Company Overview SYSTRAN Applications Customization for Quality Translations

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Company Overview SYSTRAN Applications Customization for Quality Translations Prepared for Lirics Industrial Advisory Group

Company Overview SYSTRAN Applications Customization for Quality Translations Prepared for Lirics Industrial Advisory Group June 20 & 21, 2005, Barcelona . © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A

Agenda ►Company Overview ►SYSTRAN Web. Server ►SYSTRAN Linguistics Platform ►Customization for Quality Translations ►Q&A

Agenda ►Company Overview ►SYSTRAN Web. Server ►SYSTRAN Linguistics Platform ►Customization for Quality Translations ►Q&A 2 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Fast Facts ► Founded in 1968 in La Jolla, CA ► Two operating companies:

Fast Facts ► Founded in 1968 in La Jolla, CA ► Two operating companies: • SYSTRAN SA, Paris France (parent company) • SYSTRAN Software, Inc. (original company) ► Parent company is publicly traded on EURONEX (ran: fp on bloomberg. com) ► Approximately 60 employees worldwide ► 25 M pages translated daily (systransoft. com, Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Altavista Babelfish, Worldlingo etc. ) ► +40 language combinations 3 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Market Segments ►Area of focus: Language Translation Technologies ►Real-world applications • Content Management On-demand

Market Segments ►Area of focus: Language Translation Technologies ►Real-world applications • Content Management On-demand Website Localization, Multilingual Customer Support, Search • Intra-Company Communications Corporate Intranets, Email, Chat • Integration in Workflow Environment 4 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Activities ► Software Publishing • Home & Small Businesses • Corporations (F 500), Portals

Activities ► Software Publishing • Home & Small Businesses • Corporations (F 500), Portals • Public Administrations ► Professional Services Machine Translation Systems Development and Customization • Corporations • Public Administrations (US Government Agencies, European Commission) • Co-funded Projects (French Government) 5 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Why Use Machine Translation? ►Gisting • Quick understanding of foreign content ü Web content

Why Use Machine Translation? ►Gisting • Quick understanding of foreign content ü Web content ü Email ü Documents ►Publishing • Documents require high-quality translation ü Technical support documents ü e. Learning 6 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

v 5 Desktop Products ► SYSTRAN Professional Premium™ ► SYSTRAN Professional Standard ™ ►

v 5 Desktop Products ► SYSTRAN Professional Premium™ ► SYSTRAN Professional Standard ™ ► SYSTRAN Personal ™ ► SYSTRAN Office Translator ► SYSTRAN Web. Translator Used by businesses to individual consumers • Available by download or packaged CD-ROM 7 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Online Services Hosted on SYSTRAN Servers ► SYSTRANLinks • On-demand translation of websites ►

Online Services Hosted on SYSTRAN Servers ► SYSTRANLinks • On-demand translation of websites ► SYSTRANBox • Translation interface for content provider for URLs and text ► SYSTRANet • Interface for customizable translation for URLs, text and uploaded files 8 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRANLinks 9 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRANLinks 9 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRANBox 10 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRANBox 10 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRANet 11 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRANet 11 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Client-Server Applications Local Hosting ►SYSTRAN Enterprise (intranet environment) • Web-based interface • Application Packs

Client-Server Applications Local Hosting ►SYSTRAN Enterprise (intranet environment) • Web-based interface • Application Packs – MS Office plugins + linguistic tools ►SYSTRAN Web. Server • • Enterprise features + Scalable, open and robust Multiple OS (Windows, Solaris, Linux) Open API for integration ►SYSTRAN Linguistics Platform • Enterprise solution for managing localization projects 12 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Web. Server Architecture Integration • Open • Scalable Platforms • • Linux Solaris

SYSTRAN Web. Server Architecture Integration • Open • Scalable Platforms • • Linux Solaris Windows Other 13 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Web. Server – Application Packs ►User Tools • • One-stop access to translation

SYSTRAN Web. Server – Application Packs ►User Tools • • One-stop access to translation Seamless translations with plugins for Microsoft® Office Word, Outlook, Power. Point, Excel, Internet Explorer™ ►Expert Tools • Translation Project Manager • Dictionary Manager 14 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Linguistics Platform ►Enterprise solution for managing localization projects • • Centralized architecture for

SYSTRAN Linguistics Platform ►Enterprise solution for managing localization projects • • Centralized architecture for multiple users Manage linguistic resources Version control QA ►Comprised of two components • SYSTRAN Review Manager (SRM) • SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager (SDM) 15 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SLP - SYSTRAN Review Manager ►Productivity tool used to review, assess and maintain linguistic

SLP - SYSTRAN Review Manager ►Productivity tool used to review, assess and maintain linguistic resources in combination with SYSTRAN Web. Server • Allows users to segment a corpus and fluidly evaluate translations, and identify the typology of errors • All maintenance tasks leverage examples from the review corpus • Process for reliable and efficient QA 16 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Review Manager Interface 17 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Review Manager Interface 17 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Review Manager Architecture 18 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Review Manager Architecture 18 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager Interface - Server 19 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager Interface - Server 19 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SLP - SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager ► Industrial-strength tool that enables users to build and

SLP - SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager ► Industrial-strength tool that enables users to build and manage multilingual User Dictionaries, consists of: ► Client • • • Windows-based interface Intuitive. Coding™ technology Designed for use on dictionary subsets ► Server • • • Manages the complete dictionary: lookup, subset extraction Multi-user application Maintains dictionary history and versioning 20 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager Interface - Client 21 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager Interface - Client 21 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager Architecture 22 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager Architecture 22 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

40 Language Pairs English Simplified Chinese English Traditional Chinese English Dutch English French English

40 Language Pairs English Simplified Chinese English Traditional Chinese English Dutch English French English German English Greek English Italian English Japanese English Korean English Portuguese English Russian English Spanish French Dutch French German French Greek French Italian French Portuguese French Spanish 23 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

SYSTRAN v 5 ► v 5 translation engine powered by XML • Interoperability –

SYSTRAN v 5 ► v 5 translation engine powered by XML • Interoperability – all SYSTRAN dictionaries are in XML native format • Extensibility – ability to add linguistic markup in the content ► New filtering • DOC translation • PDF translation ► Integrated Translation Memory • Import and export of TMX files ► Integrated Spell-Checking • Translate texts with common spelling errors ► Improved customization capabilities • • Expert coding rules Normalization dictionaries Terminology extraction Translation review tool for post-translation analysis and integration with SYSTRAN Translation Memory 24 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Professional Services ► Machine Translation Systems Development new language pairs or enhancements to existing

Professional Services ► Machine Translation Systems Development new language pairs or enhancements to existing languages Customers ► Consulting ► Linguistic Customization • Cisco Systems • Sun Microsystems • Chemical Abstracts • Ford Motor Company ► Systems Integration • Saint-Gobain • European Commission ► Maintenance • US Government ► Training 25 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.

Customers ► Corporations • Wal-Mart, Daimler. Chrysler, Pricewaterhouse. Coopers ► Customization • Cisco Systems,

Customers ► Corporations • Wal-Mart, Daimler. Chrysler, Pricewaterhouse. Coopers ► Customization • Cisco Systems, Ford Motor Company ► Technology Licensing to Portals • Alta. Vista, Yahoo!, Google, AOL, Lycos, Apple ► Development • US Intelligence Community, European Commission ► OEM Integration • SEIKO, Electronic Arts 26 © 2005 SYSTRAN S. A.