It's been one year since MultiCorpora acquired Beetext, a leading technology provider in the translation project management space. Last year's acquisition was predicated on MultiCorpora's strategy to bring a complete Translation Management System (TMS) to market. Beetext's Flow offering was a key component of MultiCorpora's new MultiTrans Prism, launched in May 2011.

"Our objective for the first year was to successfully transition the business and deliver MultiTrans Prism. Over the past 12 months, we grew and strengthened our company by bringing to market a new and superior product and I am grateful to our clients, partners, and employees for the collaboration and support they have provided us during the process.With MultiTrans Prism we now address the needs of those who require a complete TMS, and of course, Flow has been maintained as an independent product for those who simply need a project management tool that ties into their current 3rd party translation memory system," said Pierre Blais, CEO of MultiCorpora.

MultiCorpora is also celebrating the 5th year anniversary of its establishment in Europe. Since September 1, 2006, MultiCorpora has grown its market share significantly in Europe and Africa to the point where it now represents 40% of its business. "Five years ago, we responded to our clients' need for local support. Today, I am proud to claim that we have the true infrastructure of an international organization," said Blais.

About MultiCorpora

MultiCorpora is an internationally established organization that is exclusively dedicated to the development and support of its flagship software product, MultiTrans Prism, for the language industry. Its language technology and unique expertise allow MultiCorpora to deliver state-of-the-art solutions for organizations who manage translation departments, outsource translation services, or who need machine translation or a terminology management database. MultiCorpora is committed to improving efficiencies for people involved with language management. Successes are measured by the return-on-investment its customers receive by implementing their solution. With over 10 years of experience developing language technology software, MultiCorpora is one of the few independent language technology experts in the world that has the experience, the capacity and the competency to deliver solutions benefiting buyers and providers of translation and localization services. With offices in North America and Europe, MultiCorpora leverages the expertise of more than 250 clients for the benefit of its worldwide user community. Numerous international governments and organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and language service providers are currently benefiting from MultiCorpora's language technology expertise.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Pierre Blais
President and CEO
MultiCorpora

819-778-7070 ext. 228
pblais@multicorpora.com

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Translating an idea into Success

Assisting translators in simplifying and improving their work

May 19, 2011, Montreal, Quebec

Written by: Pierre Duhamel, collaboration spéciale, La Presse

MultiCorpora is the result of Gerald Gervais' experiences years ago as he managed a translation service within the Federal Government.

He realized his employees often translated the same phrases, the same expressions and the same words. He also realized that on a regular basis, the same terms were translated differently. He vowed to find an IT solution to these problems upon retirement.

He therefore founded MultiCorpora in 1999. This Gatineau software company is now used by over 60% of the translators and linguistic revisers within the federal government, the government of Quebec and Switzerland, as well as some thirty international organizations like UNESCO, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, OECD, FAO (UN Food and Agriculture) and the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, an organization that works with 55 languages.

When Gerald Gervais left his management position in 2005, the company had a good customer base and it had already penetrated the European market and had positive capital.

To succeed him and prepare his son Daniel, to eventually take on the leadership, the company hired Pierre Blais, a specialist at bringing software to market.

He himself was an entrepreneur and had led a company of 300 employees.

As for Daniel Gervais, who co-founded the company with his father, he serves as the Executive Vice President and assistant Director, in addition to leading the R&D and Professional Services and Customer Support teams.

MultiCorpora offers "language technology" - in short, this includes a series of ten modules that each meet specific needs to simplify the work of the translator. The first is a translation memory software that saves the translations done by an organization or a business so that the contents can be reused in a subsequent translation job.

"10 to 50% of the words used by an organization are repetitive. The software recognizes them and prompts the translator to insert them in the text," explained Pierre Blais.

Unlike the most common machine translation software – such as Google – our software takes into account the context of each text, and will not confuse a computer's "server" with a waiter (server) in a restaurant.

The software is so powerful it can even establish the link between a source word and the equivalent in a language that uses other types of characters such as Mandarin, Arabic, Russian or indigenous languages.

Another software manages the terminology specific to an organization. "The Department of Defense uses 250,000 different terms that should not be confused," he said. The complexity is exponential when it comes to translating into multiple languages that do not have the same meaning in the various armies of the 28 country members of NATO, another MultiCorpora client.

Project Management

There is also a software component for project management in translation services. The software evaluates the volume of content of every new text that is already in the company's "memory-bank", which gives the manager a good idea on the cost for the new translation and the time it will require.

"We are the Microsoft of translation," said Pierre Blais. A rather small Microsoft with 40 employees and revenues of about 5 million dollars, but the company records an annual growth in sales of 18% and did not suffer from the recession of recent years.

