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Results of survey regarding the SDL-Trados merger
Thread poster: tectranslate ITS GmbH
tectranslate ITS GmbH
tectranslate ITS GmbH
Local time: 20:10
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Aug 10, 2005

Hi all,
I don't quite know if this is the right forum, but as the merger has consequences not only regarding the technical aspects of CAT usage but instead affects the translation business as a whole, I decided to post it here.

Hope it's not already buried somewhere else in this forum - at least I couldn't find it with a quick search.

Anyway, this link points to the results of a survey conducted by the Globalization and Localization Association in July among SD
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Hi all,
I don't quite know if this is the right forum, but as the merger has consequences not only regarding the technical aspects of CAT usage but instead affects the translation business as a whole, I decided to post it here.

Hope it's not already buried somewhere else in this forum - at least I couldn't find it with a quick search.

Anyway, this link points to the results of a survey conducted by the Globalization and Localization Association in July among SDL and Trados customers and offers quite a few interesting insights & thoughts, imo.

But enough of the talk - here it is:
http://www.gala-global.org/en/resources/downloads/2005Q3_GALA-SDL-TradosReport.pdf

Happy reading,
Benjamin
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Terry Gilman
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Germany
Local time: 20:10
Member (2003)
German to English
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Thank you so much Aug 10, 2005

I don't know either if it is the right forum, but I appreciate having the report.

Thanks a lot,
Terry


 
Jeff Allen
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France
Local time: 20:10
Multiplelanguages
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Article on SDL-TRADOS & LionBridge-Bowne mergers Aug 11, 2005

An article addressing industry leader views to the recent acquisitions in the localization world (SDL acquiring TRADOS, and LionBridge acquiring Bowne) are presented in issue 73 of MultiLingual Computing & Technology. Link is provided below:

SDL, Lionbridge Announce Major Acquisitions,
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An article addressing industry leader views to the recent acquisitions in the localization world (SDL acquiring TRADOS, and LionBridge acquiring Bowne) are presented in issue 73 of MultiLingual Computing & Technology. Link is provided below:

SDL, Lionbridge Announce Major Acquisitions, Magazine #73
http://www.multilingual.com/FMPro?-db=archives&-format=ourpublication/featuredarticlesdetail.htm&-lay=cgi&-sortfield=magazine%20number&-sortorder=descend&-op=eq&Ad%20Type=reprint&-recid=33710&-find=

Jeff
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Results of survey regarding the SDL-Trados merger


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