IFTT ‘89

                   Harmonizing Human Beings And Computers in Translation

                        International Forum for Translation Technology

                                           April 26 – 28, 1989

                                           Venue: Оiso Hotel

                   Host: Japan Electronic Industry Development Association

 

                                                PROGRAM

April 26

10:0010:10        Opening Ceremony

Opening Addresses
M. Nagao          Conference Chairman

Y. Honda          MITI

10:1010:30        Keynote Speech

                               M. Nagao  Conference Chairman

10:3012:00 A Japanese View of Machine Translation in the light of the Considerations and Recommendations Reported by ALPAC, U. S. A.

"Current Situation of MT Technology" (Report)
Chairman : M. Nagao          Kyoto Univ.

Reporter :   H. Nomura         Kyushu Institute

of Technology

13:3014:30 "Current Situation of MT Usage" (Report)
Chairman   M. Nagao       Kyoto Univ.
Reporter   S. Ishizaki       ETL

15:0018:00       Panel Discussion

Chairman : M. Nagao                 Kyoto Univ.

                              Panelists : M. Kay  XEROX

M. Vasconcellos   PAHO
A. Kubota             MITI

H. Nomura              Kyushu Institute

of Technology
S. Ishizaki             ETL

H. Uchida             Fujitsu Lab.

S. Iwashita            Inter Group

April 27

9:3010:30         "Variations of MT Utilization"

Chairman : H. Nomura       Kyushu Institute of

Technology Speakers:

MT VAN

T. Tanaka              -Fujitsu FIP

Translation Support

A. Melby                USA

MT Utilization of PAHO

M. Vasconcellos    PAHO MT Utilization of EC

I.M.Pigott            EC

13:30—15:00      "MT Utilization Technology"

                               Chairman :

S. Ishizaki                 ETL

J. Tsujii                     Manchester Univ.

Speakers:

    MT Utilization

V. Lawson             Translations Consultant

Translation Support Functions (Pre-edit, Post-edit)

N. Yamasaki          Hitachi

Machine Translation Evaluation & Text Examples

S. Ishizaki              ETL

Control Language

                                    H. Uchida         Fujitsu Lab.

Translator's Workbench

S. Amano              Toshiba

April 28

9:3010:30        Panel Discussion

"Expectations for MT"
Chairman:
H. Tanaka              Tokyo Institute of

Technology Panelists :

V. Lawson          Translations Consultant

L Rolling             EC

Ming Tsui           Canadian Government

A. Uehara           CICC

T. Arai                Japan Translation Association

13:3015:30        "Toward More Advanced MT" Chairman:

M. Nagao          Kyoto Univ.

Panelists:

Y. Wilks             New Mexico State Univ.

M. King             ISSCO

                                 H. Tanaka         Tokyo Institute of

Technology
T. Yokoi            EDR

                                J. Tsujii     Manchester Univ.