The translation industry is valued at $15 billion and growing at 7% per annum.

To further develop within the European market, where potential is huge, Pierre Blais' first decision after his appointment was to open an office in Brussels. The company now wants to raise its profile in the corporate world where it already has clients like Kraft, Ford Canada, and Toys "R" Us.

MultiCorpora recently opened an office in Montreal to serve the corporate market and is targeting the US market more and more. "Our largest customer is the publisher RR Donnelley. American companies are much more sensitive than ever on the need to communicate with their foreign customers and with their strong Hispanic minorities. In the health and insurance field, the need is urgent," he said.

"Canadian government organizations in the marketplace give us stability but our growth will be at the international level."

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MultiTrans Prism brings together three vital components of TMS technology: project management, translation memory, and terminology management. The new product's design delivers an intuitive user experience that fully integrates the interaction between the processes, while allowing each to shine in its own regard.

In line with the new product image, MultiCorpora also launched a new corporate Web site designed to simplify user interaction and guide visitors to desired information more directly and with fewer mouse clicks. The site also incorporates a new search feature so that visitors can immediately locate topics of interest.

"MultiTrans Prism is the conclusion of six months of development to deliver on our promise of a complete Translation Management System. The missing piece of the puzzle was resolved by the acquisition of Beetext; however, putting the two products together was a huge undertaking. I am really proud that our teams have delivered what our customers have been asking us for", said Pierre Blais, MultiCorpora's CEO.

About MultiCorpora

MultiCorpora is an internationally established organization that is exclusively dedicated to the development and support of its flagship software product, MultiTrans Prism, for the language industry. Its language technology and unique expertise allow MultiCorpora to deliver state-of-the-art solutions for organizations who manage translation departments, outsource translation services, or who need machine translation or a terminology management database. MultiCorpora is committed to improving efficiencies for people involved with language management. Successes are measured by the return-on-investment its customers receive by implementing their solution. Unlike other translation software companies, MultiCorpora poses no conflict of interest for its clients, as it does not offer translation services. With over 10 years of experience developing language technology software, MultiCorpora is one of the few independent language technology experts in the world that has the experience, the capacity and the competency to deliver solutions benefiting buyers and providers of translation and localization services. Few companies have invested as much to develop a complete Translation Management System (TMS) and few have developed a service offering to maintain and globally penetrate the market like MultiCorpora has. With offices in North America and Europe, MultiCorpora leverages the expertise of its impressive client base for the benefit of its worldwide user community. Numerous international governments and organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and language service providers are currently benefiting from MultiCorpora's language technology expertise.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Pierre Blais
President and CEO
MultiCorpora
819-778-7070 ext. 228
pblais@multicorpora.com

The new office is tightly integrated with the company's Gatineau headquarters through state-of-the-art telephony and LAN infrastructure, ensuring the best possible communication between teams in both locations, as well as with its European office in Brussels, Belgium. Effective immediately, the Montreal facility will house sales and services personnel and the software development team for MultiTrans Flow MMX, the leading translation workflow product. "We have many customers in and around Montreal. Opening this new office downtown, literally a short walk away from several of MultiCorpora's customers and next to Montreal's central station, will greatly enhance our ability to serve them better while also facilitating acquisition and servicing of new customers in the area. The potential growth in Montreal is significant and we are very happy to have a new home for our Montreal employees", says Pierre Blais, MultiCorpora's President and CEO.

The office is located at: 1255 University, Suite 1008, Montreal (Quebec) Canada, H3B 3W6

About MultiCorpora

Since 1999, MultiCorpora has been exclusively dedicated to providing language technology solutions to enterprises, governments and, language service providers. As the language technology experts, MultiCorpora can help organizations implement the optimum technology solution that streamlines multilingual communications regardless of whether translations are outsourced or translated internally.

With offices in North America and Europe, MultiCorpora leverages the expertise of its impressive client base to the benefit of its worldwide user community. Customers currently using MultiCorpora's language technology solutions and expertise include the Translation Bureau of Canada, many international organizations such as UNESCO, and other corporations such as Ford of Canada, Toys "R" Us, Kraft, and RR Donnelley.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Pierre Blais
President and CEO
MultiCorpora

819-778-7070 ext. 228
pblais@multicorpora.com

Gatineau, Quebec - August 31, 2010 - MultiCorpora, a Gatineau based language technology firm, continues its expansion by acquiring Beetext, one of the leaders in translation project management technology. The transaction is part of MultiCorpora's strategy to offer a Global Management Solution to the enterprise market. The acquisition bolsters MultiCorpora's presence in the Translation Management System (TMS) space in which MultiCorpora has a strong presence with over 200 customers worldwide. "Due to an increased demand in customized workflow and a need for more sophisticated functionality, we researched available options and ended up looking at the functionalities of Beetext's workflow and project management solution. The new solution has the flexibility, the scalability and the functionality depth we need to respond to the requirements of clients that vary in magnitude", says Pierre Blais, MultiCorpora's President and CEO. Since 2001, Beetext's technology was developed from lessons learned by implementing over one hundred customers from several domains such as governments, corporate legal, finance, retail and language service providers.

