Language diversity is a source of richness in European culture

Multilinguality creates barriers to the single European market and competitiveness:

in 600 translation combinations

annum on translation services

MULTILINGUALITY – EUROPEAN VALUE AND CHALLENGE

Language technologies – the most cost and time

communication and information exchange (machine translation, speech technologies,

Develop new generation of smart and “language-enabled” services like:

multilingual web, e-Government services, digital libraries and cultural heritage collections

governments

BRIDGING THE LANGUAGE DIVIDE

Diminish language barriers

Build European competitiveness

TECHNOLOGY ENABLED MULTILINGUALITY

Cooperation of governments, companies, academic institutions initiated by Latvia, coordinated by Tilde

Consolidation of the resources and activities

Critical mass for sustaining

LANGUAGE SHORE – GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

UK–NORDIC–BALTICCOOPERATIONOpportunity to take leadership in the global language technology market

national research centers and enterprises

programmes