ALPNET Announces Partnership To Serve Apple Computer Corporation.SALT LAKE CITY, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. ,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 1997--ALPNET INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. .(NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AILP AILP Associazione Italiana Lavoratori e Pensionati (Italian Retired Persons Association) AILP Application-Initiated Lightpath Provisioning ), the largest dedicated commercial provider of language translation, product localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. , and language-related services to international businesses, today announced that ALPNET has been selected by Apple Computer Corporation to localize lo·cal·ize v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority. 2. training materials and courseware for Apple's Worldwide Training Group, servicing business groups including PowerMac, PowerBook, Server, Info/App, Apple Soft, Imaging, Performa and AppleNet. ALPNET announced that it will work in a dynamic partnership with Apple's current vendor, Banta Corporation Banta Corporation was a major printing, imaging, and supply chain management company of the United States, based in Menasha, Wisconsin. Founded in 1901, it was acquired by Chicago-based RR Donnelley in 2006. , for media reproduction, printing, fulfilment, shipping, warehousing and inventory in providing these services. The Company indicated that these multimedia projects will be translated and localized into a range of more than 10 languages including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese. The materials will be localized in ALPNET's worldwide network of offices. The overall project will be managed and coordinated by ALPNET's Information Technology Centers of Excellence in Amsterdam, Singapore, and Salt Lake City. ALPNET estimates the value of its portion of this two-year agreement to be in excess of $2 million. "ALPNET's technical knowledge base, ability to provide in-country localization, global presence, and full service production management services, are among the many factors upon which this selection was made and which will drive the success of this program," cited Joanne Furukawa, Apple Corporate Procurement. "The addition of the Apple Worldwide Training Program will continue to strengthen our leadership position in the fast-growing field of multimedia courseware and educational materials," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Paula Shannon, ALPNET's Director of Information Technology Localization, North America. "We will be localizing a wide variety of materials which will enhance Apple's abilities to support end-users, distributors and re-sellers around the world through interactive CD-ROM's, Multimedia titles and On-Line content for the World Wide Web." ALPNET is the largest publicly-owned dedicated supplier of worldwide translation and product localization services, with more than 320 employees working in 34 wholly-owned offices in 14 countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia. ALPNET supplies its clients with language translation, product localization, language interpreting, language training, and multilingual desktop publishing and printing services. Additional information about ALPNET is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.alpnet.com or you can call to receive a copy of ALPNET Review. CONTACT: Alpnet Inc. D. Kerry Stubbs, Vice President Finance 801/273-6600 Info@ALPNET.COM |
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