Beetext founder, Benoît Desjardins, and all Beetext employees will be joining MultiCorpora in their new Montreal branch as part of the sales, services and software development operations. Beetext customers will benefit from an influx of resources and from the resulting synergies of the larger organization. "I am delighted to join MultiCorpora's team and to be given an opportunity to leap towards my goal of making FLOW the leading TMS solution in the world", says Desjardins.

The transition will be transparent to Beetext's customers and they will be added to MultiCorpora's international support operations and processes. For the most part, it should be business as usual under MultiCorpora's umbrella but a much wider array of choices will be provided for customers who were seeking a complete end-to-end TMS or GMS solution.

About MultiCorpora

Since 1999, MultiCorpora has been exclusively dedicated to providing language technology solutions to enterprises, governments and, language service providers. As the language technology experts, MultiCorpora can help organizations implement the optimum technology solution that streamlines multilingual communications regardless of whether translations are outsourced or translated internally.

With offices in North America and Europe, MultiCorpora leverages the expertise of its impressive client base to the benefit of its worldwide user community. Customers currently using MultiCorpora's language technology solutions and expertise include international governments and organizations, fortune 500 companies, and language service providers.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Pierre Blais
President and CEO
MultiCorpora

819-778-7070 ext. 228
pblais@multicorpora.com

Some key new features with MultiTrans Version 4.4 R2 include: terminology management enhancements, a new TermBase Web user interface, superior alignment algorithms and a new XLIFF editor designed to look and feel like MS Office 2007.

Please contact MultiCorpora for the full inventory of new features via email at info@multicorpora.com.

About MultiCorpora

Since 1999, MultiCorpora has been exclusively dedicated to providing language technology solutions to enterprises, governments and, language service providers.  As the language technology experts, MultiCorpora can help your organization implement the optimum technology solution that streamlines your multilingual communications regardless of whether you outsource your translations or translate internally.

With offices in North America and Europe, MultiCorpora leverages the expertise of its impressive client base to the benefit of its worldwide user community. Join the International Governments, international organizations, fortune 500 companies, and language service providers that are currently benefiting from MultiCorpora's language technology expertise.

This integration will save MultiTrans clients precious time by not having to retranslate what another individual, somewhere in the world, has already translated.

Gatineau, Quebec, May 27, 2010 - The language technology firm MultiCorpora has integrated MyMemory, a multilingual collaborative search engine for translations, into MultiTrans, an enterprise language technology software solution. With over 200 million professionally translated sentences, MyMemory is one of the largest collaborative translation archives in the world.

Effective today, MultiTrans connects to MyMemory in real-time, providing translators with suggestions from the collaboration of many professional users. MyMemory will provide suggestions to the translators only if the sentence being translated is at least 75% similar to one previously translated. This vast database of human translated content exists in English, French and Italian. The translator using the suggestion and making changes to it contributes collaboratively thereby improving and growing MyMemory's database. The service will be free for an initial period. "We are excited to add MyMemory's collaborative data sharing platform to the functionalities of MultiTrans. This new approach indirectly connects translation professionals so they can share their work and collectively improve their performance and efficiencies," said Pierre Blais, CEO and President at MultiCorpora.

About MultiCorpora

Since 1999, MultiCorpora has been exclusively dedicated to providing language technology solutions to enterprises, governments and, language service providers. As the language technology experts, MultiCorpora can help your organization implement the optimum technology solution that streamlines your multilingual communications regardless of whether you outsource your translations or translate internally.

Its flagship product, MultiTrans, is an innovative software solution suite that enables multilingual communication from authoring to publication. The solution is powered by a best-in-class terminology management system and an Advanced Leveraging Translation Memory technology (ALTM). These two elements represent the heart of the MultiTrans solution to better manage an organization's linguistic assets. As well, with MultiTrans, organizations can control their corporate lingo and maximize reusable content throughout each step of the communication chain. The solution includes a wide range of functionality that caters to the needs of small to larger, global organizations. Among them we find a flexible configuration that can provide tools for human and machine translation, authoring, and integration with workflows and document management systems. It is easy to install and can be delivered as a purchased model (hosted or installed in-house) or as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.

