Uwe Muegge

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name = Uwe Muegge


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birth_date = 1960
birth_place = Stuttgart, Germany
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occupation = Terminologist Adjunct Professor
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spouse = Christine Muegge
children = Three daughters
website = [http://www.muegge.cc/ www.muegge.cc]
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Uwe Muegge (pronounced [IPA|ˈuːvə mygə] ), (b. 1960) is an innovator and educator in the field of translation.

Muegge has developed several controlled languages, a number of tools and processes for automatic terminology extraction and dictionary creation, and is a pioneer in the areas of implementing automated tools for writing source documents in a controlled environment, using machine translation tools, and automatically checking target documents. Muegge is serving in various professional special industry groups, has presented at international conferences, and is a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). [Muegge currently serves in the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) [http://www.lisa.org/sigs/terminology/ Terminology SIG] and the German Association of Technical Communicators (tekom) [http://www.tekom.de/index_neu.jsp?url=/servlet/ControllerGUI?action=voll&id=1937 Translation SIG.] ] [Uwe Muegge has presented at [http://www.localizationworld.com/lwbonn2005/program.htm Localization World] , [http://new.multilingual.com/mlNewsArchiveDetail.php?id=2369 Technical Communication World] and [http://www.aslib.co.uk/conferences/programme.html Translating and the Computer.] ] [Muegge serves in TC 37/SC 3 "Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content", see [http://multilingual.com/newsDetail.php?id=5669 Multilingual Computing News] ] His book "Translation Contract" is the standard reference for specifying translation work orders. [http://www.muegge.cc Muegge's website] is based on a controlled language that enables automatic machine translation into eleven languages. The Alexa traffic ranking service lists this website among the 100 most popular translation sites, having attracted visitors from more than 110 countries. [ [http://www.alexa.com/browse/general/?&CategoryID=27001&mode=general&SortBy=Popularity&mode=general&R=True&Start=0&BrowseStart=0&CategoryID=27001 Alexa 100 most popular sites in translation.] ] [ [http://www.multilingual.com/mlNewsArchiveDetail.php?id=2384 Multilingual Computing News] ]

Biography

Muegge was born in Stuttgart, Germany and received his undergraduate education in English linguistics, American studies, and political science at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Telecommunication and Film from the University of Oregon and a Master of Arts degree in German Translation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Muegge has also pursued doctoral studies in applied linguistics at the University of Leipzig.

Muegge is an expert in automating processes relating to the management of terminology, writing, translation and localization projects and has provided consulting services to global corporations such es DaimlerChrysler, SAP, and Sun Microsystems. [ [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1418416363/ Author bio on Amazon] ]

Uwe Muegge currently works for Medtronic, the world's largest medical technology company, as a corporate terminologist and holds an adjunct professor teaching position at the Monterey Institute of International Studies where he teaches courses in computer-assisted translation and terminology management. [ [http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/stcfeb3/details.pdf Speaker info in STC student conference brochure] ] [ [http://translate.miis.edu/faculty/faculty.html?id=184 Monterey Institute faculty member website.] ]

He is married to Christine Muegge, a midwifery educator and published author, with whom he has three daughters. [Muegge, Christine (2003): "Frauen und Führung: Von der Konstruktion weiblicher Führungsqualitäten." [Women and leadership: The construction of female leadership qualities.] , Hamburg: Diplomica]

Contributions

Muegge has developed a number of processes and tools for improving the productivity and quality of various steps in the writing-to-translation workflow:

Terminology work

Uwe Muegge has developed a number of automatic terminology extraction solutions. One of these solutions was evaluated by the Swiss [http://www.bk.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en Federal Chancellery] , which determined the results of Muegge's extraction process to be superior to those produced by the market leader Trados. [Schweizer Bundeskanzlei, Sektion Terminologie / Arbeitsgruppe Extraktoren (2001): "Evaluation der Extraktionsprogramme von Xerox, Trados und U. Mügge."] He also developed a process for automatically creating machine-readable dictionaries from printed dictionaries. [Muegge, Uwe (2000): "Terminology work: Tools and processes that make a difference", ATA Chronicle 4, 15-20.]

