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Organisations
In 1990 the Localisation Industry Standards Association (LISA) was
founded in Switzerland. LISA defines its mission as "promoting the
localisation and internationalisation industry and providing a mechanism
and services to enable companies to exchange and share information on the
development of processes, tools, technologies and business models
connected with localisation, internationalisation and related topics".
LISA organises quarterly forums and regular workshops in which
members can exchange information and attend training. These forums
typically deal with business aspects of localisation and globalisation. Very
little attention is paid to the activities and issues of translators. For more
information about LISA, visit their Web site at www.lisa.org.
In Ireland two organisations were founded in the 1990s to establish
contacts between software publishers, localisation service providers and
universities in and around Dublin.
The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) was established at the
University of Limerick in April 1998 as the result of a merger between the
Centre for Language Engineering and the Localisation Resources Centre.
The Software Localisation Interest Group (SLIG) is a special interest
group for all parties involved in software localisation. It was founded by
the Localisation Resources Centre in February 1994. For more information
about LRC and SLIG visit their Web sites at lrc.csis.ul.ie and
http://www.slig.ie/ respectively.
Training & Further Reading
Not many opportunities exist for translators to be trained in
localisation processes and tools. Most localisation firms train their staff
internally. Translation and language schools and universities typically do
not supply technically aware translators.
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