WAKEFIELD, Massachusetts and
MAIDENHEAD, England, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Silke Zschweigert to serve
as a valuable contributor to the TAUS mission of
improving translation standards
worldwide
SDL (LSE:SDL) today announced its Chief Delivery Officer,
Silke Zschweigert, has been
appointed as an Advisory Board member of the Translation Automation
User Society (TAUS).
TAUS was founded in 2005 as a think tank for innovation in the
translation industry. Today, TAUS serves as a resource center for
the global language and translation industries, with a mission to
enable better translation through innovation and automation.
"In line with our mission to enable better translation through
innovation and automation, we are welcoming SDL's Silke Zschweigert
to our Advisory Board," says Jaap van der
Meer, Founder and Director of TAUS.
Zschweigert, who holds a Master's degree in Translation for
Dutch, English, German and Chinese, makes a valuable addition to
the TAUS Advisory Board, considering her practical insight into the
daily use of language and Machine Translation technology. In her
role as Chief Delivery Officer at SDL, Zschweigert ensures the
right processes, systems and people are in place to deliver
powerful language services to customers across the globe.
"We're delighted that Silke Zschweigert has joined the TAUS
Advisory Board," said Adolfo
Hernandez, CEO, SDL. "Silke leads a world-class delivery
team of over 2,000 linguists, project managers and technical staff
here at SDL, and has deep insight into the practical uses of
language and Machine Translation technology. Her knowledge and
experience will no doubt be an outstanding contribution to the
community."
Silke Zschweigert, Chief Delivery Officer of SDL, added, "As a
TAUS advisory member, I'm excited to regularly contribute to the
group's community, helping to make translation easy and ubiquitous,
for both enterprises and individuals. TAUS has been an accelerator
for the adoption of tools for human and machine translation around
the world and I'm honored to play a part in this important
work."
The TAUS Advisory Board supports the organization's management
with advice on strategic direction, content of forums and meetings
and the growth of the membership. Advisory Board members review all
membership requests.
About TAUS
TAUS is a resource center for the global language and
translation industries. Our mission is to enable better translation
through innovation and automation. We envision translation as a
standard feature, a utility, similar to the internet, electricity
and water. Translation available in all languages to all people in
the world will push the evolution of human civilization to a much
higher level of understanding, education and discovery.
We support all translation operators - translation buyers,
language service providers, individual translators and government
agencies - with a comprehensive suite of online services, software
and knowledge that help them to grow and innovate their business.
We extend the reach and growth of the translation industry through
our execution with sharing translation data and quality evaluation
metrics.
About SDL
SDL (LSE:SDL) is the global innovator in language translation
technology, services and content management. Over the past 25 years
we've delivered transformative business results by enabling
powerfully nuanced digital experiences with customers around the
world. Are you in the know? Find out why 79 out of the top 100
global brands work with us at SDL.com and follow us on Twitter,
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Contacts:
SDL
Denis Davies
Ddavies@sdl.com
Isabelle Demaude
PHA-Media
+44-207-0251-350
SDL@pha-media.com