Collaborative Innovation Driving Value to the Enterprise

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1 Collaborative Innovation Driving Value to the Enterprise

2 Simple Language and Machine Translation W3C day Berlin September 19, 2011

3 Overview The company Founded 1992 by Dr. Adriane Rinsche HQ in Kingston-upon-Thames, London, UK Since 2005 LTC Inc. in Washington DC, USA Currently 50 employees

4 Core competencies Development of workflow and collaboration systems, such as: LTC Worx multilingual business information management LTC Communicator fully automated workflow system including translation memory and machine translation capability as well as optional human post-editing LTC OrganiK web 2.0 powered knowledge management Consultancy: Expertise in process optimisation, deployment of linguistic tools including machine translation, translation memory, controlled language authoring, as well as collaboration and purchasing strategies Language services: computer-assisted translation, localisation, globalisation Research and Development through collaboration, e.g. in EU-funded research projects

5 Collaborative Innovation (CI) Products and services are developed through Collaborative Innovation: A collaborative approach to research with partners and end users in a variety of industries including global enterprise, SMEs, universities and research centers. LTC is the language technology specialist involved, offering the multilingual component to research and products developed in these projects

6 Benefits of CI LTC is the only company to use the findings of CI to offer cutting edge and validated language technology and services that: accelerate time to market, create new global revenue opportunities, expand worldwide brands and drastically reduce operational costs.

7 Partners and Clients EU funded Research and development: Partners: Daimler AG, IG Metall, Fraunhofer Society, St. Gallen University, CAS Software AG A selection of LTC s clients:

8 Simple language target groups Anyone online (short concentration span) People with disabilities People with a low level of education (workers and consumers) Foreigners with restricted language skills Professionals to improve communication and avoid misunderstandings Authors producing information to be translated into multiple languages

9 Simple language requirements Vocabulary simple words instead of complex technical terms Omit needless words Terminology consistent use avoiding synonyms Syntax short sentences avoiding complex embedded structures Semantics and logic clear and concise structure Formatting one line of thought per short paragraph Structure of headings and subheadings

10 Rules and guidelines. There is no set of agreed rules for simple language; There are no objectively measureable and widely recognized rules, for instance within the disability community. BUT: there are rules for Simplified English / French / German AND: appropriate style guidelines / authoring tools adapted to optimise machine translation ouput will improve quality and increase speed of multilingual production

11 Controlled language Alcatel: Controlled English Grammar (COGRAM) Avaya: Avaya Controlled English (ACE) Caterpillar: Caterpillar Technical English (CTE), Caterpillar Fundamental English (CFE) Dassault Aerospace: Français Rationalisé Ericsson: Ericsson English General Motors (GM): Controlled Automotive Service Language (CASL) IBM: Easy English Kodak: International Service Language Nortel: Nortel Standard English (NSE) Océ: Controlled English Siemens: Siemens DokumentationsDeutsch Scania: Scania Swedish Sun Microsystems: Sun Controlled English Xerox: Xerox Multilingual Customized Englis

12 Rules - Examples Text function: Instruction Pattern: Verb (infinitive) + article + object + punctuation mark. Example: Click the button. Pattern: Article + object + verb (present tense) + punctuation mark. Example: The window Expense Report appears.

13 Tools Spell checkers Grammar checkers Authoring and controlled language tools CAT tools for interactive translations (terminology and translation memory systems) Machine translation systems Combined solutions

14 Types of machine translation systems Statistics based Rule based Combined with translation memories Combined with human post-editing

15 Simple language benefits Reduces time and cost of terminology creation, maintenance and update Improves match rates in translation memory systems Reduces post-editing time Smaller corpus required for better quality SMT output

16 MT ES EN SOURCE (ES) TARGET (EN) El origen es la disminución o el cese del flujo sanguíneo en determinados puntos del trayecto vascular. La causa puede ser un espasmo, inflamación de la pared de la arteriola u obstrucción de los vasos sanguíneos. Los datos de una historia clínica son importantes y deben incluir antecedentes farmacológicos, enfermedades asociadas conocidas, operaciones recientes o abortos previos. The origin is the diminution or the cease of the sanguineous flow in certain points of the vascular passage. The cause can be a spasm, inflammation of the wall of the arteriole or obstruction of the blood vessels. The data of a medical history are important and must include pharmacological antecedents, well-known associate diseases, recent operations or previous abortions.

17 MT DE EN SOURCE (DE) TARGET (EN) Das bedeutet für den Arzt folgendes: Kranke Menschen mit einer bestimmten Art von Auto- Antikörpern müssen unter ununterbrochener Beobachtung stehen. Das liegt daran, dass die Auto-Antikörper nicht miteinander verwandte Anti-Gene bekämpfen. Dadurch findet man Veränderungen in Körperteilen. Diese Veränderungen waren vorher vielleicht noch nicht bekannt. Wissenschaftler haben in den letzten Jahren herausgefunden, dass kranke Menschen mit SLE nicht unbedingt alles haben. Sie sind zum Beispiel nicht immer gegen Licht empfindlich. Oft passiert es aber. That means for the doctor the following: Ill humans with a certain kind of auto-antibodies must [be] under continuous observation. That is because of the fact that the auto-antibodies fight related with one another antigens. Thus one finds changes in parts of the body. These changes were perhaps not yet well-known before. Scientists found out in the last years that ill humans with SLE do not have necessarily everything. They are for example not always sensitive to light. Often it happens however.

18 MT DE EN simplified SIMPLIFIED SOURCE (DE) TARGET (EN) Das bedeutet für den Arzt: Kranke Menschen mit einer bestimmten Art von Auto- Antikörpern müssen unter ununterbrochener Beobachtung stehen. Denn die Auto- Antikörper bekämpfen nicht verwandte Anti- Gene. Dadurch findet man Veränderungen in Körperteilen. Diese Veränderungen waren vorher vielleicht noch nicht bekannt. That means for the doctor: Ill humans with a certain kind of autoantibodies must [be] under continuous observation. Because the autoantibodies do not fight related antigens. Thus one finds changes in parts of the body. These changes were perhaps not yet wellknown before.

19 Contact Dr. Adriane Rinsche The Language Technology Centre Ltd Telephone: Web: Kingston Hill Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7PW United Kingdom