1. SDL – University Alliance Program LRC Summer School 31 st May, 2004 Philip Briscoe – Product Marketing Manager, SDL International

2. SDL International SDL is the World’s Largest Provider of Language Translation Software £65m revenue in 2003, 1300 employees in 40 offices in 26 countries Key Player in Localization Standards Groups e.g. LISA Large range of commercially available products  Used by Corporations, Translation Agencies, Freelancers & Academic Institutions Technology is largely responsible for SDL’s growth over last 5 years ($3m annual spend on Research & Development)

3. What is the program all about? The SDL University Alliance Program is designed to enable Accredited academic institutions around the world to provide their students with the latest translation and localization technology skills.

4. Benefits of Joining Flexible Software Licenses Promotion of your Academic Program Access to Information for Curriculum Development Products Discounts for Graduating Students Places your Program in the Technology Spotlight Student Certification Program

5. Enhancing the Program Beta Testing Program Student & Academic Forums Members Pages Student License Rental Scheme Other suggestions?

6. Some of our Participants include: University of Leeds, UK Concordia University, Canada Imperial College, UK University of Bologna, Italy University of Montreal, Canada University of Saarlandes, Germany University of Geneva, Switzerland Erasmus Hogeschool, Brussels University of Wisconsin, UW-Milwakee, USA

7. What SDLX Can Do for Your Business… Captures repetitive text, saving costs and increasing quality Automatic Terminology QA Check to ensure consistent terminology Never translate the same sentence twice Review process simplified – everyone on same editing environment Easy to use, colour-coded segments for quick review and editing Very user–friendly and intuitive interface

8. Key Benefits of Translating Files with SDLX… Translation interface independent of third party editors such as Word No need for forced CAT upgrade when office upgrades No bug in CAT when Office has bugs Better formatting handling Cross-leverage of file formats  DOC, PPT XLS all use same editing environment  100% seamless leveraging  No need to learn multiple editing environments

9. Modern, Scalable Solutions… SDLX uses modern functionality  Microsoft Access DB structure  Easy to use, work in minutes  Review process simplified SDLX adheres to standards  TMX Certified – protecting investment  Unicode compliant – over 150 languages  OpenTag Go Anywhere, Do Anything  Solutions from Desktop to Enterprise  SDLX opens the door to scalability SDLX SDLTermBase Online SDLWorkFlow Knowledge-based translation

10. File with TM Applied Translated File Translated Document in native format DOC, RTF, PPT, XLS MIF, HTML, ASP, XML RC, TXT, Code, VB, etc Import into SDLX Source Document in native format DOC, RTF, PPT, XLS MIF, HTML, ASP, XML RC, TXT, Code, VB, etc SDLX Translation Suite Process