FreeTranslation.com Learns the Language of Mobile with Volantis
World's most popular translation portal available on over 1300 devices
Maidenhead, UK - 15th February 2005: SDL International, the world's leading provider of translation services and technology solutions, announced today that it has implemented the Volantis Intelligent Content Adaptation™ solution to make FreeTranslation.com available globally to any mobile browser that can access the Internet.
FreeTranslation.com, the world's most popular language translation portal, currently provides instant translation between English and Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian and Spanish for over 6 million web users per month. The new mobile service, available at http://mobile.freetranslation.com, now delivers free translations to mobile subscribers, many of whom travel abroad and are increasingly utilizing international roaming data services. The service is available to anyone using a mobile phone that has access to the Internet. Simply enter the words, choose the language pair and the words are translated into the target language.
SDL selected Volantis for its ease of deployment and comprehensive support for mobile devices. The service uses Volantis' award-winning technology and its Intelligent Content Adaptation™ solution, which dynamically recognizes more than 350 attributes of over 1300 devices and generates, in real-time, optimized content for each individual's handset. For FreeTranslation.com, this means that every mobile visitor has an excellent user experience because layout, text, input forms and images are dynamically adapted and precisely formatted for each device being used.
Mark Watson, CTO, Volantis, commented, "We are delighted to make FreeTranslation.com mobile, as it has immediate value to the mobile community, many of whom are travelers using their mobile phone as an essential tool whilst abroad."
"We wanted to extend free language translation services to anyone with a mobile browser," added Terry Lawlor, VP Worldwide Marketing at SDL International. "The device independent approach of Volantis means that we have one easy-to-maintain service that is immediately available on virtually any mobile device."
About Volantis
Volantis (www.volantis.com) is the world's leading supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation solutions and services for the next generation Internet. It has leading content provider, mobile network operator and enterprise brands as customers, its technology is used in solutions from some of the world's biggest IT suppliers, and it leads key industry standards bodies.
With Volantis, intelligence about thousands of access devices, operator networks, aggregator/operator portals, content/database management systems, billing systems and location-based services, is used to adapt content in real-time for optimal user experience. Intelligent Content Adaptation reduces the cost and complexity of delivering Internet content and services to any access device, and increases user satisfaction.
Volantis is used around the world by leading brands such as 3, Accenture, AT&T Wireless, Centertel, CSC, eBay.co.uk, EMAP (FHM, Kiss, Empire, Q, Max Power & Kerrang!), FT.com, HP, IBM, lastminute.com, M1, Telefonica Moviles, Telecom Italia Mobile, Telenor Mobil and William Hill. Volantis also Chairs the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Device Independent Working Group.
About SDL International
SDL International (London Stock Exchange: 'SDL') is the world's leading provider of translation services and technology solutions. Employing over 1300 staff worldwide, its comprehensive and integrated offerings include translation memory, adaptive machine translation, a full range of localization services and the world's first knowledge-based translation system.
Whether insourcing or outsourcing, organizations benefit from enhanced translation productivity through SDL's commitment to continuous innovation in software and service delivery. Its customers span consumer, SME and enterprise markets, including global industry leaders Adobe, Bayer, Bosch, Canon, DAF, Kodak, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Reuters and SAP. SDL International is headquartered in the UK and has over 40 offices across North America, Asia and Europe. For more information, visit www.sdl.com.