Controlled language

Muegge has developed the CLOUT rule set (Controlled Language Optimized for Uniform Translation), a controlled language that he designed for writing documents that are suitable for translation with machine translation systems. [Kearns, John (2006): "New CLOUT Website", IATIS Bulletin 5, 3-4.] A subset of the CLOUT rules is published on [http://www.muegge.cc this website.]

Machine translation

Muegge designed a process for integrating any machine translation tool into TMX-compliant translation memory tools. [Muegge, Uwe (2001): "The best of two worlds. Integrating machine translation into standard translation memories. A universal approach based on the TMX standard", Language International 6, 26-29.] He also developed a solution for automatically translating descriptions in product databases. [Muegge, Uwe (2006): "Fully automatic high quality machine translation of restricted text: A case study", in "Translating and the computer 28. Proceedings of the twenty-eighth international conference on translating and the computer, 16-17 November 2006, London", London: Aslib. ISBN 978-0-85142-483-5.]

Web design and Internationalization

[http://www.muegge.cc Muegge's website] is a model solution for an internationalization approach that uses machine translation to automatically create virtual versions of a website in another language. The text in this website was created using his CLOUT rule set, which, combined with Google’s language tools, produce machine-generated translations that are largely comprehensible, if not completely well-formed. [ [http://www.muegge.cc/controlled-language.htm This page] lists 10 of the easier to implement rules out of the 30+ CLOUT rule set.]

Translation

Muegge is the author of a model solution for specifying translation work orders and is a member of the German Association of Technical Communicators (tekom) Translation SIG that developed the translation quality assurance tool "QualiAssistent". [Muegge, Uwe (2005): "Translation contract. A standards-based model solution", Bloomington: AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4184-1636-2.] [Oehmig, Peter (2006): "Translating with ease and without mistakes: Quality management in the translation process" [http://www.tekom.de/index_neu.jsp?url=/servlet/ControllerGUI?action=voll&id=1937 tekom Webportal.] ]

Selected publications

Books and articles

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editor-last = Schmitt
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contribution = Automatische Terminologieextraktion [Automatic terminology extraction]
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title = Translationsqualität [Translation quality]
year = 2007
pages = on CD
place = Frankfurt am Main
publisher = Peter Lang Publishing
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id = ISBN 978-3-631-57187-3
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title = Why manage terminology? Ten quick answers
journal = The Globalization Insider
volume = 16
issue = 5
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publisher = Localization Industry Standards Association
date = 2007
url = http://www.lisa.org/globalizationinsider/2007/07/uwes_article.html
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title = Controlled language: the next big thing in translation?
journal = ClientSide News Magazine
volume = 7
issue = 7
pages = 21–24
publisher = ClientSide Publications
date = 2007
url = http://www.translationdirectory.com/articles/article1359.php
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last = Muegge
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title = Disciplining words: What you always wanted to know about terminology management
journal = tcworld
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issue = 3
pages = 17–19
publisher = tekom
date = 2007
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contribution = Fully automatic high quality machine translation of restricted text: A case study
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title = Proceedings of the twenty-eighth international conference on translating and the computer, 16-17 November 2006, London
year = 2006
pages = 16–17
place = London
publisher = Aslib
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id = ISBN 978-0-85142-483-5
* Citation
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editor-last = Gräfe
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contribution = An excellent application for crummy machine translation: Automatic translation of a large database
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title = Proceedings of the annual conference of the German society of technical communicators
year = 2006
pages = 18–21
place = Stuttgart
publisher = tekom
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* cite book
last = Muegge
first = Uwe
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title = How to optimize translations & accelerate time to market: Aligning people, processes and technology to improve quality and speed to market
publisher = Merrill Brink International
date = 2006
location = Minneapolis
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last = Muegge
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title = Translation Contract. A standards-based model solution
publisher = AuthorHouse
date = 2005
location = Bloomington
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id = ISBN 978-1-4184-1636-2
* Citation
first = Uwe
last = Muegge
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editor-last = Tjarks-Sobhani
editor-first = Marita
editor2-last = Hennig
editor2-first = Jörg
contribution = Lokalisierung und Maschinelle Übersetzungssysteme [Localization and machine translation systems]
title = Lokalisierung von Technischer Dokumentation [Localization of technical documentation]
pages = 110–121
publisher = tekom
year = 2002
location = Stuttgart
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id = ISBN 978-3-7950-0789-8
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title = Möglichkeiten für das Realisieren einer einfachen Kontrollierten Sprache" [Implementing a simple controlled language]
journal = Lebende Sprachen
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issue = 3
pages = 110–114
date = 2002
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editor-last = Gräfe
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contribution = Mit automatischer Terminologieextraktion schneller zu besseren Übersetzungsergebnissen [Using automatic terminology extraction for obtaining better translations sooner
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title = Proceedings of the annual conference of the German society of technical communicators
year = 2001
pages = 50–51
place = Stuttgart
publisher = tekom
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* cite journal
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title = The best of two worlds. Integrating machine translation into standard translation memories. A universal approach based on the TMX standard
journal = Language International
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issue = 6
pages = 26–29
date = 2001
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title = Terminology work: Tools and processes that make a difference
journal = ATA Chronicle
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pages = 15–20
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* cite book
last = Muegge
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title = Verfahren zur Erstellung projektbezogener Terminologielisten [Process for creating project-specific terminology lists] Patent ID: DE19923570.8
publisher = German Patent Office
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Interviews and reviews

