Three Steps to Successful Multilingual Communication with Automated Translation

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Lionbridge and IBM Host Webinar: Three Steps to Successful Multilingual Communication with... -- WALTHAM, Mass., June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

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WALTHAM, Mass., June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- [ Lionbridge Technologies ], Inc. (NASDAQ: [ LIOX ]), a leading provider of translation solutions, will host an educational webcast with IBM's Watson Research Center on "[ Three Steps to Successful Multilingual Communication with Automated Translation ]" on Tuesday June 28th at 1:00 pm ET.

In this one-hour, complimentary webcast, executives from Lionbridge and IBM will discuss how organizations can effectively solve their most pressing global communication challenges through customized automated translation.

Webinar attendees will learn:

• Current trends and developments in machine translation
• How to make global communications actionable and relevant for customers worldwide
• How to integrate machine translation into different business applications to seamlessly engage prospects and customers across languages  

Speakers:

Salim Roukos, Sr. Manager, Multilingual NLP Technologies & CTO, Translation Technologies IBM T.J. Watson Research
Jay Marciano, Director, Real-Time Translation Development
Yvonne Cekel, Vice President of SaaS and Communities, Lionbridge

To Register and Participate:

[ Register ] for the event or learn more about the webinar on the events page of the GeoFluent website

[ http://en-us.lionbridge.com/GeoFluent/Resources/Events.htm ]

The webinar will be available on-demand through the Lionbridge website for those unable to attend the live webcast.

Through a partnership and joint development initiative, Lionbridge and IBM have developed GeoFluent, a customized, on-demand translation platform that integrates Lionbridge's cloud-based language customization solutions with a statistical machine translation engine developed in IBM's Watson Research Center.  With GeoFluent enterprises gain a unique, real-time, secure SaaS solution based on proven technology that has been adopted successfully in large-scale commercial environments. GeoFluent integrates with common Chat and Web applications to allow enterprises and contact centers to cost-effectively engage customers and prospects online in multiple languages in real time. Because GeoFluent is customized to reflect each organization's brand and terminology, multilingual communication is understandable and actionable. As a result, organizations can facilitate faster time to purchase, increase customer loyalty and reduce global support costs.

About Lionbridge

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ LIOX ]) is a provider of translation, development and testing solutions. Lionbridge combines global resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client's product and content lifecycle - from development to translation, testing and maintenance. Global organizations rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge and VeriTest brands. To learn more, visit [ http://www.lionbridge.com ]

Lionbridge and GeoFluent are registered trademarks of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. in the US and throughout the world.

For More Information Contact:

Sara Buda
Lionbridge
(781) 434-6190
[ sara.buda@lionbridge.com ]

SOURCE Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.

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