Villarejo Muñoz, LuisFarrús, MireiaOrtiz, SergioRamírez, Gemma2017-09-042017-09-042010Villarejo L, Farrús M, Ortiz S, Ramírez G. A web-based translation service at the UOC based on Apertium. In: Ganzha M, Paprzycki M. Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology (IMCSIT 2010); 2010 Oct. 18-20; Wisla (Poland). [place unknown]: IEEE; 2010. p. 489-94. DOI: 10.1109/IMCSIT.2010.5679871http://hdl.handle.net/10230/32738Comunicació presentada a: International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology (IMCSIT 2010), celebrat del 18 al 20 d'octubre de 2010 a Wisla, PolòniaIn this paper, we describe the adaptation process of Apertium, a free/open-source rule-based machine translation platform which is operating in a number of different real-life contexts, to the linguistic needs of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC), a private elearning university based in Barcelona where linguistic and cultural diversity is a crucial factor. This paper describes the main features of the Apertium platform and the practical developments required to fully adapt it to UOC’s linguistic needs. The settting up of a translation service at UOC based on Apertium shows the growing interest of large institutions with translation needs for open-source solutions in which their investment is oriented toward adding value to the available features to offer the best possible adapted service to their user community.application/pdfeng© 2010 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. The final published article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IMCSIT.2010.5679871info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IMCSIT.2010.5679871DictionariesEnginesCommunitiesPragmaticsUsabilityUser interfacesCompaniesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess