Project description Multilingual online services Show the project objective Hide the project objective Subtitling plays a very important role as it is the preferred multimedia content translation method in most of the European countries and for most of the genres, to make audiovisual content widely accessible across languages. The increasing use and transmission of digital multimedia and multilingual content through the web, DVDs and the current European and National policies promoting the subtitling of contents broadcasted by public TVs have had as a consequence that subtitling demands have increased in recent years, being the associated market size very important.However subtitling and subtitle translation face some important problems that are preventing the expansion of the market and are therefore hindering new business opportunities to arise: Cost, time and quality. There is a clear need to increase the productivity of subtitle translation procedures, reducing costs and turnaround times while enhancing the quality of the translation results. Then, subtitling and audiovisual translation have been recognized as areas that could greatly benefit from the introduction Statistical MT Techniques (SMT) followed by post-editing techniques, in order to increase productivity and enhance the quality of the results. Therefore, SUMAT project will increase the efficiency and productivity of the European subtitle industry, while enhancing the quality of its results, thanks to the effective introduction of SMT technologies in the subtitle translation processes.SUMAT will develop an online subtitle translation service addressing 9 different European languages combined into 14 different language pairs, with the aim to semi-automatize at a large scale the subtitle translation processes of both freelance translators and subtitling companies, in order to optimize their efficiency and productivity thereby helping them to meet the market demands Programme(s) CIP - Competitiveness and innovation framework programme (CIP)(2007-2013) Topic(s) CIP-ICT-PSP.2010.6.2 - Multilingual online services Call for proposal CIP-ICT-PSP-2010-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme PB - Pilot Type B Coordinator FUNDACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INTERACCION VISUAL Y COMUNICACIONES VICOMTECH Address Paseo mikeletegi parque tecnologico de miramon 57 20009 Donostia san sebastian Spain See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Arantza del Pozo Etxezarreta (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 469 000,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TITELBILD SUBTITLING AND TRANSLATION GMBH Germany EU contribution € 94 378,00 Address Katharinenstrasse 10711 Berlin See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Susanne Bittner (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window ASOCIACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INTERACCION VISUAL Y COMUNICACIONES-VICOMTECH Participation ended Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Paseo mikeletegi parque tecnologico de miramon 57 20009 Donostia / san sebastian See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Arantza del Pozo Etxezarreta (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER ANONYMI VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI KAI TECHNIKI ETAIREIA EFARMOGON YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS Greece EU contribution € 244 250,00 Address Rizareiou 10 15233 Athina See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Marylene Garnier (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Traslán Teoranta Participation ended Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mill grove Co Wicklow Greystones See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Donncha Ó Cróinín (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window INVISION ONDERTITELING BV Netherlands EU contribution € 74 371,00 Address Sumatralaan 1217GP Hilversum See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Gerard Van Loenhout (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window UNIVERZA V MARIBORU Slovenia EU contribution € 132 575,00 Address Slomskov trg 15 2000 Maribor See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Zdravko Kačič (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window VOICE & SCRIPT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED GB EU contribution € 140 243,00 Address Cleveland street W1T 6AB London See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Lindsay Bywood (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Deluxe Digital Studios Ltd GB EU contribution € 249 088,00 Address North orbital road UB9 5HQ Denham See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Panayota Georgakopoulou (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window EUROPEAN CAPTIONING INSTITUTE LTD Participation ended GB EU contribution € 0,00 Address First floor holborn towers WC1V 6PL London See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Panayota Georgakopoulou (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window CAPITA TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING LIMITED GB EU contribution € 396 095,00 Address Riverside court, huddersfield road OL3 5FZ Oldham See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact John Dixon (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
