Please pass this notice to anyone who may be interested. Replies should be made to Michael Anobile<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-------------------------------------------------------- RE: Multilingual Content Creation Survey Sponsorship LISA and OSCAR are looking for help to promote an Industry Survey that will educate the international business community concerning the costs, markets, challenges and outlook associated with multilingual content creation and localization. Multilingual content authoring and content localization (i.e., content creation) can be considered as "two sides of the same coin"-- high quality information, which is delievered in our customers preferred language. Today, however, due to different technical environments, workflows and user preferences-- content creation is not being efficiently managed. The survey's goal is to analyze content creation in the context of global business requirements so that greater synergy between the processes, the technologies, the clients and their service partners will result. The survey addresses all aspects of content creation in terms of current and future practices. The results of this survey will include market and application data, content revenues and costs, user opinions and forcasts regarding workflow technology and trends. The survey will run in September 2002, and selected results will be presented at the LISA Forum Europe 2002 in Heidelberg (see below for details). The survey is being driven by OSCAR, LISA's standards group for 'Open Standards for Container/Content Allowing Re-use' and supported by the MultiLingual Technology Group at SAP AG, the title Sponsor for the LISA Forum Europe. The Survey will be distributed to over 15,000 companies. The final results will be available in November. There are several ways to help support the Survey. 1. Sponsorship of USD $1,500.00 entitles you to a banner advert on the survey Web page/company recognition on all survey announcements, receive the raw data/answers to the survey, and company logo is listed as a sponsor in the final report/publication. 2. Promote the survey on your own Web site with link to the questionnaire 3. Promote the survey to your partners or customers (e.g. in electronic mail, newsletters, etc.) 4. Participate in the survey The pricing scheme for the survey's final report is valid as follows. When the survey is: - completed and ordered same day@ - USD $150.00 - completed by LISA member@ - USD $225.00 company $275.00 - not completed by LISA member@ - USD $295.00 company $375.00 - non-member completed survey@ - USD $295.00 company $375.00 - public purchase@ - USD $495.00 company $595.00 The survey and the proceeds collected will be used to: - Sponsor OSCAR activities - Feature standards sessions and education programs at LISA events - Help LISA organize similar projects in collaboration with other standards organizations Please let us know by August 30, 2002 if you agree to support the survey, and how. A SAMPLE of the survey is available at http://www.lisa.org/interact/2002/mcc_survey.pdf Please contact us if you have any questions or would like to discuss the project in more detail. Thank you and best regards, Daniel Grasmick, OSCAR Chair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike Anobile, LISA Director <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =========================================== About LISA ---------- The Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) is the premier organization for the GILT (Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, and Translation) business communities. Consisting of over 200 leading IT companies, solutions providers, and an increasing number of vertical market corporations with an internationally focused strategy, LISA provides best practice, business guidelines, and multilingual communication standards for translation and localization workflow, and enterprise globalization. LISA initiatives, conferences, and training programs help companies implement cost-effective international business models. Web Site: www.lisa.org About the LISA Forum Europe 2002 -------------------------------- The topic of the LISA Forum Europe 2002 is 'Standards in Localization and Translation- Multilingual Content Creation, Workflow Management, Web-Services and your Company's ROI'. The Forum takes place November 4-7, 2002 at the Marriott Hotel in Heidelberg, Germany. Web Site: http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/ =============================================== -- For MT-List info, see http://www.eamt.org/mt-list.html
