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From: walker@flash.bellcore.com (Don Walker)
To: mod-ki@unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 14:36:38 -0400
Subject: <mod-ki 0723> Translation and the European Communities
Keywords: Conferences, Natural Language Systems

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              Conference 22-23 June 1992 near Stockholm on
                TRANSLATION AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES     

New scale, New problems, New challenges,  New openings  -  and first and
last: Changes!

The deeper integration and the wider geographical scope of the  European
Communities are rapidly creating a very different Europe. Not least, the
language situation is being radically remodeled.

The first to be affected are the professional  translators,  along  with
those who buy or organize translation or provide tools and services  for
the purpose. Also, the translators are among the few who can immediately
affect the galloping development - and give early warnings.

There are some worries. Thus, "old" members of  the  communities  report
that  the  convergence  has  given  rise  to  new  linguistic  barriers:
bureaucrats  and  politicians  have  in   many   domains   developed   a
"Eurospeak", with different versions  claimed  to  be  English,  French,
German etc, which  are  just  barely  intelligible  to  unspoilt  native
readers and writers of thenational languages of  Europe.  What  are  the
effects of these converging and diverging tendencies on  the  political,
economic and social life in Europe? And on the national languages?

No   European   country   will   escape   the   consequences   of   this
bureaucracy-based revolution. Thus, Sweden, not yet a member country, is
translating a set of community documents tantamount to ten years'  yield
of statutory law in the country. Can the Swedish language with  impunity
assimilate this influx of new texts, concepts and words? Without - as is
the case  now  in  Sweden  and  in  most  "new"  member  countries  -  a
co-ordinated planned terminological effort?

The peaceful amalgamation of autonomous countries into a unified  albeit
pluralingual entity without Herrenvolk and lingua  franca  seems  to  be
unique in history.  Will  it  remain  so?  Is  it  an  experiment  worth
observing for other regions  which  contemplate  becoming  more  of  one
region than  a  multitude  of  neighbours?  When  is  multilingualism  a
recommendable proposal?

To address questions like these, the Swedish Association  of  Authorized
Translators, FAT, in conjunction  with  the  Committee  for  Linguistics
(FID/LD)  within  the  International  Federation  for  Information   and
Documentation, FID, is organizing a  conference,  22-23  June  1992,  at
Biskops Arnoe, just outside Stockholm, Sweden. Papers focussing on  some
specific aspect of this theme are invited.  In  particular,  we  welcome
comments on the following issues:

 * A pluralingual community and its impact on the national languages
 * Terminological support and language control 
 * The translation market after 1992 
 * Translation aids in a multilingual environment  

The spoken language at the conference will be English: we regret that we
shall not have the resources to provide interpretation.

Accepted papers will be discussed at  the  conference  and  included  in
revised form in a book summarizing  the  findings  and  results  of  the
conference meetings. Papers may be submitted in any official language of
the Communities and a summary in some other language of the  Communities
should be appended.

Whether presenting a paper  or  not,  participants  with  experience  of
translating and translation-related problems are welcome.  To warrant an
atmosphere promoting interaction rather than soliloquies  attendance  is
restricted to about 70 persons from all countries,  so  please  indicate
your interest at your earliest convenience.

TRANSLATION AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE
22-23 June 1992
Biskops Arnoe Manor near Stockholm, Sweden

DATES:
 * Submission of draft of papers ............... before January 15, 1992
 * Decision by Programme Committee ............. before March    1, 1992
 * Delivery of camera-ready text of paper ...... before May     15, 1992
 * Payment of subscription dues ................ before April   15, 1992

 * Arrival at conference venue ........... Sunday evening, June 21, 1992
 * Working sessions ............. Monday & Tuesday, June 22 and 23, 1992
 * Departure .................................. Wednesday, June 24, 1992

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Friday & Saturday June 19-20:
   Pre-conference Social Programme 

Sunday June 21:
   From 1 p.m. Arrival & Registration
   From 7 p.m. Informal Gathering

Monday June 22:
   Presentation of papers; discussions
   Evening: Panel discussion

Tuesday June 23:
   Presentation of papers; discussions 
   Evening: Banquet.

Wednesday June 24:
   Breakfast & Departure

Thursday June 25:
   Study visits to translation companies and  documentation  departments
   in Sweden

THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME   
Papers to be considered for inclusion in the conference programme should
be sent to the Programme Committee. Please send a draft of the full text
- not more than 12,000 characters - as a  plain  ASCII  text  to  e-mail
COLING@COM.QZ.SE or on paper in quintuplicate.  The Programme Committee,
after reviewal, will make its decision not later than 1 March and notify
the author(s) by e-mail, fax or telex at the address indicated for  that
paper in the heading of the paper.

Each paper should focus on some specific issue of translation in the new
Europe. It should report about  a  recent  or  expected  change  in  the
organization, conditions and market for translation,  describe,  suggest
or criticize tools and methodware  for  translation  or  debate  crucial
problems of language policy and planning influencing  or  influenced  by
translation activities. We shall not have space  on  this  occasion  for
papers, whatever their merits, on  translation  theory  or  practice  in
general.

