SDL Desktop Products, a division of SDL International that delivers globalization productivity solutions for corporations, service providers, and professional translators, has announced the launch of a new version of its industry-leading SDLX Computer Aided Translation system accompanied by strong endorsement from its early users. With over 20 new enhancements, SDLX is quickly becoming the benchmark for others in terms of productivity, reliability, scalability, compatibility and exploitation of open standards such as TMX.

 “We have asked our early adopters to tell you more about this release,” said Brian Briggs, Vice President of SDL Desktop Products. Beta tester Piotr Bienkowski, SYNTAX Translations, used SDLX 2003’s unique Clipboard Translator that goes beyond the cut-and-paste capabilities of other products to parse text into segments (for better reusability) and preserve formatting, “I used it on an OpenOffice.org Writer file and, after selecting text from the file for translation, the Clipboard Translator segmented the text for me and all the formatting was maintained in the translated text as an added bonus. This is a great new feature.”

Piotr Bienkowski continues: “The support for TTX files is particularly welcome. Now I am able to translate these files in a friendly, uncluttered environment, with all the advantages that SDL Edit has to offer. And my client gets perfectly translated TTX files.”

“Although we had previously used tools such as TRADOS in our translation processes for quite some time, our experiences in the SDLX 2003 Beta Tester program confirmed our switch to SDLX was the right decision,” said Rolph Hecken, General Manager, Alpha Translations.   “The addition of the new fields and attributes stored with segments in the Translation Memory has enabled us to use the SDLX solution in our processes much more effectively, achieving a higher rate of consistency throughout our projects.”


About SDLX Translation Suite 2003
SDLX Translation Suite 2003 is a complete and secure translation environment for corporations, translation companies and freelance translators wishing to boost the quality and productivity of their translation activities. SDLX Translation Suite has become the fastest growing Computer Aided Translation (CAT) tool, recognized for its easy-to-learn user interface, scalable performance, and compatibility with other systems based on modern industry-standard technology and open standards such as TMX. SDLX Translation Suite dramatically improves productivity of the total translation process, from project creation to translation and quality assurance.

More information on SDLX 2003 can be found at: http://www.sdlx.com