Transparent Language's Enterprise Translation Server to Provide Real-time Translations of Lotus Notes E-mail and Lotus Sametime Instant Messaging for Siecor Employees Worldwide.Business/Technology EditorsMERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000 Siecor will offer instant translations of e-mail and instant messaging to every employee worldwide to improve the level of cross-language communication and collaboration Transparent Language, a leading developer of language-learning and translation technology for the Internet, consumer and corporate markets, today announced the sale of the Enterprise Translation Server(TM) to Siecor, soon to be known as Corning Cable Systems, to enable their 14,000+ employees worldwide to instantly translate Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. (R) e-mail and Lotus Sametime(TM) instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . Siecor, owned by Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. , is a worldwide leader in fiber optic systems for telecommunications applications. With offices in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia, Siecor employees rely on e-mail to enable daily communications between international offices. With the integration of the Enterprise Translation Server into their Lotus communication environment, Siecor employees will have the ability to translate incoming and outgoing e-mail and instant messaging in real time, thereby improving multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. communication and collaboration between international offices. "With locations scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. around the globe, it was inevitable that our people would experience difficulties communicating due to language differences," stated Steve Kelly R. Steve Kelly (born October 26, 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey Left Wing currently playing for the Frankfurt Lions of Deutsche Eishockey-Liga in Germany. , Siecor manager information services See Information Systems. . "With the integration of the Enterprise Translation Server into our communication environment, our people will be able to quickly and easily communicate their ideas and requirements and have them understood by their international colleagues. Utilizing the real-time translation capabilities of the Enterprise Translation Server should improve the quality of our internal communications  This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's . significantly, resulting in real gains in efficiency, productivity and ultimately time to market." "Communication and collaboration in enterprises is happening more and more across languages. Our solutions make that happen," said Michael Quinlan Michael Quinlan may refer to:
"In today's fast-paced international business world, using human translation exclusively is simply not possible if an organization wishes to keep pace with and manage the vast amounts of electronically generated information shared across languages and boundaries," said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president of International Product Development at Lotus. "Lotus is unique among application vendors in giving its customers access to machine translation, and Transparent Language's Enterprise Translation Server will play a critical role in enabling cross-language communication and allowing organizations to be competitive in a truly global marketplace." Enterprise Translation Server Integration into Lotus Notes The Enterprise Translation Server gives Lotus Notes organizations, such as Siecor, the ability to offer instantaneous on-the-fly translations to their employees. Lotus Notes can be modified to enable requests for translations using the Enterprise Translation Server and the recently released Lotus Translation Components 2.0 (LTC LTC abbr. lieutenant colonel ), which allows any Domino application to connect directly to leading machine translation engines such as the Enterprise Translation Server. Translation requests pass through the LTC, which interfaces with the Enterprise Translation Server. The Enterprise Translation Server interprets the request, translates the appropriate text and returns the completed translation via the LTC to the originating Notes e-mail or Sametime message. About Enterprise Translation Server Running under WindowsNT, the Enterprise Translation Server provides instantaneous, draft-quality on-the-fly translations of Web pages, e-mail, plain text or document files while maintaining the exact formatting of the original document. Users can obtain bi-directional translations of English to and from French, German and Spanish, and unidirectional The transfer or transmission of data in a channel in one direction only. translations of English to Italian and Portuguese. The powerful dictionary editing tools included with the server allow translation administrators to easily create business-specific dictionaries that can further enhance accuracy. Available now, the Enterprise Translation Server has been integrated into various communication environments of Fortune 1000 and Internet companies. Pricing The starting price starting price n (COMM) → precio inicial starting price n → prix initial starting price start n (at auction is $25,000, and evaluation copies of the Enterprise Translation Server are available. About Machine Translation Machine translation (MT) systems such as the Enterprise Translation Server are linguistically sophisticated translation technology products programmed with comprehensive dictionaries and a collection of linguistic rules Noun 1. linguistic rule - (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice rule concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances that translate one language into another without relying on human translators. An MT system interprets the structure of sentences in the source language (the language the user is translating from) and generates a translation based on the rules of the target language (the language the user is translating to). The process involves breaking down complex and varying sentence structures, identifying parts of speech, resolving ambiguities, and synthesizing the information into the components and structure of the new language. About Transparent Language, Inc. A leader in language-learning and translation technologies, Transparent Language, Inc., develops and markets a wide range of technology-driven language solutions for the Internet, corporate, consumer, education and government markets. Transparent Language is the fifth-largest educational software publisher in the U.S. (PC Data, March 2000). The company's free translation Web site, FreeTranslation.com(TM) was named one of the Top 100 Sites on the World Wide Web by PC Magazine, July 1999, and has won numerous other awards and recognition. Transparent Language is on the Internet at www.Transparent.com, www.FreeTranslation.com, www.TraduccionGratis.com and www.PlusTranslation.com and sells through multiple channels worldwide. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 25,119 (including the East Merrimack Census-Designated Place [1]), making it the eighth largest municipality in New Hampshire. . For sales information, please call (800) 752-1767 or facsimile (603) 262-6561. Or, visit Transparent Language's Web site at www.TransparentLanguage.com. Transparent Language is a registered trademark and Enterprise Translation Server, TranscendRT, FreeTranslation.com, TraduccionGratis.com, PlusTranslation.com are trademarks of Transparent Language, Inc. Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks and Notes, Domino and Sametime are trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). . All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Transparent Language is not responsible for inadvertent errors. 5/00 |
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