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SDL PLC
28 February 2005


                 Tweddle Drives Automotive Translations with SDL

Implements knowledge-based translation to shorten time-to-market and reduce
costs


Maidenhead - 28 February 2005 - SDL International, the world's leading provider
of translation services and technology solutions, announced today that Tweddle
Litho has selected SDL as its partner for translation technology and services.
Tweddle will use the SDL Knowledge-based Translation SystemTM to achieve faster
and more cost-effective translations. This combined with SDL's worldwide
infrastructure of network offices, made SDL the best choice to integrate
seamlessly with Tweddle's authoring and printing systems.

The partnership allows the companies to manage over 100 million words of often
highly technical automotive documentation into multiple languages concurrently,
and provides automotive companies with a complete business process outsourcing
solution for their localization needs.

Tweddle Litho, a market leader in the production of published literature for the
automotive industry, faces continued time and cost reduction demands from its
customers. The SDL Knowledge-based Translation System tightly integrates with
Tweddle's content authoring, management and publishing processes to ensure
maximum efficiency across the complete end-to-end lifecycle of linguistically
complex automotive documentation. The combination of SDL's unique, open
standards-based technologies with its automotive expertise for the translation
services gives Tweddle significant time-to-market and cost advantages in the
highly competitive markets in which it operates.

"The SDL Knowledge-based Translation System gives us an increase in translation
productivity of more than 30%, a level unmatched by anyone else," said Andy
Tweddle, President and CEO of Tweddle Litho. "SDL's support for industry
standards such as SGML, XML and TMX* has provided easy migration from our legacy
technologies and services together with easy integration into our existing
authoring, content management and publishing systems. With this strategic
partnership with SDL, we have extended our competitive advantage and anticipate
winning new business from our customers."

"The automotive market is a truly international one," commented Mark Lancaster
CEO at SDL.  "Providing service and owner manuals in local languages is not
optional.  In addition the technical nature of these materials has traditionally
made localization a labor-intensive and costly task.  The dramatic productivity
improvements that Tweddle Litho can achieve with the SDL Knowledge-based
Translation System highlight the benefits of SDL's tightly integrated
technologies driven by our highly skilled linguists. Our presence in the
automotive sector has been considerably strengthened."

About Tweddle Litho

Tweddle Litho Company is a leading provider of integrated information solutions
for automotive OEMs. Throughout its 50 year history Tweddle's service offering
has continued to evolve enabling it to support the entire publishing process for
automotive service, training and owner information.  Today Tweddle's core
business areas are defined as Information Development, Information Management
and Information Delivery.  Tweddle's program responsibilities encompass the
earliest phases of research and content development, graphic design, database &
translation management, composition, production of print and electronic media,
through fulfillment and distribution. Tweddle combines its passion for
innovation with a dedication to investing in its people, processes and
technology. Their understanding of their customers' business challenges enables
them to deliver solutions that contribute to their success. More information
about Tweddle Litho is available at http://www.tweddle.com.


About SDL International

SDL International (London Stock Exchange: 'SDL') is the world's leading provider
of translation services and technology solutions. Employing over 1300 staff
worldwide, its comprehensive and integrated offerings include translation
memory, adaptive machine translation, a full range of localization services and
the world's first knowledge-based translation system.

Whether insourcing or outsourcing, organizations benefit from enhanced
translation productivity through SDL's commitment to continuous innovation in
software and service delivery. Its customers span consumer, SME and enterprise
markets, including global industry leaders Adobe, Bayer, Bosch, Canon, DAF,
Kodak, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Reuters and SAP. SDL International is
headquartered in the UK and has over 40 offices across North America, Asia and
Europe. For more information, visit www.sdl.com.



For information on SDL, please contact:


SDL plc                                                      Tel:  01628 410 120
Fiona Camden
Email:  fcamden@sdl.com

Financial Dynamics                                            Tel: 020 7831 3113
Edward Bridges / Juliet Clarke



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* TMX, or Translation Memory eXchange, is the vendor-neutral, open standard for
storing and exchanging translation memories created by computer-aided
translation systems sanctioned by the Localization Industry Standards
Association 'LISA' (http://www.lisa.org/tmx).



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