A TAUS Round Table
Introduction
An invited group of experts from academia, government, and business from Asia, Europe and North America to discuss:
- Definitions of full and light postediting
- Client acceptance guidelines
- Productivity/Quality ratios
The ultimate objective is to arrive at a set of good practices that may serve as guidance for so many in the translation industry exploring this new territory.
Schedule
Postediting Guidelines
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
Governor Hotel, Portland (OR), USA
Approach and timeline
| 2010 | |
| August |
Survey determined the markets willingness to contribute |
| August | Experts invited |
| September | Analysis |
| October | Invited experts meet in Portland |
| November | Consultation to review draft guidelines |
| 2011 | |
| January |
Publish and start disseminating guidelines |
Working Group
| Role | |
| Fred Hollowood, Symantec, and TAUS Advisory Board | Advisor |
| Sharon O'Brien, Dublin City University | Advisor |
| Rahzeb Choudhury, TAUS | Coordinator |
| Jaap van der Meer, TAUS | Supervisor |
Participants
- Melissa Biggs, Oracle
- Rahzeb Choudhury, TAUS
- Christine Duran, Adobe
- David Filip, Moravia
- Fred Hollowood, Symantec and TAUS
- Eri Imai, EMC
- Paul Mangell, AlphaCRC
- Xavier Maza, iDisc and Post Editing Service Group Manager LinkedIn
- Michael Metzger, American Translators Association
- Sharon O'Brien, Dublin City University
- Phil Ritchie, Vistatec
- Martin Roberts, Linguistic Systems
- Hajnalka Sarvari, Microsoft
- Joseph Starnes, Milengo
- Willem Stoeller, Lingotek
- Pablo Vazquez, Cisco
- Elia Yuste, Pangeanic
Reviewers
- Stakeholders from government, academia, freelancers, and sectors not represented at round table meeting
- TAUS Members
- Respondents to survey
If you want to know more about this initiative please contact Rahzeb Choudhury at rahzeb(at)translationautomation.com
Related resources
REPORTS | BEST PRACTICES
Postediting in Practice
EVENTS | WORKSHOPS
Best practices for postediting
ARTICLES | BEST PRACTICES
Is there a need for global postediting guidelines?
