Agnew Tech-II Translates Rare Language for Aerospace Giant's Training Video.

Business Editors

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000

Agnew Tech-II today announced it would translate a TRW training video into one of the world's rarest and most ancient languages, Tamil.

With a long history of providing translations to and from unique and esoteric languages, Agnew Tech-II welcomed the challenge of translating and providing voice-over actors for the Tamil version of the aerospace giant's latest ethics training video.

"I have been in this business for 25 years and have handled several rare languages, but after all these years I had never had the opportunity to work with Tamil," said Agnew Tech-II president Irene Agnew.

"Considering the rarity of the language here in America, it was a challenge to find trained experts familiar enough with both Tamil and English, and trained in translation techniques to work with the material. On top of that, we needed to find people who could come to our recording studio, with the appropriate voice training and speaking quality, and record in Tamil."

TRW's video instructs employees as to the company's standards of ethical conduct and will be used to train new employees who have recently joined the firm from India. Agnew Tech-II will translate the video's script and provide voice-over actors who will then record the video's dialogue in Tamil.

One of the major languages of Southern India, where it is spoken by more than 38 million people, Tamil is one of the oldest languages on earth, with an alphabet approximately 1,500 years old. The age and complexity of Tamil, however, mirrors many of the languages Agnew Tech-II has handled in the past, such as Urdu, Lakota Sioux, Afrikaans, Swahili and Punjabi.

"We take a lot of pride in being able to say we can handle any language," said Agnew. "Every time a customer brings us a project in a rare language, I think of it as another test of our resourcefulness and I am glad to say that we have passed each of those tests with flying colors."

TRW is one of the largest companies in the world, employing 79,000 people in 27 different countries. Long a leader in the aerospace, automotive and information technology fields, TRW has garnered awards from the National Academy of Engineering and remains the largest independent automotive supplier in North America.

Agnew Tech-II, founded in 1986, is one of the nation's leading translation firms. The firm provides document translation to and from all languages, in addition to Web site design and software localization. Agnew Tech-II also uses its on-site recording studio for multilingual dubbing and recording for television, film and radio.

Agnew Tech-II is located at 741 Lakefield Road, Suite C, in Westlake Village. Call 805/494-3999 for further information; visit Agnew Tech-II's Web site at www.agnew.com or e-mail Agnew Tech-II at [e-mail].