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SDL Automated Translation Solutions Give Government
Organizations Timely Accessto Mission-Critical Information
SDL Language Weaver Enterprise Translation Server 5.3 now
available for defense and intelligenceorganizations
LOS ANGELES, U.S ,
25 July 2011
SDL (LSE: SDL), the leading provider of Global Information
Management solutions, is pleased to announce therelease of SDL
Language Weaver Enterprise Translation Server 5.3 (SDL LW ETS).
This is the latest versionof the companys secure, on-site automated
translation solution for government organizations.
Leveraging robust, statistically based technology, SDL LW ETS
enables defense and intelligence agencies tohave timely access to
mission-critical information that arrives in multiple languages and
file formats. The latestrelease introduces several new
advancements, including measurable improvements in performance and
quality
to address increasing translation demands.
Today, there are over 2 billion Internet users, many of them
authoring, sharing and contributing to contentregularly. More than
70% speak a language other than English, which leads to an
overwhelming amount ofinformation being created across languages
and file types. (Source: Internet World Stats) As a result, the
needfor trusted, secure translation solutions has continued to
increase year over year.
SDL LW ETS 5.3 delivers high-speed automated language
translation for large volumes of text across a widespectrum of
languages, to enable assimilation of content and collaboration
among government organizations.Version 5.3 delivers:
Improved compatibility with industry standards, including new
Open Office and PDF versionsImproved language pair quality and
performanceImproved integration capabilities via a new REST API
New languages added: Lithuanian, Ukranian and Slovak
This release also includes several technology advances that will
enable SDL TrustScore to be deployed, out-of-the-box in an upcoming
release. SDL TrustScore provides a quality score for each
translation generated sothat analysts and intelligence workers
without knowledge of a foreign language can confidently route or
takeaction on the results of an automated translation.
In addition to the increased need for automated translation, we
have seen the demand for robust solutions thatenable access to
foreign language information such as broadcast monitoring and web
monitoring solutions continue to increase, said Prem Natarajan,
Vice-President for Speech, Language and Multimedia at RaytheonBBN
Technologies. These integrated solutions leverage the ongoing
innovation and advancement fromautomated translation solutions to
deliver a better user experience and better information. We are
pleased to seethese new capabilities from SDL in the latest
release, and look forward to our continued partnership.
Our government customers have unique requirements and our team
is committed to ongoing R&D to drivefurther innovation, quality
improvement, flexibility and compatibility into our solutions, said
Daniel Marcu, CTO ofSDL Language Technologies division. The
progress to date is unprecedented, and we continue to push
thelimits on what is possible both technically and scientifically.
In this release, we have not only zeroed in onquality, but have
also laid the foundation to deliver SDL TrustScore with baseline
language pairs for governmentin an upcoming release.
SDL LW ETS 5.3 is available for immediate shipment.
Find out more on how SDL LW ETS 5.3 can help governmental
organizations.
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About SDL
SDL is the leader in Global Information Management. Global
Information Management enables companies toengage with their
customers throughout the customer journey from brand awareness, to
sales and after-salessupport and across languages, cultures and
channels.
SDLs best-of-breed Web Content Management, eCommerce, Structured
Content and Language Technologies,combined with its Language
Services drive down the cost of content creation, management,
translation andpublishing. SDL solutions increase conversion ratios
and customer satisfaction through targeted informationacross all
customer touch points.
Global industry leaders who rely on SDL include ABN-Amro, Bosch,
Canon, CNH, FICO, GlaxoSmithKline,Hewlett-Packard, KLM, Microsoft,
NetApp, Philips, SAP and Sony. SDL has over 1500 enterprise
customers, hasdeployed over 170,000 software licenses and provides
access to on-demand portals for 10 million customers permonth. It
has a global infrastructure of more than 60 offices in 35
countries. For more information, visitwww.sdl.com.
SDL Americas - Hannah Grap
+1 (310)437 7300
[email protected]
SDL Europe and Corporate Headquarters - Amy Hall
+44 (0)1628 410120
[email protected]
SDL ASIA Pacific - Richard Delanty
+81 90 6695 5313
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