SDL Desktop Products – a division of SDL International, the world’s largest provider of language translation software and solutions – announced that SDLX has been honored with awards for ‘Translation Memory Tools’ and ‘Technology of the Year’ in the category of Localization Technologies. The awards were presented at the ClientSide Excellence Awards on March 31, 2005 in New Orleans, USA.

 The ClientSide Excellence Awards recognize exceptional Localization Professionals, Service Providers, Technology Products and other industry organizations that bring innovative solutions to the client side of the globalization, internationalization, localization and translation industry.

“These awards represent a massive achievement for SDLX, and we are very proud to have been recognized by the industry with not one, but two awards in the Localization Technologies category,” commented Keith Laska, Divisional Director of SDL Desktop Products. “We credit this to our continuing dedication to open standards, such as TMX*, XLIFF and XML, providing first-rate customer service, and listening to what our customers need. We feel that we have finally given the industry the freedom to choose – and it has.”

With significant gains in market share in the past few years, a major investment in supporting industry standards, as well as a highly successful translation technology conversion program (www.sdlx.com/switch), SDLX is quickly becoming the industry’s preferred translation memory software.

About SDL Desktop Products

SDL Desktop Products is the translation technology division of SDL International (London Stock Exchange: ‘SDL’), the world’s largest provider of language translation software and solutions. Its clients include global 1000 corporations, software publishers, translators and translation 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 Certified 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.

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