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Standard technologies such as translation memory tools are often not
even covered in translation or language studies.
Over the past few years, several surveys were conducted to research
how educational establishments could change their curricula to better train
translators for the "real world". Examples of these surveys are:
- LEIT: Short for LISA Education Initiative Taskforce, a commission
that was formed in March 1998 and consists of representatives from
universities in the U.S. and Europe. More information at
www.ttt.org/leit.
- LETRAC: Short for Language Engineering for Translators Curricula,
a project funded by the European Commission. More information at
www.iai.uni-sb.de/LETRAC.
- CLP: Short for Certified Localisation Professional, a project initiated
by the Irish Software Localisation Interest Group, and several
industry leaders. More information at lrc.csis.ul.ie/CLP.
Currently, very few translation schools or language universities
specialise in localisation. There's a post-graduate course in localisation at
the University of Limerick in Ireland, and some institutes integrate
localisation modules into their translation education.
Not much information is available about localisation which is
especially for translators. To fill this gap, A Practical Guide to Software
Localisation was written. The book was published in 1998 and a new
edition will be published in the second half of 2000. It can still be ordered
through http://www.amazon.com/ or http://www.benjamins.com/.
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