Language Weaver to Present & Exhibit at Localization World Europe

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hannah Grap, one of Language Weaver's resident translation technology specialists, will address a range of Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) topics during a Localization World Europe pre-conference workshop in Berlin on June 9^th, 2008. Translation solution provider Language Weaver will also exhibit at the event (Booth #14), which will take place June 10^th-11^th at the Maritim proArte Hotel in Berlin.

Localization World Europe brings together international product and marketing managers from high-technology, automotive, medical, financial and manufacturing services industries to accelerate global business through easy access to resources for crossing language and cultural barriers. Language Weaver's Hannah Grap will present during the following workshop:

Statistical Machine Translation—Theory & Practice.

Monday, June 9^th, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CEST

Following 50 years of research and development, machine translation (MT) is now arriving at the workspace of localization and customer support professionals. New promises in translation automation are made on the basis of statistical approaches. Translation memories, accumulated over more than a decade of localization activities, represent a new value as training data for MT. Statistical machine translation (SMT) is making serious inroads in everyday applications such as search, multilingual support and localization. The list of providers includes big names such as Microsoft, IBM and Google but also dedicated technology providers such as Language Weaver and Asia Online. This full-day workshop will compare theory and practice. Are the promises of SMT true and applicable to the localization industry? Involving developers and early adopters of these new technologies, workshop leaders will encourage debate and answer attendee questions. (Workshop leaders include experts from Language Weaver, Cross Language, Siemens, TAUS and Asia Online).

(1)Language Weaver's Hannah Grap will lead a portion of the workshop beginning at 11:00 a.m. CEST and will cover the Fundamentals of SMT. How it works, how it’s different, how high quality translations are generated and why data is important.

About Language Weaver

Language Weaver’s statistical automated translation software is designed for companies interested in leveraging existing translation resources to increase translation efficiency and productivity. Language Weaver software can be easily integrated into customer support tools, knowledge bases, and translation workflow applications for added efficiency. Language Weaver licenses a server version of its software, currently available for 55 language offerings. Website: www.languageweaver.com.