Why Standardization Efforts Fail

For the past 38 years the international conference Translating and the Computer has been a leading and distinctive forum for academics, users, developers and vendors of computer aids for translators and, increasingly, other translation technology tools.The event offers translators, interpreters, researchers and business people from translation companies, international organisations, universities and research labs, as well as freelance professionals the opportunity to discuss the latest developments and trends and exchange ideas.AsLing (International Association for Advancement in Language Technology), which took over the organisation of this conference in 2014, is proud to present the proceedings of Translating and the Computer 38 Conference (TC38), taking place in London on 17 and 18 November 2016.This year's conference continues the tradition of hosting quality speakers and panellists on a wide range of topics related to technology for translators and terminologists, as well as for interpreters.These range from translation tools, through machine translation, translation workflow, hybrid translation technologies, subtitling, terminology, standards and quality assessment.This year we are proud to continue the focus on the new technologies concerning interpreting where revolutionary changes are under way.We are confident that the e-proceedings featuring these contributions, accepted after a competitive reviewing process, will be an important reference and stimulus for future work.We are delighted to present our keynote speakers: Dieter Rummel and Henry Liu, representing respectively the by far largest and most complex translation service, The Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission, and the world's premier professional organization for translators, FIT, the International Federation of Translators.We are also confident that you will find that all the presentations and posters, as well as the panels and workshops, will provide interesting user perspectives and opportunities for inspiring discussions.