TRANSLATORS AND MACHINE TRANSLATION
DGT CONFERENCE, 6 APRIL 2011, G-12 3/21– JMO M6 Programme 14.15 Welcome and introduction by Mr Piet Verleysen, Director for Resources, DGT 14.30 Machine translation technology – introduction by Dr Andreas Eisele, Machine Translation Project Manager, Informatics unit, DGT 15.10 Machine Translation and translators: evidence from research by Dr Sharon O'Brien, Lecturer in Translation Studies, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland 15.50 Machine translation: the perspective of the language industry by Mr Manuel Herranz, owner & senior strategy officer of the "Pangeanic" translation company, Spain 16.30 Using machine translation in DGT: the experience and the perspective of a language department by Mr Hilário Leal Fontes, translator, Portuguese Language Department, DGT 17.00 Discussion 17.30 Closing by Mr Josep Bonet, Head of the Informatics Unit, DGT.