Simplify Language – Capture Audience
| When: | 24 September 2021, 10:00-16:00 CEST |
| Where: | Zoom |
| Organisation: |
• DG CNECT • The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) consortium |
About the Workshop
This online workshop, organised by the Multilingualism sector of DG CNECT, with the support of the company CrossLang, will provide staff of EU institutions and Member State public administrations with an overview of software, techniques and procedures for text simplification, for measuring readability of texts, and for implementing controlled language by restricting vocabulary and grammar. The workshop will cover objectives concerning social inclusion and better accessibility of technical information to a large audience. The workshop is part of a series of technical workshops set up in the framework of the ELRC project (SMART 2019/1083, http://lr-coordination.eu), that supports the continued development of the eTranslation system and a wider deployment of the DG's services in terms of language resources and tools.
AGENDA
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10:00 |
Welcome by Tom Vanallemeersch (SMART 2019/0183 Project representative) |
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10:05 |
Introduction by June Lowery Kingston, Head of Unit "Accessibility, Multilingualism, Safer Internet" (DG CNECT) |
| 10:10 |
Easy-to-understand language: practice, training and standards Anna Matamala (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) |
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10:50 |
The H2020 Easy Reading software framework Klaus Miesenberger (Johannes Kepler University Linz, JKU) |
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11:20 |
Norm-breaking research: creating understandable content for migrants Susanna Laurin (company Funka, Sweden) |
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11:50 |
Easy Language in Belgium - prospects for automatic simplification Vincent Vandeghinste (Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal / Dutch Language Institute) |
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12:20 |
Discussion |
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12:35 |
Lunch |
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13:45 |
Natural language processing can support clear writing: the example of the AMesure platform Thomas François (CENTAL, IL&C, UCLouvain) |
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14:15 |
Challenges in evaluation of automatic text simplification* Fernando Alva-Manchego (University of Sheffield) |
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14:45 |
Less is more: keeping it short and simple with ASD-STE100 Daniela Zambrini (Freelance technical translator) |
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15:15 |
Discussion |
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15:45 |
Conclusion |
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16:00 |
End |
| *The presentation "Production and reception of Easy Language: computer-aided translation meets target group-specific needs" was cancelled. | |
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