SDL International Wins Adobe Contract

SDL Maidenhead , United Kingdom
04 April 2000

SDL International, a leading internet product and globalization service company, today announced the signing of an agreement with software giant Adobe Systems for the localization and translation of one of Adobe's flagship graphics package into French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

 "This win demonstrates SDL's continued service to a valued customer," said Mark Lancaster, SDL International's president and CEO.

Adobe Systems builds award-winning software solutions for web and print publishing. Adobe is the fourth largest U.S.-based personal software company, with over $1 billion in annual revenues.

"Taking into consideration SDL's previous work and experience localizing Adobe products, as well as their current capabilities with the Adobe localization team, we feel that SDL is a well-qualified multilingual vendor who can deliver high-quality localized product to our customers." Kaimeng Huang, Adobe Project Manager.

SDL International, the globalization solutions provider that recently floated on the London Stock Exchange, and Adobe Systems have been working together since 1997. SDL has localized several of Adobe's products, including Adobe PageMill, Image Styler, Adobe Type Manager, After Affects, Premiere, and Adobe Acrobat. SDL has continued to grow its business with Adobe through quality project management and a unique dedicated team-focused approach.

About SDL

SDL is the leader in Global Information Management (GIM) solutions that empower organizations to accelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to global markets. Its enterprise software and services integrate with existing business systems to manage the delivery of global information from authoring to publication and throughout the distributed translation supply chain.

Global industry leaders rely on SDL to provide enterprise software or hosted services for their GIM processes, including ABN-Amro, Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Chrysler, CNH, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Philips, SAP, Sony, SUN Microsystems and Virgin Atlantic.

SDL has implemented more than 480 enterprise GIM solutions, has deployed over 150,000 software licenses across the GIM ecosystem and provides access to on-demand translation portals for 10 million customers per month. Over 1,000 service professionals deliver consulting, implementation and language services through its global infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.sdl.com

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Nicola Bogle (SDL)
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nbogle@sdl.com