Click2Translate Wins Best e-Business Award

SDL translation portal celebrates with online volume discounts

SDL Sheffield , UK
22 September 2004

Click2Translate, the translation portal from SDL International, has been awarded best E-Business at the regional finals of the Government backed E-Commerce Awards. The website, which has doubled order volumes and grown monthly revenues over 80% since 2003, has also introduced support for multiple file upload of any file types together with online volume discounts. The most complex localization projects can now be managed online, bringing tremendous savings to customers looking for an easy-to-use translation service.

 “We are delighted to achieve this recognition for Click2Translate from the National E-Commerce Awards,” said Terry Lawlor, VP Worldwide Marketing at SDL International. “We are attracting around 200 new users each month and with the launch of volume discounts for all file types, we expect to continue this extraordinary growth. By eliminating project management fees and providing an easy-to-use portal design, we have made Click2Translate a compelling proposition for businesses worldwide.”

Volume discounts apply to orders over 1000 words. Full details are available at www.click2translate.com.


About the National e-Commerce Awards
The 2004 National E-Commerce Awards (www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk) are run by the Department of Trade and Industry (www.dti.gov.uk) and by InterForum (www.interforum.org), a not for profit membership organisation that helps British businesses to trade electronically. Sponsored nationally by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (www.rbs.co.uk) and national media sponsor The Sunday Times Enterprise Network (www.enterprisenetwork.co.uk), these awards have been designed to recognise and reward those organisations that have demonstrated excellence through the use of the Internet and other Information & Communications Technologies.

About Click2Translate
Click2Translate offers an online language translation service for businesses and consumers with small to medium translation volumes. Operated by SDL Sheffield Ltd, a division of SDL International, it provides instant quotes for .doc, .html and .pdf files with an online estimate process for more complex files such as .zip and .qxd. Customers benefit from full project visibility and file management with no project management fee, volume discounting and the option to pay by credit card or PO. Click2Translate provides rapid turnaround at the right price, quality and service level. For more information visit www.click2translate.com.

About SDL

SDL is the leader in 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 the delivery of global information from authoring to publication and throughout the distributed translation supply chain.

Global industry leaders rely on SDL to provide enterprise software or hosted services for their GIM processes, including ABN-Amro, Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Chrysler, CNH, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Philips, SAP, Sony, SUN Microsystems and Virgin Atlantic.

SDL has implemented more than 480 enterprise GIM solutions, has deployed over 150,000 software licenses across the GIM ecosystem and provides access to on-demand translation portals for 10 million customers per month. Over 1,000 service professionals deliver consulting, implementation and language services through its global infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.sdl.com

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Nicola Bogle (SDL)
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nbogle@sdl.com