An International Conference-cum-Software Exhibition on "Computer-aided Translation: Theory and Practice" will be held in The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 2 September 2006, to celebrate the 5th anniverary of the M. A. in Computer-aided Translation Programme. This conference provides a platform for researchers and scholars in the fields of translation and computing to discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of computer-aided translation in the present age of informatoin technology.
This conference will include keynote speeches, invited talks and software demonstrations by world-class experts on the following topics:
Computer-aided translation
Computer-aided translation systems
Computer translation
Computer applications in translation
The use of corpora in translation
PROGRAMME
List of speakers and their papers：
Prof. Feng Zhiwei -- The Role of Translation Tools in the Information Age
Prof. Anthony Hartley -- Evaluating Machine Translation: Challenges and Techniques
Prof. Jason S. Chang -- Machine Translation Fast Forward
Prof. Zhang Yihua -- Computer-aided Lexicography
Prof. Chan Sin-wai -- A Review of the Literature on Computer(-aided) Translation, 1948-2006
Prof. Lynne Bowker -- Terminography in the Age of Translation Memory Tools: Reflections on Past Developments and Suggestions for the Future
Prof. Shih Chung-ling -- Computer-aided Translation Teaching of the Passive Construction
Prof. Kit Chunyu-- Lexical Resources from the Web for MT
Prof. Shi Xiaodong -- Weaving the Net and CAT Together
Prof. Sun Le -- A User Adaptive Framework for Computer-aided Translation Systems
Prof. Chang Baobao -- Developing CAT Tools for Translating Chinese Scientific Monographs
Ms Kerry Qiu -- New Features of SDL Trados 2006: A Tutorial
POSTER
