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On 28 and 29 May, two Language Technology workshops were organised as part of the CEF AT Tools and Services project (SMART 2016/0103). The workshops put a spotlight on two language technologies that are becoming increasingly important to both public administrations and the industry, i.e. “Summarization – Key to information overload” and “Chatbots and Dialogue Systems”.

In order to support fast information exchange and accurate communication in all EU official languages, Icelandic and Norwegian, the European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) is contributing to a collaborative COVID-19 initiative. The initiative receives support by outstanding European MT companies, universities, research centres and networks like CLARIN ERIC, ELRA, the Universities of Padua, Utrecht and Lisbon, LIMSI and Pangeanic S.L.

Language technologies are key to create a digital single market across language barriers. The European Commission’s machine translation system eTranslation is an essential tool for that, as it allows public administrations, universities, ministries – and now also SMEs – to communicate and exchange information across languages and borders.

With the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, the whole world is facing a number of major challenges. Government and health authorities need to share all relevant information and act fast to get the situation under control.

On 29 April 2020, ELRC‘s Language Resource Board held its 9th LRB Meeting which – for the very first time in the history of ELRC – was a virtual gathering of all National Anchor Points across Europe.