August 3, 2005

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A. WORD PROCESSING
A.1. Nisus Writer Express 2.5 public beta

B. DICTIONARIES AND GRAMMAR CHECKERS
B.1. Epocware honored as Developer of the Year 2005

C. SPEECH TECHNOLOGY
C.1. TeleData Technology improves capabilities in T3 Platform
C.2. Rex being used for humanitarian medical efforts
C.3. IBM WebSphere to support Avaya Voice Portal, partners drive open-source initiatives

D. TRANSLATION SERVICES
D.1. PAEN opens Sydney office

E. TRANSLATION TOOLS
E.1. Sajan adds Term Director to GCMS
E.2. SDL follows TRADOS 7 launch with world education tour

F. LOCALIZATION TOOLS
F.1. Transcendia releases transcendia CM

G. LOCALIZATION SERVICES
G.1. Real Idea launches new website
G.2. Tek's OneWorld Localization Center moves
G.3. PlayFirst taps Boonty for game localization and distribution
G.4. Ycomm Europe receives award from Ricoh ELC

H. OTHER MULTILINGUAL SOFTWARE
H.1. Globex Software simplifies globalization challenges
H.2. SpinFire for Microsoft Office now available in multiple languages

I. INTERNATIONALIZATION SERVICES
I.1. Sinometrics teams up with Basis Technology

J. GLOBAL WEB
J.1. Zunch launches Chinese version of website

K. RESOURCES
K.1. "Developing a Global E-Learning Program" report available
K.2. ELRA adds language resources to catalog

L. SHOWS AND SEMINARS
L.1. Registration opens for EuroOSCON
L.2. Conference to discuss challenges of translation/interpretation education
L.3. University of Joensuu announces TTE2005
L.4. SD Best Practices comes to Boston in September 2005

M. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
M.1. Excel Translations seeks project manager
M.2. Localsoft announces two openings in new office

N. MultiLingual News
N.1. About MultiLingual News
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Nisus Software, a developer of text and productivity tools for the Macintosh, has announced the public beta release of Nisus Writer Express 2.5, a word processor for writers. Nisus Writer Express 2.5 adds new features such as right-to-left input (for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew), bullets and numbering, support for LinkBack, and many bug fixes and enhancements. These new features add to the set that won Nisus Writer Express "Best Overall Word Processor" in lab tests by MacUser UK.

Nisus Software, Inc., 107 South Cedros Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075 USA, Tel: 858-481-1477, E-mail: sales@nisus.com, Web: http://www.nisus.com

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Handango, a provider of mobile downloads, has chosen Epocware as the Developer of the Year and Epocware's Handy Day 2005 as Best Productivity Application. Handango's Champion Awards 2005 aim to recognize applications that provide customers with innovative solutions and honor development companies that make a significant contribution to the mobile software ecosystem. A panel of industry experts and media chooses the winners in each category.

Epocware/Paragon Software Group, Pervomajskaja Street 3, CAO, Building "TSE," 2nd Floor, 141700, Dolgoprudnyj-Moscow, Russia, Tel: 7-095-408-61-79, E-mail: Jeanne_Kolesnik@penreader.com, Web: http://www.epocware.com

Handango, 305 Northeast Loop 820, Suite 200, Hurst, TX 76053 USA, Tel: 817-280-0129, Fax: 817-280-9628, Web: http://www.handango.com

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TeleData Technology, a designer of telephony solutions, has released enhancements to its automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology. TeleData Technology incorporates Natural Speech Communication's (NSC) ASR technology into its T3 Platform to develop a range of messaging solutions, thus enabling speech recognition from telephones, cell phones and speaker phones. The T3 Platform supports speech recognition in US English, UK English, Russian, German, Hebrew and Arabic. In addition, NSC language resources contain a database of more than 60 languages.

