Workshop on Computer Assisted Translation of Alaska Native Languages (CATANAL), May 19 - 22, 1999, Fairbanks, Alaska

阿拉斯加州土著语言计算机辅助翻译（CATANAL）项目旨在探索计算语言学、机器翻译、语音识别和光学字符识别在阿拉斯加州土著语言翻译和保存中的应用。保护和翻译阿拉斯加土著语言的迫切需要源于社会和自然科学中的一些问题，以及由千禧年之际形成北极事件的强大力量所引起的教育、政治和经济问题。该项目将简要阐述翻译和保存本土语言的最重要需求，以及计算语言学在解决这些问题方面可以发挥的作用。这个项目将支持一个涉及对这个问题感兴趣的各方的研讨会。该研讨会计划于1999年5月19日至22日在阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学（UAF）新建的国际北极研究中心（IARC）举行。在讲习班之前，组织和指导委员会开展了活动。讲习班结束后将编写和散发一份报告。这个项目是与阿拉斯加州的一些组织共同支持的。

9907441AkasofuThe Computer-Assisted Translation of Alaska Native Languages (CATANAL) Project is designed to explore the application of computational linguistics, machine translation, speech recognition and optical character recognition to the translation and preservation of Alaska Native languages. The urgent need to preserve and translate the Alaska Native languages derives from a number of problems in the social and natural sciences, as well as educational, political, and economic problems caused by powerful forces that are shaping events in the Arctic at the turn of the millennium. This project will develop a succinct statement of the most important needs in translation and preservation of the Native Languages and what role computational linguistics can play in addressing these problems. This project will support a workshop involving parties interested in this problem. The workshop is planned for May 19-22, 1999 at the new International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The workshop has been preceded by organizational and steering committee activities. Following the workshop a report will be produced and disseminated. This project is jointly supported with a number of organizations in the State of Alaska.