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first = Axel
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title = Maschinelles Übersetzen: Junkfood oder Sternemenü? [Machine translation: junk food or gourmet's delight?]
journal = Produkt Global
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last = Buller
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title = Uwe Muegge zur Terminologiearbeit bei Medtronic: Qualität ist unser oberstes Ziel [Uwe Muegge on terminology work at Medtronic: Quality is our number one priority]
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last = Shunra-Bugel
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title = Translation contract: Reviewed by Dena Shunra-Bugel
journal = Multilingual Computing
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issue = 76
pages = 18–19
publisher = Multilingual Computing
date = 2006
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last = Hemmer
first = Stafford
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title = Translation contract: A standards-based model solution by Uwe Muegge. Review by Stafford Hemmer
journal = Translorial
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Other achievements

Photography

Muegge has received a formal education in photography, and the United States Information Agency sponsored several individual exhibitions of his “Keepers of the Light” project in Germany. His infrared photography project “Adrift in the Southwest” was sponsored and produced by Philip Morris International.Uwe Muegge's [http://www.ziggs.com/apps/profile/Bio.aspx?uid=12386 Ziggs profile.] ]

Endurance sports

Muegge crossed the Alps on foot following the 425 mile (685 km) GR 5 route that originates near Lake Geneva and ends at the city of Nice on the Mediterranean Sea. He also walked the 268 mile (429 km) Pennine Way stretching from the Derbyshire Peak District to the border of Scotland in the UK, participated in the [http://www.inferno-muerren.ch/rennen/geschichte_el.html Inferno Race] (the world's oldest and one of the longest downhill ski races) in Switzerland, completed several Olympic-distance triathlons, and his marathon best is 3:34 h.

Honors

*Member of U.S. delegation to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) [cite web
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*Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America [Citation
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contribution = Muegge, Uwe
year = 2006
title = Who's Who in America
editor-last = Chassie
editor-first = Karen
volume = 61
pages = 3212
place= New Providence
publisher = Marquis
id = ISBN 978-0-83796999-9 ]

See also

*Controlled natural language
*Internationalization and localization
*Machine translation
*Monterey Institute of International Studies
*Terminology
*Translation

References

External links

* [http://www.muegge.cc Uwe Muegge's personal website]
* [http://www.ziggs.com/reg/member/Bio.aspx?uid=12386 Uwe Muegge's Ziggs profile]
* [http://www.miis.edu Monterey Institute of International Studies]
* [http://www.lisa.org/sigs/terminology/ Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) Terminology SIG]
* [http://www.tekom.de German Association of Technical Communicators (tekom)]
* [http://www.tilponline.org The Institute of Localisation Professionals (TILP)]

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