IFTT ‘89
Harmonizing Human Beings And Computers in Translation
International Forum for
Translation Technology
April 26 – 28, 1989
Venue: Оiso Hotel
Host:
PROGRAM
April
26
10:00—10:10 Opening Ceremony
Opening Addresses
M. Nagao Conference Chairman
Y. Honda MITI
10:10—10:30 Keynote Speech
M. Nagao Conference Chairman
10:30—12:00 —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
Reporter : H. Nomura Kyushu Institute
of Technology
13:30—14:30 —"Current
Situation of MT Usage" (Report)
Chairman M. Nagao
Reporter S. Ishizaki ETL
15:00—18:00 Panel Discussion
Chairman : M. Nagao
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
9:30—10:30 "Variations of MT
Utilization"
Chairman : H. Nomura Kyushu Institute of
Technology Speakers:
T. Tanaka -Fujitsu FIP
A. Melby
M. Vasconcellos PAHO MT Utilization of EC
I.M.Pigott EC
13:30—15:00 "MT Utilization Technology"
Chairman :
S. Ishizaki ETL
J. Tsujii
Speakers:
V. Lawson Translations Consultant
Translation Support Functions (Pre-edit, Post-edit)
N. Yamasaki
Machine Translation Evaluation & Text Examples
S. Ishizaki ETL
H. Uchida Fujitsu Lab.
S. Amano Toshiba
April 28
9:30—10:30 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
13:30—15:30 "Toward More Advanced MT" Chairman:
M. Nagao
Panelists:
Y. Wilks New Mexico State Univ.
M. King ISSCO
H. Tanaka Tokyo Institute of
Technology
T. Yokoi EDR
J. Tsujii