SDL International, the world's leading provider of translation services and technology solutions, announced today that Sun Microsystems Inc. has implemented SDLWorkFlow™ 2004 to manage translation processes more efficiently for its geo websites (e.g. fr.sun.com) and its online catalog (www.suncatalog.com). Sun has achieved major cost savings and significantly improved time to market by automating many steps in the translation process and by storing all its translation memories in the open, industry certified, TMX* standard.

 Sun needed to rapidly develop and deploy multilingual information to the worldwide markets it supports. The solution had to easily integrate with Sun's content management systems, had to cost effectively support multiple localization vendors, including translation of languages other than English, and had to provide both manual and automatic translation of content. SDLWorkFlow was chosen as it meets these requirements in a cost-effective and timely manner.

SDLWorkFlow currently manages translation into nine languages, automating many of the processes. Content changes in the CMS are detected, text for translation extracted and translation memory applied. The whole translation process is controlled by Sun through SDLWorkFlow's web portal. This high level of automation reduces the administrative overhead otherwise associated with managing frequent updates in multiple languages, and dramatically reduces the Sun resources required for translation management.

"SDLWorkFlow's open and manageable XML-based architecture has enabled rapid integration and improved Sun's quality and consistency of multilingual content," explained William Snow, Sun's Director of Internet Services Engineering. "Translation throughput has increased, time-to-market improved and total cost of translation has been reduced. The system will also ensure other divisions in Sun have the ability to benefit from the TMX translation memory and our customized workflows."

Terry Lawlor, VP worldwide marketing at SDL, confirmed: "Our commitment to XML and TMX has provided Sun with a standards-based platform that easily integrates with its existing systems. Using SDLWorkFlow and its web portal interface, Sun has been able to achieve significant benefits in its management of multilingual content - right across its global markets."


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