SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that Microsoft and SDL are collaborating to enable the delivery of the Windows Vista Language Interface Pack into a number of emerging markets languages.

For their Local Language Program (LLP), Microsoft has chosen SDL Trados technology to facilitate the delivery of Windows Vista into additional languages across emerging territories.  SDL Trados technology is being used as the de-facto standard across Universities, agencies and freelance translators who are working on this project.

“It is critical that we are assured of the highest possible quality in delivering Windows Vista Language Interface Pack into the global marketplace”, says Yaron Hezroni, LLP Program Manager with Microsoft.  “By using SDL Trados and by promoting SDL TRADOS Certification with our LLP vendors, we believe that this will help us to deliver our product to market in the shortest possible time and at the highest possible quality”.

 “The translation supply chain is critical in helping corporations of any size to deliver product into global markets effectively” says Mark Lancaster, Chairman and CEO of SDL.  “We are delighted that Microsoft has mandated the use of SDL Trados and the Certification program in helping them deliver such a critical product into a broader range of languages.”

 SDL also offers the industry’s leading certification program for translators using SDL TRADOS technology. 

For more information on this and SDL Trados, visit www.sdl.com/products.
 
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