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Idiom And Atril Combine Leading Technologies To Deliver Breakthrough Translation And Globalization Solutions

Shared Technologies Power Idiom WorldServer Globalization Management System and ATRIL's New Déjà Vu X Product Family

Waltham, MA - December 3, 2001 - Idiom Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise globalization solutions, and ATRIL, one of the world's leading providers of translation technology software, today announced a joint development partnership. The basis of the partnership is to share core technologies and competencies in order to develop products to serve the needs of a rapidly growing globalization marketplace.

The partnership creates the industry's first centralized, shareable, enterprise-level translation memory (TM) system. TM allows translators to reuse previously translated text, thereby reducing costs and increasing translation consistency. An enterprise-level TM enables companies to treat translations as a corporate asset and leverage all previous work done by in-house personnel or external vendors and freelance translators. Idiom has integrated the new TM technology, as well as ATRIL's Déjà Vu linguistic technology components, with its WorldServer Web infrastructure software for enterprise globalization, offering customers a powerful, user-friendly, and versatile suite of tools to speed and simplify the translation process.

As a result of the partnership, Idiom now offers enterprise customers the capabilities and value previously enjoyed only by individual translators. By combining the power of ATRIL's linguistic technology across an entire enterprise with WorldServer's proven, scalable architecture, companies can save up to 50% in translation costs, dramatically improve the quality and consistency of translated content, and speed the localization of both online and offline corporate content as part of their globalization efforts.

ATRIL will benefit from the partnership by offering the new enterprise-level translation memory and terminology database as a stand-alone server in ATRIL's new Déjà Vu X product family. By providing new levels of scalability and robustness, the new Déjà Vu X Remote Server will allow corporate customers to efficiently share translation resources across their offices worldwide. Groups of translators, whether at a single physical location or geographically dispersed, will also be able to concurrently access a centralized repository of translations and glossaries over the Internet. Using a unique XML-based protocol, Déjà Vu X users at companies of all sizes will be able to access both local and remote server TMs transparently.

"In today's economy companies are challenged to increase the success of their international operations while cutting substantial costs," said Fred Lizza, President and CEO of Idiom. "With this partnership we bring new levels of linguistic sophistication and productivity to the WorldServer product family. By leveraging ATRIL's best-of-breed technology, we continue to offer our customers the most comprehensive globalization solution unmatched by our competition."

"Enterprises are driving the demand for e-business globalization," said Daniel Benito, Director of Development of ATRIL. "This partnership with Idiom gives us enterprise-class translation tools and allows us to extend our offering to new organizations and markets."

About WorldServer 5.0 with Déjà Vu
With the integration of Déjà Vu, WorldServer 5.0 now offers the most advanced translation technology in the industry, with standard-setting centralized, shareable, enterprise-level translation memory and terminology database. Along with superior linguistic technology, WorldServer also delivers patent pending Business Rule Linkage™, unique preview-in-context capability, specialized globalization workflows, and state-of-the-art, scalable J2EE technology, all of which combine to provide organizations with unparalleled levels of efficiency, quality, and consistency throughout the globalization process.

About ATRIL
Founded in 1993, ATRIL is one of the world's leading providers of translation technology. Its flagship product, Déjà Vu™, is one of the most popular translation memory packages in the market today, with a leading market share in new license sales, and the most popular TM tool among freelance translators. It combines the only commercially available example-based translation memory with a flexible terminology management system to provide the most advanced translation tool in the market. ATRIL's commitment to applying research and innovation to the development of all products has earned it the trust of customers such as AXA, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, IBM, Inter-American Development Bank, KPMG, Pfizer, Pratt & Whitney, Siemens, and Veritas Software. For information on ATRIL or Déjà Vu, call +34 932 922 377, visit www.atril.com, or email info@atril.com.

About Idiom Technologies, Inc.
Idiom WorldServer™ is Web infrastructure software for globalization that automates and synchronizes multilingual, multicultural content - both offline and online. WorldServer combines industry-leading linguistic technology with powerful globalization workflow, business rules, and unique preview-in-context tools to simplify translation and localization. Idiom's customers include multinational companies such as Adobe®, Eastman Chemical Company, General Electric, MasterCard, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Travelocity™, and Xilinx, Inc.™ Idiom is funded by Banc of America Securities, Eastman Chemical Company, Greylock, JAFCO Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, Oracle, and Sigma Partners. For information on Idiom products and services, call (781) 464-6000, visit www.idiominc.com or email publicrelations@idiominc.com