TeleData Technology, 90 William Street, Suite 304, New York, NY 10038 USA, Tel: 212-226-8205, Fax: 212-226-1251, E-mail: info@myt3.com, Web: http://www.teledatatechnology.com

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Wizzard Software and its subsidiary, MedivoxRx Technologies, have announced that Cornerstone Community Church, a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, has sponsored the first shipment of Rex, "The Talking Prescription Bottle," for a medical missionary relief effort. This mission was for Via Sion Los Andes (The Andes Vision), which provides spiritual guidance and medical assistance to impoverished citizens of La Puerta, Venezuela, and surrounding villages.

Wizzard Software Corp., 5001 Baum Boulevard, Suite 770, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA, Tel: 412-621-0902, Fax: 412-621-2625, E-mail: sales@wizzardsoftware.com, Web: http://www.wizzardsoftware.com

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Avaya, a designer, builder and manager of communications networks, has selected IBM WebSphere Voice Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server as the initial speech and middleware platforms for Avaya Voice Portal, Avaya's new web services-based speech self-service platform. The combination offers customers the flexibility to integrate enterprise applications with their contact centers through a service-oriented architecture framework.

Three IBM partners, Audium, Fluency and Openstream, have donated Reusable Dialog Components (RDCs) to the Apache Software Foundation, a leading community for open-source software development. RDCs allow developers to plug standard pieces of speech code into their own code to help speed the development of speech applications for new uses. In the fall of 2004, IBM launched the RDC initiative where IBM, supported by its business partners, contributed RDCs to the open-source community via Apache and Eclipse. Based on Java, with tools built on Eclipse, this initiative is aimed at giving speech developers the benefits of open standards that mainstream developers of other kinds of applications have enjoyed.

IBM North America, 1133 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10604 USA, Tel: 404-238-1234, Fax: 404-238-6628, Web: http://www.ibm.com

Avaya Inc., 211 Mt. Airy Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 USA, Tel: 866-462-8292, Web: http://www.avaya.com

Audium, 150 Lafayette Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10013 USA, Tel: 212-609-4000, Fax: 212-609-4001, Web: http://www.audiumcorp.com

Fluency Voice Technology Ltd., Hythe House, 3rd Floor, 200 Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 7NL UK, Tel: 44-(0)-20-8237-6262, Fax: 44-(0)-20-8237-6263, E-mail: ukinfo@fluencyvoice.com, Web: http://www.fluencyvoice.com

Openstream, One Executive Drive, Suite 220, Somerset, NJ 08873 USA, Tel: 732-507-7030, Fax: 732-507-7035, E-mail: info@openstream.com, Web: http://www.openstream.com

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PAEN Communications Ltd., a language services company, has announced that Alexandra Norris is its new business development manager in Sydney, Australia. The opening of its Sydney office adds another Australian location to PAEN's growing global presence, with an office already established in Melbourne. The company also has branches in Auckland, New Zealand, and Nuremberg, Regensburg and Berlin, Germany. Specializing in translation, typesetting and languages services, PAEN has such multinational clients as IBM, PUMA, Xerox and Siemens.

PAEN Communications Ltd., Level 2, John Henry Centre, Pioneer Street, Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, Tel: 006498383987, Fax: 006498131056, E-mail: info@paen.net, Web: http://www.paen.net

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Sajan, a global communication management technology and translation services provider, has released GCMS 2005 Edition. GCMS 2005 Edition Suite is provided as a service supplement to Sajan's language translation clients. GCMS' Term Director is directly integrated within this modular enterprise translation solution, available via a web browser. GCMS's Term Director is an interactive reference tool that enables enterprises to manage their terminology and style guidelines, including corporate and global business rules.

Sajan, Inc., 625 Whitetail Boulevard, River Falls, WI 54022 USA, Tel: 877-426-9505, Fax: 715-426-0105, Web: http://www.sajan.com

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SDL International, a provider of global information management solutions, will conduct a worldwide tour reaching 51 cities between August 13 and October 1, 2005, to educate the globalization community about the new TRADOS 7 products. Users from global corporations, language service providers and freelance professionals are invited to educational sessions to learn about the advanced features and new standards support available with TRADOS 7 products.

