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LTC, a provider of language technology solutions, has redesigned its brand and website to reflect its new corporate identity. In addition to the brand change, the domain/url information has changed to ltcinnovates.com

LTC, E-mail: info@ltcinnovates.com, Web: http://www.ltcinnovates.com

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Across Systems GmbH, a provider of corporate translation management software, has recently opened an office in the United Kingdom and will be supplying a translation management system to sports car manufacturer Aston Martin. The new office is located in Stratford.

Across Systems GmbH, E-mail: international@across.net, Web: http://www.across.net

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thebigwordGroup, a global translation and language services company, relocated it's US office in New York City to the center of the city's financial district.

thebigwordGroup, E-mail: info@thebigword.com, Web: http://www.thebigword.com

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LanguageWire, a provider of translation services, has opened a new office in London, UK. The new location extends the company's footprint from Scandinavia and Germany.

LanguageWire, E-mail: info@languagewire.com, Web: http://www.languagewire.com

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e2f translations, inc., an English > French translation agency, has relocated its Santa Clara, California, office. The company also has offices in France, Mauritius and Madagascar.

e2f translations, inc., E-mail: projects@en2fr.com, Web: http://www.en2fr.com

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Crystal Hues Limited, a provider of marketing communication and localization services, has opened five new offices in India. The new offices are located in Pune, Kolkatta, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

Crystal Hues Limited, E-mail: info@crystalhues.com, Web: http://www.crystalhues.com

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Author-it Software Corporation, a developer of software for authoring, content management, publishing and localization, has hired Todd Caponi as vice president global sales. Caponi previously owned and operated a sales training and consulting company in addition to other sales and management positions.

Author-it Software Corporation, E-mail: sales@author-it.com, Web: http://www.author-it.com

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Lloyd International Translations (LIT), a provider of technical translation and software localization services, has hired Liz Athey as operations director. Athey has 16 years of experience in multilingual publishing.

Lloyd International Translations, E-mail: mail@lloyd.co.uk, Web: http://www.lloyd.co.uk

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IMTT, a translation and training company offering solutions for the English, Spanish and Portuguese languages, has hired Gisela Fosato as inhouse translator. Fosato's previous experience includes work as a customer care agent and freelance and inhouse translation.

IMTT, E-mail: contact@imtt.com.ar, Web: http://www.imtt.com.ar

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Ccaps Translation and Localization, a language services provider with expertise in Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish, has hired Janayna Couto to fill its newly created position of vendor manager. Couto has over 15 years of experience in the localization industry.

Ccaps Translation and Localization, E-mail: info@ccaps.net, Web: http://www.ccaps.net

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The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) has added two speech desktop/microphone resources, one terminological resource and one written corpus to its catalogue. It has also updated three terminological resource databases.

Additions include ELRA-S0305 EPAC Corpus: orthographic transcriptions; ELRA-S0307 BABEL Polish database; ELRA-T0374 Terminology database of natural sciences; and ELRA-W0053 Catalan-Spanish Parallel Corpus.

The updated databases are the ELRA-T0102 Terminology database of expressions, the ELRA-T0103 Terminology database of finance, and the ELRA-T0367 Terminology database of telecommunication.

ELRA/ELDA, E-mail: mapelli@elda.org, Web: http://www.elda.org

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bab.la GmbH, a wiki-style language portal, has launched an online Arabic dictionary, bringing the total languages offered to 17. Bab.la’s dictionaries are also available on mobile phones.

bab.la GmbH, E-mail: rainbow@bab.la, Web: http://bab.la

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Wordfast LLC, a provider of translation memory software, has released Wordfast Pro 2.4 for Windows with over 60 enhancements, including improved support for right-to-left and CJK languages; auto-complete feature for proper nouns and numbers; and automatic fuzzy terminology recognition.

Wordfast LLC, E-mail: info@wordfast.com, Web: http://www.wordfast.com

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WinSoft International S.A., an international software company, has released Tasmeem 5, a range of fonts for the Middle Eastern version of Adobe InDesign CS5. The Tasmeem collection offers two packages -- the Dubai Pack and the Cairo Pack.

WinSoft S.A., Web: http://www.winsoft-international.com

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In Every Language, a language services provider, has designed a program to contract with certified translators and interpreters from economically disadvantaged populations. The company considers the program a way to deal positively with the issues of language barriers and poverty.

In Every Language, E-mail: clients@ineverylanguage.com, Web: http://www.ineverylanguage.com

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AppTek, a developer of human language technology, has released Arabic, Farsi, Pashto and Urdu language engines for its Hybrid Machine Translation (HMT) system. The HMT system is an integration of statistical and rule-based methodologies.

AppTek, E-mail: info@apptek.com, Web: http://www.apptek.com

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IBM has partnered with LISA (Localization Industry Standards Association), Welocalize, Cisco, and Linux Solution Group e.V. to create OpenTM2 — an open source project that provides a full-featured, enterprise-level translation workbench environment for professional translators.

Localization Industry Standards Association, E-mail: lisa@lisa.org, Web: http://www.lisa.org

Welocalize, E-mail: info@welocalize.com, Web: http://www.welocalize.com

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Dublin City University (DCU), on behalf of the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research collaboration with Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technologies (NICT) in Tokyo. The agreement aims to deepen the relationship between Ireland and Japan in the research and development of computing technologies in areas such as language, speech and digital content personalisation.

Centre for Next Generation Localisation, E-mail: info@cngl.ie, Web: http://www.cngl.ie

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SAM Engineering GmbH, a localization services provider, has selected Alchemy PUBLISHER 3.0, a translation memory solution for documentation developed by Alchemy Software Development Ltd., a visual localization solutions provider.

SAM Engineering GmbH, E-mail: sam@sam-engineering.de, Web: http://www.sam-engineering.de

Alchemy Software Development Ltd., E-mail: info@alchemysoftware.ie, Web: http://www.alchemysoftware.ie

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The Association of Language Companies (ALC) installed its newly elected board of directors during its annual conference in Miami, Florida, on May 19-22, 2010. Members of the board are: president, Sandy Dupleich of Dynamic Language; vice president, Craig Buckstein of Geneva Worldwide, Inc.; secretary, Kristin Quinlan of Certified Languages International; and treasurer, David Smith of LinguaLinx, Inc.

The Association of Language Companies, E-mail: info@alcus.org, Web: http://www.alcus.org

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Han Yu, of the Technical Writing and Professional Communication department at Kansas State University, has announced a call for book contributors for an upcoming collection titled Negotiating International and Cross-Cultural Technical Communication: Stories of Technical Communicators. The collection invites practicing technical communicators to tell their stories negotiating international and cross-cultural contexts, including stories in localization and translation.

Han Yu, E-mail: hyu1@ksu.edu

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Common Sense Advisory, Inc., an independent market research firm specializing in the language services industry, has issued a call for participation in its second-quarter online Business Confidence Survey for suppliers of language services and technology. The survey will be open until close of business July 15, 2010.

Common Sense Advisory, Inc., E-mail: info@commonsenseadvisory.com, Web: http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com

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Golden View (China) Technologies, Inc., a language service provider, has received ISO9001:2008 certification. Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, the company also has a branch office in London, UK.

Golden View (China) Technologies, Inc., E-mail: ryan@gvlocalization.com, Web: http://www.gvlocalization.com

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