Even more than MT developers, users are at the forefront of innovation in machine translation applications. The proliferation of Internet, intranet and speech applications of MT, including translated search, cross-language information retrieval, and translation of e-mail, chat and real-time news has been driven by users responding to the market’s increasing demands for globalization of information.

The profile of the MT user in the year 2000 is very different from what MT developers envisioned as recently as 10 years ago. Nonetheless, the traditional application of MT as a translation productivity tool endures, and is in fact thriving in many companies.

The two sectors of usage have a number of opposing characteristics, such as assimilation vs dissemination, differing volume and turnaround considerations, pricing structures and user populations. Internet applications have received the lion’s share of press attention and development focus from MT vendors in recent years, perhaps to the detriment of more traditional applications. But will unedited Internet MT eventually crash and burn on the tarmac of user acceptance? Or will the traditional MT user simply fade away, a victim of the focus shift to the Internet on the part of MT vendors and translation consumers? Better still, can both types of user thrive and contribute mutually to the other’s success? Who will be the MT user of 2010?

MT Users are invited to submit papers addressing the conference theme or describing their use of MT. Papers should not exceed 10 pages and should be prepared using 12pt font. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to make a 20 minute presentation of their paper at the Workshop.

Submissions should include title page containing:

• Title
• Author’s name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail and company or university affiliation
• A one paragraph abstract,
• A list of keywords (if any) used in the paper

Format requirements are are:

• Microsoft Word 6.0 or higher or Rich Text (RTF)
• 12pt Arial font
• 1" margins

Submissions are due August 11, 2000. Acceptance decisions will be submitted no later than August 25, and final versions of accepted papers are due by September 11.

Papers must be submitted by e-mail to BOTH addresses below:

Mary Flanagan Mt4all@compuserve.com

Laurie Gerber lgerber@usc.edu