The tour will offer training, presentations and hands-on labs on using the new features in TRADOS 7, specifically Translator's Workbench, TagEditor, WinAlign and Term Workstation. The tour will make more than 50 stops in all continents except Antarctica. Sessions will last one day and include continental breakfast and lunch.

SDL International, Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY UK, Tel: 44-1628-410100, Fax: 44-1628-410505, E-mail: info@sdl.com, Web: http://www.sdl.com

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Transcendia Systems, an information technology company, has released transcendiaCM, a customizable solution designed specifically to help small and medium-sized companies in the translation and localization industry better manage the entire sales and operation processes. transcendiaCM integrates customer, project and vendor management functions into one application, automating multiple tasks that are still performed manually in many companies. It is a stand-alone, server-based application.

Trascendia Systems, 5963 Kentshire Road, Suite 1300, Dayton, OH 45440 USA, Tel: 937-558-2021, Fax: 937-432-0712, E-mail: info@transcendiasystems.com, Web: http://www.transcendiasystems.com

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Real Idea, a software localization and engineering service provider that specializes in Asian languages, has launched a new website with an interactive introduction to the company and its localization and testing products and services. The site also includes specific details on localization, globalization and internationalization services that help customers understand the procedure and workflow. A newly designed enterprise logo and scheme have also been introduced.

Real Idea USA Inc., 1720 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 255, San Mateo, CA 94402 USA, Tel: 650-655-4848, Fax: 650-655-4895, E-mail: ri-info@realidea.com, Web: http://www.realidea.com

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For the fifth year in a row, Tek Translation International has increased sales by over 30%, which it attributes to further improvements to its Account Management Programme, in which dedicated account teams are allocated to each and every client. To cope with the extra demands on its services and to allow the company to expand more in coming years, Tek has moved its OneWorld Localization Center into new offices. These will accommodate account managers, project managers, linguistic controllers and engineers all under one roof.

Tek Translation International, OneWorld Localization Center, C/ Ochandiano 10, 28023 Madrid, Spain, Tel: 34-91-414-1111, Fax: 34-91-414-4444, E-mail: sales@tektrans.com, Web: http://www.tektrans.com

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Boonty, a downloadable games company, has entered into an exclusive agreement with PlayFirst, a full-service publisher of popular games, to create localized versions of PlayFirst's titles Diner Dash, Oasis and Subway Scramble in key languages. As part of the agreement, Boonty will oversee all product localization needs for Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish markets, including translation of dialogue and in-game text, product support and collateral materials. The company has also been granted limited exclusivity rights to distribute these localized PlayFirst titles in their respective markets and throughout Asia and Europe.

Boonty, Inc., 115 East 23rd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10010 USA, Web: http://www.boonty.com

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Ycomm Europe, a multilingual documentation services provider, received the Best Localization Partner 2004 award from Ricoh's European Language Centre (ELC) in Amsterdam. Ricoh rated Ycomm Europe as Best Localization Partner, based on the compiled results from project evaluations in 2004 that concern all aspects of the services provided by Ricoh's certified localization partners: project management and communication skills, engineering efficiency, DTP/translation quality and administration.

Ycomm Europe, Maaltecenter Blok G, Derbystraat 365, Gent 9051 Belgium, Tel: 32-9-245-48-31, Fax: 32-9-245-48-32, E-mail: info@ycomm-europe.com, Web: http://www.ycomm-europe.com

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Cosmin Smeu, a developer of software, has released Globex 3.0, a suite of integrated tools featuring "World Clock," "Currency Exchanger," "Measurement Converter," "Country Info Browser" and the "Currency Info Browser." The Globex application suite is of great help to businesses of all sizes that deal with international clients and partners, as well as to business travelers who go overseas. The software is available in English and French. Partial support is also included for German, Spanish and Romanian. Users can switch between languages during program operation.

