Digital Envoy and translations.com Partner To Offer Multilingual Personalized Content Solution.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2002 Location-, Language- and Currency-Specific Content Served in Real Time Digital Envoy, the leading provider of geographically intelligent Internet solutions, and translations.com, inc., a leader in website globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation , today announced that they have signed an agreement to offer their current and prospective enterprise customers a comprehensive solution for customized Web site globalization and 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. . Together, the companies will offer an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for website translation and real-time global content delivery based on user location. translations.com provides customers with Web site translation services that strategically expand corporate content and messages across cultures and markets. Digital Envoy allows companies to serve localized, language- and currency-specific content in real time via its patent-pending NetAcuity geo-location technology, which utilizes IP addresses to non-invasively identify the location of website visitors down to the city level, worldwide. Together, the companies offer a content development and delivery solution that recognizes an end user's location and delivers content that is specific to their location in their preferred language. "This partnership offers significant value to current and prospective customers," said Dave Keller Dave Keller (born September 28, 1959) was a minor league baseball player, coach and manager and major league coach for the Cleveland Indians. He is currently the minor league hitting coordinator for the Chicago Cubs farm system. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Digital Envoy. "Companies are trying to become good global corporate citizens, and by automatically delivering locally-relevant, language-specific content to an online visitor, enterprises have the ability to build stronger relationships with their global online audiences." "This partnership is a natural fit," said Phil Shawe, President and CEO of translations.com. "Our language services help our clients expand their operations on a global scale and now they will have the ability to make their worldwide online presence even more relevant for their users by delivering exactly the right localized content, instantaneously. That type of valuable seamless intelligence is the sign of a truly savvy global operation." About Digital Envoy As the leader in geographic intelligence, Digital Envoy provides solutions that identify the location and modem connection speed of Internet users down to the city level worldwide, enabling companies to tailor and target Web content, control content distribution and more effectively route network traffic. Digital Envoy's customers include some of the largest networks and Web sites on the Internet such as AOL/Time Warner, Cable & Wireless, Siemens, Google, Abbott Labs, Network Associates, Speedera, Advertising.com, and Avenue A. Digital Envoy is headquartered in Atlanta and has offices in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . For more information, visit www.digitalenvoy.net. About tranlations.com translations.com, inc. provides full-service enterprise language translation, website globalization and software localization solutions to clients in virtually every major industry. The company's clients include American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , Anheuser-Busch, Blockbuster Entertainment, Budget Rent a Car, Catalyst, j.crew, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Royal Caribbean and The Home Depot. translations.com's business services are focused on the strategic needs of organizations seeking to communicate and conduct business in international markets. translations.com, inc. has an established global presence on three continents and continues to pioneer new techniques and technologies for the rapid development of multilingual business solutions. For more information on the company and its solutions, visit the translations.com web site at www.translations.com or e-mail info@translations.com. |
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