The International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
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NEXT IMUG EVENT - THURSDAY 2009.5.21
Facebook i18n & Translation

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DETAILS:

Date: May 21, 2009, 7-9 PM

Topic: Facebook i18n & Translation

Location: Apple, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino (Singapore Room). Please see below for details and map links.

Speakers: David Ellis, Computational Linguist / Software Engineer (Internationalization) and Nico Vera, Software Engineer, at Facebook.

A talk on Facebook's internationalization process, focusing on the social networking site's crowd-sourced translations (application and process; dynamic, social content) to provide native language services for over 200 million users.

David Ellis has drawn on his background in computational linguistics (research in academia and industry) to help build a community-driven translation tool. This technology allows Facebook to continue grow at an incredible pace worldwide, and is available to developers on Platform, including external sites via Connect. David had earlier worked on the News Feed team, and continues to dabble in natural language processing, engineering recruiting puzzles and a variety of other efforts. He holds a BA with honors in linguistics from Brown University, and has published often (in journals, conferences, book-chapters, along with a pending patent).

Nico Vera is an engineer at Facebook, where he works on the Internationalization team that developed an application to allow the Facebook community to translate the site from English to other languages. Nico has been a Facebook Engineer for over 3 years, and has made significant contributions in the areas of Privacy, SEO, and Internationalization. He holds a M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, is passionate about using technology for social change, and is striving to make Facebook available to everyone, everywhere, in all languages.

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Location / Directions:

Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino (Singapore Room)

Maps/Directions: Google Maps  | Microsoft Maps  | Yahoo! Maps

Take the Saratoga/Sunnyvale Rd. [De Anza Blvd.] exit off 280, turn south into Cupertino, go one block and turn left onto Mariani Avenue, then take another left into 1 Infinite Loop.

An IMUG volunteer will be at the front door to escort you in and direct you to the correct room (usually the Singapore Room).

Admission: $4; free for IMUG members

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