Cosmin Software, Ottawa, ON Canada, Tel: 613-228-7326, E-mail: cosmin@cosmin.com, Web: http://www.cosmin.com

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Actify Inc., a client-server design visualization and collaboration solutions provider, has released a new version of SpinFire for Microsoft Office that is available to Japanese-, French-, German- and English-speaking users worldwide. Now enterprises that extend throughout multiple countries can leverage Actify's 3D format to access and distribute 3D and 2D CAD information via Microsoft Office to streamline the digital design communication process and make productivity gains.

Actify, Inc., 60 Spear Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 USA, Tel: 415-227-3800, Fax: 415-227-3802, E-mail: info@actify.com, Web: http://www.actify.com

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Sinometrics, a localization services provider and exclusive North American distributor of PASSOLO, a software localization tool, has teamed up with Basis Technology, a software internationalization services provider, to offer internationalization services to its rapidly growing customer base. Services are bundled to give clients a variety of internationalization assessment options. Sinometrics is offering these services as part of Basis Technology's Internationalization Readiness Program, which enables localizers to help clients internationalize their software by reselling Basis Technology's internationalization assessment services.

Sinometrics, 121 Stewart Street, Suite 205, Seattle, WA 98101 USA, Tel: 206-267-4100, Fax: 206-267-4200, E-mail: information@sinomet.com, Web: http://www.sinometrics.com

Basis Technology Corp., 150 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140-2322 USA, Tel: 617-386-2000, Fax: 617-386-2020, E-mail: info@basistech.com, Web: http://www.basistech.com

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Zunch Communications, Inc., a search engine optimization and website design company, has officially launched the Chinese version of its website. The website contains Zunch's proprietary Chinese content management system, refined for the Chinese market, and also prepares the way for Zunch's physical move into China.

Zunch Communications, Inc., 15770 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 450, Dallas, TX 75248 USA, Tel: 972-455-4800, Fax: 972-455-4848, E-mail: info@zunch.com, Web: http://www.zunch.com

Handango, 305 Northeast Loop 820, Suite 200, Hurst, TX 76053 USA, Tel: 817-280-0129, Fax: 817-280-9628, Web: http://www.handango.com

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E-learning continues to be the fastest-growing sub-sector of a $2.3 trillion global education market. Recent research by Hezel Associates, an education consulting firm, projects the global market for online higher education to exceed $69 billion by 2015. To help guide institutions in the planning and decision-making process associated with developing a global e-learning program, Hezel Associates has released a new white paper "Developing a Global E-Learning Program: From Conceptualization to Implementation."

Hezel recently completed a 42-nation study "Global E-Learning Opportunity for US Higher Education," which reveals the political, economic, education and technology environment for each country and provides analysis of each market's potential. The report is designed to enable higher education organizations, as well as investors, foundations and others, to predict future trends in global education, understand which countries best align with organizational goals and formulate strategies for investment or acquisition.

Hezel Associates, LLC, 1201 East Fayette Street, Suite 44, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA, Tel: 315-422-3512, Fax: 315-422-3513, E-mail: info@hezel.com, Web: http://www.hezel.com

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The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) has added a new written language resource to its online catalog. The STO SprogTeknologisk Ordbase (Danish Lexicon for NLP/HLT Applications — ELRA-L0056) is a comprehensive computational lexicon of Danish with 81,530 entry words including morphological, syntactical and semantic information. It is well integrated with the European activities in the field of lexicon development, building on experience obtained from the PAROLE and SIMPLE projects.

The Korean Speecon database (ELRA-S0177) comprises the recordings of 568 adult Korean speakers and 58 child Korean speakers who uttered respectively over 290 items and 210 items (read and spontaneous). The Turkish Speecon database (ELRA-S0178) comprises the recordings of 550 adult Turkish speakers and 50 child Turkish speakers who uttered respectively over 290 items and 210 items (read and spontaneous). The Polish Speecon database (ELRA-S0179) comprises the recordings of 550 adult Polish speakers and 50 child Polish speakers who uttered respectively over 290 items and 210 items (read and spontaneous).

