MT Meetup #11: MT for subtitling – pain or gain?
Details
We are happy to announce another MT Meetup in Zurich on 12th December 2022. Join us to hear exciting presentations on machine translation for subtitling from our three experts. We look forward to welcoming you!
Place: Viadukt Bogen D
Capacity: 80 seats
Please register on our Meetup site prior to the event.
Schedule:
18:30
Door opening and registration
19:00
The evening starts with Martin Volk talking about the history of machine translation and subtitling. Afterwards, Sandra Casas and Samuel Urscheler give us an insight into practical matters. They talk about approaches, successes and failures from personal experience from their daily work. Finally, Lucas Seiler looks at ways of influencing segment length in machine translation, a question that also arises when automatically translating subtitles.
20:00
Apéro
Experts:
- Martin Volk, founder of TextShuttle and professor and Head of the Department of Computational Linguistics at University of Zurich
- Sandra Casas, Translator, Specialist in Translation Technologies
- Samuel Urscheler, Institutional communication - Vaudoise Insurance
- Lucas Seiler, CEO at TextShuttle
After the presentation, there will be an apéro with mulled wine and time for networking.