’to Google’, ’to Facebook’, and now ’to TAUS’ TAUS webinar. Tuesday 13 March, 2012.

1. ‘to Google’, ‘to Facebook’ and now ‘to TAUS’
From Ideas to Implementation
March, 2012

2. Hosts
Jaap van der Meer, director
Rahzeb Choudhury, operations director
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3. Session objectives
Background
Current and future activity
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4. Definitions
‘to Google’ – To search for information on the worldwide web
using the leading search engine - Google
‘to Facebook’ - To spend time on the largest global social
network - Facebook
And now ‘to TAUS’……
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5. ‘to TAUS’ – To think…..
….about translation technologies and strategies…
..to challenge the status quo..
..to think beyond the here and now…
..to see the bigger picture…
..to stay in control of your destiny…
…we invite you to join us on this journey…..
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6. ‘to TAUS’ – To think…….
…..mission statement…
…part 1…
‘TAUS is an innovation think tank and interoperability watchdog
for the translation industry.
We envision translation as a standard feature, a ubiquitous
service. Like the internet, electricity and water, translation is one
of the basic needs of human civilization.’
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7. ‘to TAUS’ – To think……
Publications
Translation in Turmoil (2006)
Localization Business Innovation (2008)
Innovation and Interoperability Roadmap (2009)
..content explosion…machine translation…innovation…open
platforms…collaborative translation…language data sharing…
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8. ‘to TAUS’ – To think…….
Publications
Translation in the 21st Century Article Series (2010)
Imagine Series of Articles (2010)
….perspectives…from the outside.…the scientists…the
buyer…the service provider….the translator…the graduate…
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9. ‘to TAUS’ – To think……
Publications
Scenario Based Planning – Planning for an uncertain future
(2010)
Enterprise Language Strategy (2010)
Dynamic Quality Evaluation (2011)
….understand…define…design…implement…..control your
destiny…to grow
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10. ‘to TAUS’ – To think…….
Events
Translation as a utility (Brussels, 2007)
Competitive forces in industry (Portland, 2009)
Scenario Based Planning – Planning for an uncertain future
(Copenhagen, Portland, 2010)
Enterprise Language Strategy (Maastricht, 2010)
Open Space (Santa Clara, 2011)
Eight things to change (Paris 2012)
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11. ‘to TAUS’ – To think….
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12. ‘to TAUS’ – ………….
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13. ‘to TAUS’ – ….….
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14. ‘to TAUS’ – ……….
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15. ‘to TAUS’ – To act……
…to shape the industry in your image……
….to be open…
…..to share….
….to control your destiny….
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16. ‘to TAUS’ – To act……
…mission statement….
…part 2…
‘Our mission is to increase the size and significance of the
translation industry…….’
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17. ‘to TAUS’ – To act……..
Publications
How to implement SMT (2010)
How to increase your leveraging (2007, 2010)
Post editing guidelines (2010)
Manager’s Guide to Implementing Open Source MT (2011)
Moses Users – Experiences and requirements (2011)
TAUS Translation API (2012)
Quarterly Interoperability Watchdog Bulletin
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18. ‘to TAUS’ – To act……..
Events
TAUS Data (2008)
Open Translation Platforms (2009)
Let a thousand MT systems bloom (2010)
Open technology exchange (2011)
Moses Showcases (2012, Monaco, Paris, Beijing, Seattle)
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19. ‘to TAUS’ – To act……
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20. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs - Shared Research and Development
Member driven action lines:
Dynamic Translation Quality
Interoperability
Open Source MT
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21. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Dynamic Translation Quality
….we need to go up and down in quality – industry use of
quality evaluation models and metrics need to reflect this…
..we need industry benchmarking to strengthen and raise the
credibility of quality assurance processes…
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22. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Dynamic Translation Quality
Members currently involved in this project:
CA Technologies, Cisco, DELL, eBay/PayPal, EMC, Google, HP,
Medtronic, Microsoft, Philips, PTC, Oracle, Siemens, SpiI Games
Yahoo!
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23. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
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24. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
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25. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
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26. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Dynamic Translation Quality
Q2 2012 – Dashboard available to members
Q2 2012 – Productivity testing and quality evaluation tools
available in beta
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27. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Interoperability
….fundamental building block for automation and
innovation…
..existing approaches to developing standards are
monolithic, take too long…the market inevitably finds its own
solutions….
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28. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Interoperability
….there are a range of legacy issues as well as others on the
horizon…
..our primary focus is on current and emerging issues….
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29. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Interoperability – Translation Services API
…start with the most common/simple scenarios and build
from there….
…gather feedback…provide test beds…release
early…release often…
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30. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Interoperability – Translation Services API
Members currently involved in this project:
AVB Vertalingen,CrossLang, Google, Straker
Software, Translated.net, Trusted Translations
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31. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Interoperability – Translation API
Mar 2012 – Publish Proposal for review by all
and gather feedback
April 2012 – Provide a testbed for all at www.tauslabs.com
….build from there…
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32. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Open Source MT
…evolution of our role as evangelist and educator about
machine translation…
….barriers to adoption have come down significantly….but
this remains a complex area…
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33. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
Labs
Open Source MT
…. users try to grow languages and tackle more complex
scenarios…
….there’s a growing need for shared R&D…qualitative and
quantitative benchmarks…
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34. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…….
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35. ‘to TAUS’ – To act……
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36. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…..
Tracker
Translation and Language Technology
Directories
Free directories for TMS…MT…and many other language
technologies to support automation
Granular listings to help you make informed decisions. User
feedback and will become multilingual in 2012
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37. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…..
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38. ‘to TAUS’ – To act……
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39. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…..
Data
Language data sharing and term search
To improve translation quality, automation and fuel innovation
Open access to data in a legal framework. Avoid data lock-in.
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40. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…..
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41. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…..
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42. ‘to TAUS’ – To act…..
Data
Language data sharing and term search
Engines now on the market or in production that were built
using language data from this industry platform:
Adobe, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Applied Language
Solutions, Pangeanic, Milengo, Asia
Online, iTranslate, PROMT, Safaba, SAIC, CrossLang, Tilde, SDL, Li
onbridge, Logrus and many more
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43. ‘to TAUS’ – To deliver….
On informed decisions….
….mission statement…
Part 3..
‘…TAUS supports entrepreneurs and principals in the translation
industry to share and define new strategies through a
comprehensive range of events, publications and knowledge
tools.’
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45. Amsterdam Team
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46. Team also includes
• Andrew Joscelyne, Publications
• Prof. Dr. Klemens Waldhör, Interoperability
• Dr. Nora Aranberri Monasterio, Dynamic Quality
• Yan Yu, Andrew Pimlott, Kevin Lew, TAUS Data
• Donna Parish, TAUS Data
• Anthony Wong, South East Asia Representative
• Tetsuzo Nakamura, Representative in Japan
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47. We work with:
Industry associations
TAC
Joint research with academic partners for translation optimization:
Representation and collaboration with standards organizations:
Collaboration with professional translators’ network:
Collaboration with synergystic industry associations:
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48. ‘To….’
‘to Google’ – To search for information on the worldwide web
using the leading search engine - Google
‘to Facebook’ – To spend time on the largest global social
network - Facebook
‘To TAUS’ is to think, act, deliver on translation strategies
and technologies to help the world communicate better.
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49. We invite you to join us on this
journey….Let us keep up this spirit and
grow momentum together…
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