Bowne Global Solutions Hosts First European Automotive Standards Meeting on Translation Quality; Leading Automakers and Suppliers Converge on SAE Event in Germany.Business Editors/Automotive Writers PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2001 Bowne Global Solutions, the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation services division of Bowne & Co, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BNE BNE Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain) BNE Board of Nurse Examiners BNE Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (economic development organization; New York) BNE Branch If Not Equal ), today announced the conclusion of a productive first European meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International (SAE) is a professional organization for mobility engineering professionals in aerospace, automotive and the commercial vehicle industries. The Society is a standards development organization for the engineering of powered vehicles of all kinds, including (SAE), hosted by Bowne Global Solutions and convened to discuss standard J2450 -- translation quality metric. The late November meeting in Wuppertal, Germany, included representation from some of Europe's leading automakers. In addition to automotive producers Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Parts Corporation, Audi AG, BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. AG, DaimlerChrysler AG, Opel and SCANIA (Ford and Jaguar were represented by their translation vendors/partners), 10 European translation vendors and suppliers to the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. attended, contributing to a forum that sought to reach consensus on translation standards issues affecting the industry. J2450, an initiative originally conceived of by US automakers GM, Ford and Chrysler, is one of many quality systems designed to define metric standards for automotive engineering Noun 1. automotive engineering - the activity of designing and constructing automobiles automotive technology engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry . As one component of a quality assurance process, J2450 provides a measure for tagging translation errors, and produces a weighted score that defines the severity of errors. Industry-wide understanding and agreement on error definitions and classifications is critical for such quality systems to be effective. J2450 is considered complementary to the American Society for Testing and Materials standard F15.48, which focuses more broadly on the process of acquiring and managing translation services. "Events such as this help automakers and suppliers develop a systematic approach to problem definition and error correction," said Anders Andersson Anders Andersson (born March 15, 1974 in Tomelilla) is a Swedish football forward. He has played 27 international matches for the Swedish national team, and was a squad player for the Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. He also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. , Volvo Parts Corporation and committee chairman of SAE standard J2450, European section. "It is encouraging that a company like Bowne Global Solutions has taken such an active role in developing specialist understanding of our industries challenges and is contributing to resolve them." "Becoming an integrated part of the automotive community is the only way that we feel we can legitimately assist in the industries globalization process," said Julie-Anne Lawlor, VP of European Business Development, Bowne Global Solutions. "Sponsoring forums like this helps all parties in the production process adhere to a set of standard guidelines." "The automotive industry is one that our company is committed to," added Carl Glaeser, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bowne Global Solutions. "We have considerable automotive expertise throughout our global organization and believe that it is an industry that we can contribute significant long-term value to." About SAE SAE is a non-profit educational and scientific organization dedicated to advancing mobility technology to better serve humanity. Over 70,000 engineers and scientists, who are SAE members, develop technical information on all forms of self-propelled vehicles including automobiles, trucks and buses, off-highway equipment, aircraft, aerospace vehicles, marine, rail, and transit systems. SAE disseminates this information through its meetings, books, technical papers, magazines, standards, reports, professional development programs, and electronic databases. About Bowne Global Solutions Bowne Global Solutions is the leading provider of comprehensive globalization solutions and technology -- enabling its customers to reach their customers in any part of the world. Bowne's global team delivers international marketing strategy consulting, technical documentation authoring and translation, software internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation , technology product localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. , and web content creation and management combined with machine translation and related linguistic technologies to the world's most respected companies. With this suite of integrated globalization services, Bowne enables industry leaders in the technology product, corporate online learning, automotive, aerospace, medical, telecommunications and digital entertainment industries to compete and grow global market share through locally-relevant, culturally-connected products and services. Bowne Global Solutions is a division of Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE:BNE), the world's largest financial printer and also a provider of outsourcing services, legal software and digital print-on-demand solutions. |
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