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P h o t o s t a t i s t i c sPrior to the GamesNumber of working days ScanFoto:...................................310 daysNumber of films (135mm and 120mm).............approx. 1 700 rollsNumber of working days for otherphotographers than ScanFoto:.............................approx. 115 daysNumber of films LOOC/otherphotographers (135mm and 120mm):..............approx. 3 000 rollsDuring the GamesNumber of rolls of film used:Kodak Panther 100 and 100X, 135 film:.........................1 500 rollsKodak Panther 100, 120 film:.............................................800 rollsKodak Kodakchrome 25, 135 film:.......................................50 rollsKodak Kodakchrome 200, 135 film:...................................100 rollsL a n g u a g e s e r v i c e sO r g a n i s a t i o nThe Language Services Group was established in February1991 in connection with the employment of LOOC’s firsttranslator. The service coordinated all translation work for thevarious LOOC departments.A centralized translation service led to more effectiveadministration and better quality assurance of texts.A contract was quickly signed with a translation agency. Theagency would assist in most of the organisation’s translationwork. Emphasis was put on concentrating the translation workon as few translators as possible, and so special Olympictranslators were designated.Daily contact with the agency took place via telefax andmodem.Expenses for translation assignments were charged to eachdepartment’s budget. The Language Services Group was incharge of sending the texts for translation and receiving thetranslated texts for in-house quality control and distribution.The Language Services Group was originally located in theFinance and Administration Division. However, because of aneed to work closely with other information activities, theservice was quickly moved to the Publishing Section in the<strong>Information</strong> Division.As a result of increased workload, it was necessary toemploy more translators in LOOC. Internal quality controlproved to be even more important. Large numbers ofdocuments were to be translated, and the need for insight intoall of the organisation’s projects was necessary to deliver asatisfactory product. Professional translators were recruitedwhose native languages were English, French and German.As of the summer 1993, the group consisted of seven full-timetranslators.Because of the increased need for translations, the group’snetwork of consultants was expanded. Another translationagency was contacted to help out in the most hectic periods.Freelancers were also used.Setting language standards and policy were important partsof the translators’ work. Emphasis was put on developingwriting rules and setting standards for consistent style.Consultancy was another important part of the group’s workfor other departments and for other groups working withOlympic matters, for example, Lillehammer Municipality.In cooperation with the Council for Technical Terminology,the Olympic dictionaries from Calgary and Albertville werefurther developed and Norwegian terms added. Thedictionary was registered in an electronic database which wasan important tool for the translators before and during theGames.
D u r i n g t h e W i n t e r G a m e sDuring the Lillehammer Games, the Language Services Groupwas part of the Lillehammer Olympic News Agency (LONA).The service consisted of 35 translators: six full-time employeesand 29 consultants/volunteers, who provided translations forthe news agency’s electronic information system Info ‘94, theOlympic newspapers Hugin and Munin , Multimedia and theOlympic Radio.The work recruiting volunteer translators began spring1993. Because of the difficulty in finding properly qualifiedtranslators to work as volunteers, agreements were made withthe group’s freelance translators so that they could participateduring the Games.Together with the LOOC translators, the consultants madeup a proofreading group who quality assured all of thetranslated texts.During autumn and winter 1993/1994, LONA participated inthree test events. The goal was to test the computer system’sfunctionality in relation to translation activities and to train thetranslators. During the test events, courses were held toinform about the various computer registrationsystems, about LONA’s customer groups andabout sports and Olympic terminology. The testevents were important factors in motivating thevolunteer translators for the Winter Games.During the test events, a number of problemswith the computer systems were uncovered.There were 35 translators during the Games.Twelve English and French translators were designated towork on Info ‘94. Nine English, French and Germantranslators were designated to work on the Olympicnewspapers. Translators for Multimedia and the OlympicRadio were taken from the above-mentioned staff when and ifthey were not busy.Because of LONA’s demand for professional translations, aquality assurance group was formed. The group consisted ofLOOC translators in addition to a number of LOOC’s externalconsultants. The group performed quality control andeventual rewrites of the translated material in order to ensurethe desired level of quality and correct terminology.The Language Services Group also had one of itstranslators at the site where the layout and publishing of theOlympic newspapers took place. This person proofread all ofthe translated texts and often had to compose titles andpicture captions.
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