Corpora: PhD opportunity

From: Heather Fulford (H.Fulford@lboro.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 18:09:16 MET

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    EPSRC PhD RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP
    IN THE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE & INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH GROUP,
    BUSINESS SCHOOL, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

    PhD STUDENTSHIP for September 2002

    Applications are invited for a three-year EPSRC research studentship award
    to commence in September 2002 in the Business School, Loughborough
    University. The successful applicant will work on a project investigating
    the adoption of language translation software by small translation
    businesses.

    Project summary: The demand for language translation services has increased
    significantly over the past decade, and to help meet that demand, software
    has been developed to support human translators, including machine
    translation systems, translation memory, and terminology management tools.
    This project comprises a study of the adoption of such software by UK
    translation businesses, focussing on the benefits the software affords, its
    impact on translators' working practice, and the strategies employed to
    integrate the software into a translator's workflow.

    Applicants should have a good honours degree or equivalent in a relevant
    area (e.g. translation studies, information systems, computational
    linguistics, or computer science). A Masters degree, or relevant research
    experience, would be an advantage.

    For full details of the Business School PhD programme, please go to:

    http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/bs/resdoct.html

    For an online application form, or to download a form, please go to:

    http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/central_admin/pg/forms.html

    For additional information and advice about this PhD studentship, please
    contact:

    Dr. Heather Fulford
    The Business School
    Loughborough University
    Loughborough
    Leicestershire
    LE11 3TU
    UK
    Tel. +44 (0)1509 222435
    Fax +44 (0)1509 223960
    E-mail h.fulford@lboro.ac.uk

    The studentship is open to UK and other EU students, although non-UK
    students qualify on a fees-only basis.

    The studentship is available from September 2002. Deadline for
    applications: 22 April 2002.

    PLEASE MARK 'Translation Tools Project' ON THE APPLICATION

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