Accepted papers will be reproduced and distributed to the partipants  on
arrival and discussed at the conference.  The  papers,  after  revision,
together with the results emerging from the conference will be published
in the form of a book which is expected to become a  work  of  reference
for everybody interested in translation and language problems in Europe.

Resources will be  available  for  software  demonstrations  during  the
meeting. 

Proposals for  demonstrations  should  be  submitted  to  the  programme
committee in the manner  described  for  papers.  Please  indicate  what
computational environment your demonstration will require.

All participants as well as non-participating persons  or  organizations
are invited to exhibit relevant literature and reports at  a  book  show
during the conference. If possible, bring  copies  for  participants  to
pick up. One copy of  each  item  presented  will  be  retained  by  the
organizers for future reference.

For possible commercial exhibition  and  demonstration  of  products  or
services, please contact the organizers about terms and conditions.

CONFERENCE TIMES AND VENUE   
The conference will be held at an old manor, Biskops Arnoe, built on the
site of ancient castle - the  Bishop's  Eagle  Isle,  to  translate  the
name - some 14th century vaults of which are still,  as  we  shall  see,
extant. It belongs today to  "Norden",  an  Intra-Scandinavian  cultural
association which organizes training courses and meetings on  topics  of
mutual interest to the whole Scandinavian  area  (and  which  finds  the
topic  of  this  conference  on  the  linguistic  situation  in  Europe,
including Scandinavia, highly pertinent).

For the purpose of such activities, a building for meetings and a number
of bungalows for accommodation  have  been  added.  The  facilities  are
modest but modern, with a bathroom in each room  or  in  every  4-roomed
bungalow.

Biskops Arnoe is situated in a rural environment, on a small  island  of
its own in the large lake Maelaren, about an hour's drive from Stockholm
City and about the same distance from Arlanda International Airport.

The dates for the conference were chosen  because  Scandinavia  is  very
bright and attractive at that time, so that the business  visit  can  be
combined with a tourist trip in  Sweden.  Accompanying  persons  can  be
accommodated on the conference site at a moderate extra charge, and they
will be given ample opportunity to  explore  the  surroundings,  fraught
with historical memories. Within a  few  miles  of  friendly  land-  and
seascape visitors will find runic stones,  medieval  churches,  castles,
and Sweden's oldest city; within less than 70 km  they  will  also  find
Sweden's oldest university as well as its present capital.

The conference begins  on  the  Monday  following  Midsummer,  which  is
celebrated during two  intense  days  and  nights  in  Scandinavia.  The
participants are expected to drop in during the  Sunday,  and  enjoy  an
informal gathering in the evening. 

To  warrant  an  intimate  atmosphere   for   open-minded   constructive
discussion, attendance is restricted to about 70 persons. Place will  be
reserved on a first-order-first-served basis. To be valid,  registration
must be followed by payment for the full  conference  documentation  not
later than April 15.

One set of the documentation must be purchased  and  paid  for  by  each
participant. No additional participation fee is  required.  If  for  any
reason a subscriber cannot attend the meeting, the documentation will be
mailed to his address. The payment will not be refunded.

Active participants will  be  provided  with  accommodation,  meals  and
transportation on a complimentary basis. They are expected  to  pay  for
their own  transportation  to  Biskops  Arnoe,  for  beverages  and  for
telephone and similar personal  expenses.  For  accompanying  persons  a
minor charge, 250 ecu, for meals will be made.

The  price  for  all  relevant  documentation,  including  the   printed
after-conference report on "Translation in the New Europe",  is  500 ecu
for subscribers paying before April 15. Otherwise the price is 750 ecu.

The final report will be distributed through a commercial publisher.

All payments should be credited to Eurofat AB, Account number 333 14 31,
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken,  Stockholm,  clearing  number  5244.  For
subscribers in Sweden, VAT must be added. If you wish to be  billed  for
the amount, please instruct us on the appropriate receiver  and  address
of such a bill.

ADDRESSES   
All correspondence concerning the conference prior to the meeting should
be addressed to Eurofat AB, which is a company formed by  FAT  for  this
particular purpose. Its addresses are:

EUROFAT AB:
   e-mail:     COLING@COM.QZ.SE, 
   telex:      15 440 KVAL S
   fax:        +46 8 796 96 39 
   voice:      +46 8789 66 83
   paper mail: Skeppsbron 26, S-111 30 Stockholm, Sweden

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
   President of FAT: Leif Oestling
   Coordinator: Hans Karlgren 
   Liaison Officers: Joachim Wesseloh, David Knight, Jean Heyum
   Press Officer: Kerstin Ingmansson
   Conference Treasurer: Bo Widegren
   Conference Secretary: Katrin Sundius-Nordin
   Post-Conference Study Visit Manager: Matti Jaernare
   Travel and Pre- & Post-conference Tours Advisor: Heidemarie Nyrn
   Cultural Programme: Adolf Dahl
   Registration: Gerd Mller-Nordin   

During the conference, participants can be reached using  the  following
address:

   Folkhogskolan
   Biskops Arnoe
   S-198 00 Baalsta, Sweden
   Phone: +46-171-522 60
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