SDL – University Alliance ProgramLRC Summer School

31st May, 2004

Philip Briscoe – Product Marketing Manager, SDL International

SDL International

• SDL is the World’s Largest Provider of Language Translation Software

• £65m revenue in 2003, 1300 employees in 40 offices in 26

countries

• Key Player in Localization Standards Groups e.g. LISA

• Large range of commercially available products Used by Corporations, Translation Agencies, Freelancers & Academic

Institutions

• Technology is largely responsible for SDL’s growth over last 5 years ($3m annual spend on Research & Development)

What is the program all about?

The SDL University Alliance Program is designed to enable Accredited academic institutions around the world to provide their students with the latest translation

and localization technology skills.

Benefits of Joining

• Flexible Software Licenses

• Promotion of your Academic Program

• Access to Information for Curriculum Development

• Products Discounts for Graduating Students

• Places your Program in the Technology Spotlight

• Student Certification Program

Enhancing the Program

• Beta Testing Program

• Student & Academic Forums

• Members Pages

• Student License Rental Scheme

• Other suggestions?

Some of our Participants include:

• University of Leeds, UK

• Concordia University, Canada

• Imperial College, UK

• University of Bologna, Italy

• University of Montreal, Canada

• University of Saarlandes, Germany

• University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Erasmus Hogeschool, Brussels

• University of Wisconsin, UW-Milwakee, USA

What SDLX Can Do for Your Business…

• Captures repetitive text, saving costs and increasing quality

• Automatic Terminology QA Check to ensure consistent terminology

• Never translate the same sentence twice

• Review process simplified – everyone on same editing environment

• Easy to use, colour-coded segments for quick review and editing

• Very user–friendly and intuitive interface

Key Benefits of Translating Files with SDLX…

• Translation interface independent of third party editors such as Word

• No need for forced CAT upgrade when office upgrades

• No bug in CAT when Office has bugs

• Better formatting handling

• Cross-leverage of file formats DOC, PPT XLS all use same editing

environment 100% seamless leveraging No need to learn multiple editing

environments

Modern, Scalable Solutions…

• SDLX uses modern functionality Microsoft Access DB structure Easy to use, work in minutes Review process simplified

• SDLX adheres to standards TMX Certified – protecting investment Unicode compliant – over 150 languages OpenTag

• Go Anywhere, Do Anything Solutions from Desktop to Enterprise SDLX opens the door to scalability

• SDLX • SDLTermBase Online • SDLWorkFlow • Knowledge-based translation

File with TM Applied

Translated File

Translated Document

in native format

DOC, RTF, PPT, XLSMIF, HTML, ASP, XMLRC, TXT, Code, VB, etc

Import into SDLX

Source Document in native format

DOC, RTF, PPT, XLSMIF, HTML, ASP, XMLRC, TXT, Code, VB, etc

SDLX Translation Suite Process