With offices in North America and Europe, MultiCorpora leverages the expertise of its impressive client base to the benefit of its worldwide user community. Join the International Governments, international organizations, fortune 500 companies, and language service providers that are currently benefiting from MultiCorpora's language technology expertise.

About MyMemory

MyMemory (http://mymemory.translated.net/ ) is a true and proper linguistic search engine created to find the right expression in commonly-used languages. MyMemory's archive contains 200 million professional translations classified on the basis of a specific context.

MyMemory is a project by Translated: a language service provider that offers full localization services, managing relations with more than 30,000 professional translators in over 110 countries. Translated uses NLP (Natural Language Processing) technologies and artificial intelligence to help translators concentrate on what they do best: translating new content.

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After building a solid foundation in Canada and opening their European office, MultiCorpora continues to grow.  Presently, MultiCorpora has the U.S. market in its sights. "We had already tried three years ago, but there was no opening. Currently, the timing is better, "said Pierre Blais, MultiCorpora CEO and President.

U.S. businesses and organizations predominantly operate in English without worrying too much about other languages spoken in the country. However, the growth of the Hispanic population is changing this soon to be outdated mentality. As a result, MultiCorpora has good reason to try their luck again by re-enter the U.S. market.

Last year, MultiCorpora formalized a partnership with Flatirons Solutions, a Colorado based company specializing in content management solutions and digital asset management.  "This agreement adds value to our products and will help us market our software," says Blais.

The Business

MultiCorpora will first target company headquarters in the financial, legal and pharmaceutical industry verticals, as they not only have a large presence in the U.S but also operate on an international stage.

MultiCorpora, which recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary, has benefited from a strong federal presence in the Ottawa region. More than a dozen departments and agencies use its software, including the Translation Bureau of Canada, one of the largest language technology customers in the world.

In 2006, MultiCorpora put down roots in Europe, opening an office in Brussels. In addition to its multilingual character, the Belgian capital was a natural springboard due to the presence of many European institutions. "Worldwide translation work accounts for approximately $15 billion of expenditures, with $ 1 billion of that coming from Brussels alone," said Blais.

Since its establishment, MultiCorpora has won contracts with the Council of Europe, as well as several UN agencies, including UNESCO. The government of Switzerland, France and Germany are also among its customers.

Result:  the company has doubled its revenue from Europe, which accounts for approximately 40% of its overall revenue.

Asia could be another target for MultiCorpora, as they recently received their first contract in Japan. "Asia is an attractive market, but we must proceed one step at a time, "says Mr. Blais.

MultiCorpora currently has approximately 350 customers, which is significant compared to thirty it had before the arrival of Pierre Blais, five years ago. The company also has several private sector clients, including global giants Proctor & Gamble, Kraft, Toys'R'Us and HSBC Bank.

L'office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) has recently chosen MultiTrans, MultiCorpora's flagship product, to further develop the multilingual ‘grand dictionnaire terminologique'.  MultiTrans better manages the translation process by retrieving words, phrases, paragraphs and/or sections of previously translated content for reuse in future translation projects.

"Organizations lose a lot of time and money translating what has often already been translated," says Pierre Blais. He further adds, the use of our software allows companies to increase the consistent use of standardized terminology and approved translations.

Presently MultiCorpora employs approximately 30 people, who speak a combined total of over 18 languages.   Pierre Blais expects MultiCorpora to increase their current workforce to over 40 in the near future.

About MultiCorpora

MultiCorpora is exclusively dedicated to providing language technology solutions to enterprises, language service providers and governments. The technology empowers its clients to better manage linguistic assets and control the entire translation process whether they outsource their translations or handle them in-house. With offices in North America and Europe, MultiCorpora leverages the expertise of its impressive client base to the benefit of its worldwide user community.

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Gatineau, QC - February 25^th, 2010 - MultiCorpora is pleased to announce that Richard Sikes, an industry veteran, has joined their team as Solution Expert. Richard brings over 28 years of worldwide experience in and around the Language Industry and further solidifies MultiCorpora's position as the Language Technology Experts.

Richard is well-known in the translation and localization worlds as a thought-leader, author, and conference speaker on a wide variety of translation technology topics and localization best practices. In his new role at MultiCorpora, Richard will be responsible for maintaining relationships with business partners and providing marketing and pre-sales support. He will also be interfacing with key accounts by providing process mapping consultation plus implementation and training support.