Lernout & Hauspie Launches Translation Portal L&H iTranslator Online to Streamline Multilingual e-Business Via the Web.Business and Technology Editors ------------------- IEPER, Belgium & BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 L&H's Newest Internet Translation Offering Continues To Provide Professionals and Businesses With A Unique Combination Of Tools To Conduct e-Business Across Boarders at www.itranslator.com L&H's 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 and Internet Translation division, a division of Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (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 : LHSP LHSP List Hosting Service Provider LHSP Left Handed Starting Pitcher ) (EASDAQ See European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. : LHSP) (L&H), a worldwide leader in speech and linguistic technologies, products and services, today launched L&H(TM) iTranslator(TM) Online (www.itranslator.com), an e-commerce portal that enables professionals and businesses to submit documents via the Web for fast and accurate translations. Users can choose machine translation for gist quality translations on the fly, at no cost. If a `polished' translation of a document is required, the site provides fee-based access to L&H's worldwide network of human translation services. L&H iTranslator Online offers 29 different language pairs for human translation and 16 different language pairs for machine translation. The machine translation language pairs covered by L&H iTranslator Online include English to five languages and back (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese) and cross European languages including French to German, German to Italian and others. "In the current global economy both professionals and businesses need an easy, cost effective and flexible way to communicate with their colleagues and customers around the world," stated Florita Mendez, president of L&H's Globalization and Internet Translation division. "L&H iTranslator Online combines the power of the Internet and the linguistic and technological expertise of L&H to offer access to translation services for a variety of projects both large and small." L&H iTranslator Online provides users with expertise of more than 5,000 translators from 19 countries in more than 60 specialised subject areas and one of the world's largest multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. terminology databases. In addition, L&H iTranslator Online offers instant price quotes for human translation, job tracking capabilities and complete file encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. to ensure security. Key Features of L&H iTranslator Online - Unique combination of services - At www.itranslator.com, all of a user's translation needs can be satisfied with one integrated solution - no other service offers a similar package of access to a worldwide network of highly skilled human translators, machine translation and complete job tracking capabilities. - Free machine translation - Users have the option of employing machine translation for gist quality translations on the fly at no cost, up to 5210 characters. - Online quotation and payment system - For polished translations, users can submit documents for human translation, receive instant price quotes and pay with a credit card via L&H's secure server. - One view of all human translation jobs and status via control panel - Users have the ability to track the completion of their translation projects. - Fast turnaround - Human translation services can usually provide fast and accurate translations, depending on the length of the document, within 48 hours for documents with up to 1250 words. - Easy retrieval - All documents submitted for human translation can be retrieved via e-mail or browser download. - Security - All user profiles, job detail, file download and payment information is encrypted to maximum strength supported by the user's browser. - Broad language coverage - 29 language pairs for human translation and 16 language pairs for gist translation. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. and Pricing L&H iTranslator Online requires only a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , and can be accessed at www.itranslator.com. Machine translation services for up to 5,210 characters are available at no cost. Human translation services are available at varied cost depending on the length and languages of the project. L&H's Globalization and Internet Translation L&H's Globalization and Internet Translation division provides document creation, human and machine translation 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. services in almost any language. In addition to Internet and intranet translation, it offers linguistic tools and services that help global companies create and adapt products, technical information and corporate messages to international markets. The division applies L&H's advanced translation and linguistic technologies to provide multilingual solutions to corporate customers competing in international markets in a more cost-effective manner. About Lernout & Hauspie Lernout & Hauspie (L&H) is a global leader in advanced speech and language solutions for vertical markets, computers, automobiles, telecommunications, embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. products, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and and the Internet. The company is making the speech user interface (SUI Sui (swā), dynasty of China that ruled from 581 to 618. This short-lived dynasty reunified China in 589 after 400 years of division and laid the foundation for further consolidation under the T'ang dynasty. ) the keystone of simple, convenient interaction between humans and technology, and is using advanced translation technology to break down language barriers. The company provides a wide range of offerings, including: customised solutions for corporations; core speech technologies marketed to OEMs; end user and retail applications for continuous speech products in horizontal and vertical markets; and document creation, human and machine translation services, Internet translation offerings, and linguistic tools. L&H's products and services originate in Verb 1. originate in - come from stem - grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" four basic areas: automatic speech recognition (ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Using voice recognition to replace keypad entry for telephone voice menus. Typically used to speak the digits 0 through 9 insted of keying them, ASR systems may be able to recognize a limited vocabulary. See voice recognition and AVSR. ), text-to-speech (TTS (1) See text-to-speech. (2) (Transaction Tracking System) Software that monitors a transaction until completion. In the event of a hardware or software failure, it ensures that the database is brought back to its former state before the attempt to ), digital speech and music compression (SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) ) and text-to-text (translation). For more information, please visit Lernout & Hauspie on the World Wide Web at www.lhsl.com. This News Release contains forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties, including statements about the company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Such statements include, without limitation, discussions concerning the company's strategic direction, new product introductions and developments, and the expected developments of targeted markets. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially than those set forth in the forward looking statements. The risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the successful introduction of new products into the market, such as the iTranslator Online, the early stage of the speech and language technology market, the correct functioning of the new products, rapid technological change and competition. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this News Release. The company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstance on which any such statement is based. L&H and iTranslator are trademarks of L&H in the US and in other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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