Specialised Translation

Prof. Frieda Steurs, Terminology and Specialised Translation

Iulianna van der Lek-Ciudin, Research Associate and CAT tools trainer

Prof. Cornelia Wermuth, Head of the Translation and Technology Research group

ADVISORY BOARD

Birgitta Meex, Tekom Belgium

Raymund Prins, Director of Global Textware and treasurer of VViN