The Airline Will Deploy Translations.com's GlobalLink GMS Technology Platform to Manage Multilingual Content
NEW YORK, NY, October 27, 2008 – Translations.com, a leading provider of software localization services and translation-related technology products, today announced that it has been selected by US Airways as their vendor for translation services and GMS (Globalization Management System) technology in support of the company's web localization efforts. The engagement will support US Airways in its initiative to offer web-based functionality to a wide audience of global customers by the close of 2008.
<--break-->To manage the multilingual content on its website, US Airways has installed Translations.com's GlobalLink Content Director, an application that has become an industry-standard translation workflow system for Global 2000 companies. While the airline has chosen to utilize Translations.com's language services to localize its website into seven to 10 languages, GlobalLink Content Director supports the use of multiple translation services providers, as well as internal resources.
"Translations.com provided US Airways with a very comprehensive solution for making our translation process as efficient and customer-friendly as possible. Their GlobalLink suite of technology products was a perfect fit for our requirements," stated Nick Deaver of US Airways.
Phil Shawe, President and CEO of Translations.com, stated, "In today's travel industry, there is no connection between an airline and its customers that is more mission critical than the company website. We are honored that US Airways has selected Translations.com to support the company's global web initiatives."
About US Airways
US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates approximately 3,200 flights per day and serves 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The airline employs more than 34,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers our customers 18,000 daily flights to 965 destinations in 162 countries worldwide. In the first eight months of 2008, US Airways ranked first in on-time performance among the ten largest U.S. carriers according to the Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report. And for the tenth consecutive year, the airline received a Diamond Award for maintenance training excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Charlotte, North Carolina hub line maintenance facility. For more company information, visit usairways.com.
About Translations.com
Translations.com is a leading provider of software, website, and enterprise-wide localization services, as well as localization-related technology products. Translations.com solutions allow customers to conduct business more effectively in international markets. The company has a global presence on four continents and services a variety of clients with dedicated practice groups for every major industry. Translations.com is part of the TransPerfect family of companies. For more information, please visit www.translations.com.