The Translator as Strategic Partner

London 22-23 November 2008

A conference on the practices and technologies of translation quality sponsored by

the Chartered Institute of Linguists, the Institute of Translation and Interpreting and ProZ

Conference Programme

Friday 21st November

 

19.00 onwards

Advance registration, networking and drinks for early arrivals

 

Saturday 22nd November

 

Time

Session

Speaker

08.30-09.30

Registration and coffee

-

09.30-10.00

Welcome address: The Translator as Strategic Partner

Michael Benis

10.00-11.00

Client relations: Why and how to be proactive

Ros Schwartz

11.00-11.30

Coffee

-

11.30-12.30

Strategic partnerships: principles and solutions, triumphs and tragedies

Bill Maslen and client

12.30-13.30

Italian buffet lunch

 

13.30-14.15

Patently different

Cate Avery & client Jayne Wright, Translation Manager at patent and trade mark attorneys Marks & Clerk

14.15-15.00

It's not what you want to give the client, it’s what the client needs

Jay Kettle Williams & client

15.00-15.30

Tea

-

15.30-15.45

Does quality spell u-s-a-b-i-l-i-t-y?

Jost Zetzsche

15.45-16.45

Round table discussion with delegate questions and answers

Cate Avery, Michael Benis, Jay Kettle Williams, Bill Maslen, Nick Rosenthal, Ros Schwartz, Jost Zetzsche

16.45-17.00

Close

-

17.00 onwards

Private bar open for pre-dinner drinks

 

 

Sunday 23rd November

 

Time

Session

Speaker

08.30-09.30

Registration and coffee

-

9.30-11.00

A practical introduction to translation technology

Michael Benis

11.00-11.30

Coffee

-

11.30-13.00

Doing it in style - Group workshop.

Ros Schwartz

13.00-14.00

Caribbean buffet lunch and Prize Draw

 

14.00-14.15

Setting priorities straight: Us or the Machine?

Jost Zetzsche

14.15-14.30

TM is dead! Long live CMS!

Nick Rosenthal

14.30-14.50

Working methods: collaboration amidst constant change

Bill Maslen

14.50-15.20

Tea

-

15.20-15.35

Getting the most out of references

Istvan Lengyel

15.35-16.30

Round table discussion with delegate questions and answers

Michael Benis, Daniel Benito, Istvan Lengyel, Bill Maslen, Nick Rosenthal, Katherine Weller

16.30-16.45

Where to now?

Michael Benis / Jost Zetzsche / Bill Maslen / Ros Schwartz

16.45-17.00

Close

-

 

Attendance of this conference is valid for a translation professional’s

ATA Continuing Education record (full 10 points) and

CIoL and ITI Continuing Professional Development  records.