SDL Responds to Customer Demand with ‘Switch to SDLX’ Program
Corporations and Translation Companies can future-proof their businesses by taking advantage of open standards at affordable pricing
SDL Maidenhead , United Kingdom24 March 2005
SDL Desktop Products – a division of SDL International, the world’s largest provider of language translation software and solutions – today announced a program for helping organizations achieve an even faster ROI from new translation technologies.
The ‘Switch to SDLX’ program provides corporate localization teams and translation companies with the opportunity to convert their older, out-of-date translation software to SDLX, while benefiting from attractive pricing and a comprehensive conversion program for existing translation memories.
With this program, new translation technology becomes even more accessible. “We switched to SDLX for a number of reasons: the cost to value ratio was much more attractive, the user interface was far more intuitive and ergonomically organized, and the quality of service, in our opinion, set a benchmark for the rest of the industry", explained Mark Montgomery, Translation Manager, Sysmex Belgium S.A.
Companies need to be sure they are equipped to deal with the latest file formats and that they are not locked in to proprietary translation software or assets. “We chose SDLX to replace our existing toolset because it provided an all-around more manageable, future-proofed solution,” said Diane Reitmeier, Vice President, Parenty Reitmeier.
“Customers are becoming increasingly frustrated with proprietary software that is overpriced, lags behind current industry best practices and does not fulfill the fundamental requirement of future-proofing a company’s business,” commented Keith Laska, Divisional Director of SDL Desktop Products. “The ‘Switch to SDLX’ program is designed to give organizations great technology with a rapid return-on-investment. SDLX also safeguards a company’s investment in translation software and assets through our dedicated adoption of open standards, such as TMX*, XLIFF and XML.”
With significant gains in market share in the past few years, and major investment in supporting industry standards, SDLX is quickly becoming the industry’s preferred translation memory software.
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SDL Desktop Products is the localization tools division of SDL International (London Stock Exchange: ‘SDL’), the world’s largest provider of language translation software. Its clients include global corporations, software publishers, translators and localization service providers worldwide, all of whom benefit from standards based software that maximizes language translation productivity while protecting investment in translation assets. Its range of products includes SDLX, the industry leading translation memory tool with TMX* compatibility, and SDL Localization Suite, the most comprehensive range of localization productivity tools on the market today. For more information on SDL Desktop Products, visit www.sdl.com/products.