ELRA/ELDA, 55-57, rue Brillat-Savarin, 75013 Paris, France, Tel: 33-1-43-13-3333, Fax: 33-1-43-13-3330, E-mail: mapelli@elda.org, Web: http://www.elda.org

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Widespread adoption of open-source technologies by European governments and organizations has put Europe in a leadership position in the open-source space. To continue championing open source in an international forum, O'Reilly Media has launched its first O'Reilly European Open Source Convention (EuroOSCON) which will be held in Amsterdam on October 17-20, 2005. EuroOSCON 2005 targets the specific needs of European developers, programmers and systems and network administrators, helping them to deliver the benefits of open-source technology in all its variations to their companies and organizations.

O'Reilly & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastapol, CA 95472 USA, Tel: 707-827-7000, Fax: 707-829-0104, Web: http://www.oreilly.com

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The Monterey Institute of International Studies will host "Professional Education of 21st Century Translators and Interpreters," an international conference on translation and interpretation to be held in Monterey, California, from September 9 to 11, 2005. The conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the 35th anniversary of the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation. The conference will gather scholars, professionals and employers for in-depth discussions of the issues that challenge translation and interpretation education in the twenty-first century.

Monterey Institute of International Studies, Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, 460 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA 93940 USA, Tel: 831-647-3531, Fax: 831-647-3560, E-mail: jwood@miis.edu, Web: http://www.miis.edu

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Organized by the University of Joensuu, TTE2005 on August 25-26, 2005, is the third Translation Technology Event featuring the latest trends in language and translation technology. Exhibitors and seminar speakers represent national and international expertise in the field of language technology, Translation Studies and translator training. This year, the theme of the event is "translation technology in multilingual and multicultural world."

A two-day Localization Workshop will precede the conference on August 23-24, 2005. It is mainly intended for decision-makers and heads of localization teams and departments. The workshop will focus on key techniques and on gaining a better understanding of the localization industry.

University of Joensuu, PO Box 126, 57101 Savonlinna Finland, Tel: 358-15-511-7767, E-mail: paivi.moilanen@joensuu.fi, Web: http://tte.joensuu.fi

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CMP Media's Software Development Events Group has announced that its East Coast Conference, SD Best Practices will be held on September 26-29, 2005, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference focuses on business critical development training designed for senior-level developers, managers, team leads and software architects. The curriculum centers on development methodology, the process of building quality software and applications and the management issues involved. Over 75 industry experts and innovators including Scott Ambler, Marc Balcer, Ellen Gottesdiener, Michael Schrage, Ken Schwaber, Ted Neward and Mary Poppendieck will participate in the event.

Software Development Events Group, 600 Harrison Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107 USA, Web: http://www.sdexpo.com

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Excel Translations, a provider of translation, localization, and internationalization services, has an immediate opening for a project manager based in its San Francisco, California, office.

For more information, visit: http://www.multilingual.com/careers

Excel Translations, Inc., 660 Market Street, Suite 206, San Francisco, CA 94104-5011 USA, Tel: 415-434-4224, Fax: 415-434-2345, E-mail: hrodriguez@xltrans.com, Web: http://www.exceltranslations.com

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Localsoft, a localization services provider, has immediate openings for a French/German project manager assistant and a business development assistant in Marbella, Spain.

For more information, visit: http://www.multilingual.com/careers

Localsoft, S.L. Calle El Azahar, s/n, Edificio Jardines Tropicales, Nueva Andaluc?a, Marbella 29660, M?laga Spain, 34-952-92-93-94, Fax: 34-952-81-42-26, E-mail: jobs@localsoft.net, Web: http://www.localsoft.net

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