SDL Announces SDL Trados 2006 with Quark, InDesign, Java and OOo support

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In their effort to merge the TRADOS and SDLX product lines, SDL International, a leader in the emerging market for global information management (GIM) solutions, which acquired  arch-rival TRADOS last year, announced today the early-bird release of SDL Trados 2006. The new version hits the market only two months after SDL announced Interoperability versions of both SDLX and TRADOS.

According to the press release, this groundbreaking release sets a new benchmark for computer-aided translation software, providing integrated terminology management, sophisticated quality checking, flexibility in choice of translation editing environment and customer-driven enhancements such as support for OpenOffice.org (OOo) and TMX, all in a single product with a single license key.

The creation of new, high-quality translated material has never been easier, the company informs. SDL Trados 2006 offers the best of both worlds, with the choice of Translators Workbench, TagEditor and SDLX editing environments. The newest version now includes new support for Quark, InDesign CS2 and Java files to supplement its already comprehensive file handling capabilities. Integration with SDL MultiTerm provides powerful terminology lookup and search functions to ensure adherence to corporate terminology and dramatically reduce translation time.

Existing and new translations can be more easily reviewed and cleansed using the enhanced QA checking in SDL Trados 2006. New built-in translation and terminology checks have been added and any number of user-defined checks can be set up to search for particular quality criteria. With corporate terminology constantly evolving, these checks substantially reduce the time and cost of maintaining high-quality, consistent translation memories.

SDL Trados 2006 significantly increases productivity for translators, language service providers and corporate translation departments as they create, cleanse and maintain translations, glossaries and translation memories. "Our customers are focused on delivering high-quality projects as quickly and efficiently as possible," said Keith Laska, Vice President of SDL Desktop Technology. "A recent survey showed that eight out of ten users spend 50% more time than necessary on lengthy review processes due to inconsistent terminology. With SDL Trados 2006 and our new Create, Cleanse and Maintain (CCM) Methodology, customers can work seamlessly together across the global ecosystem to significantly reduce translation review time and work more efficiently in standalone or networked environments."

SDL Trados 2006 is immediately available to pre-order at Early-Bird special pricing during the month of February. Freelancers can pre-order online at www.translationzone.com. LSPs and Corporations can make further inquiries and order through their local representatives at www.sdl.com/products.

For more information on SDL Trados 2006 or SDL's CCM Methodology, please visit www.sdl.com/products.

About SDL International

SDL International is a leader in the emerging market for global information management (GIM) solutions that empower organizations to accelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to global markets. Its enterprise software and services integrate with existing business systems to manage global information from authoring to publication and throughout the distributed localization supply chain.

Global industry leaders such as Audi, Bayer, Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Deutsche Bank, Kodak, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Reuters, and SAP rely on SDL to provide enterprise software or full outsourcing for their GIM processes. SDL has implemented more than 100 enterprise GIM solutions, has over 100,000 software licenses deployed across the GIM ecosystem and its global services infrastructure spans more than 50 offices in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.sdl.com.

For more information on SDL, please contact:

Fiona Ribeiro, SDL International, Tel: +44 (0)1628 410120, Email: fribeiro@sdl.com

source: press release

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