Machine Translation Companies Alis Technologies Inc.provides web-based translation for Netscape. ASTRANSAC focuses on translation to and from Japanese. Language Engineering Corporation, the makers of LogoVista products, was established in 1985. Lernout and Hauspie is one of the largest language technology companies in the world, with speech recognition and language translation software. Sakhr Software focuses on translation to and from Arabic. SYSTRAN Software is one of the oldest MT companies in the world, and the creator of AltaVista's Babelfish. Translation Resources www.multilingual.com lists 1455 websites related to MT. Click on Internet Web Resources. The Translation Guide lists online free MT engines and resources for numerous languages. Foreignword.com is an Internet site providing access to language technology, dictionaries and glossaries, translators, etc. Resources: MTNI Column, papers, etc. Laurie's links is a column from the Machine Translation International Newsmagazine that provides information on interesting resources. A set of papers by John Hutchins, the unofficial historian of MT, on a variety of topics. Professional Organizations and Associations The Association for Computational Lingustics (ACL) is devoted to all aspects of computational linguistics and natural language processing. The American Translators Association (ATA) offers accreditation for translators, hosts conferences, and offers members other useful services. Controlled Language Applications Workshop (CLAW) Series hosts discussions on domain-specialized lexicons. The Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) is the premier organization dealing with the localization of products and services appropriately around the world. Studies on Multilingual Issues A study entitled "Multilingualism on the Web" by Marie Lebert outlines the current uses and future prospects of multilingual processing and resources on the Internet. Click here for details. Publishers Kluwer Academic Publishers, publishers of the journal Machine Translation. Mailing Lists The mailing list mt-list is an ongoing discussion of issues relevant to MT. To post messages to the list, send email to mt-list@eamt.org.