SDL Sdl Plc

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SDL PLC
10 September 2001




For Immediate Release:


SDL plc ("SDL") partnership agreement with ICL



SDL plc (London: SDL), one of the leading providers of globalization
technology and services, and ICL, the leading IT solutions company, today
announced that the companies have signed a partnership agreement to resell
SDL's multilingual content management system, SDLWebFlow.



Under the terms of the agreement, ICL will be able to offer SDL's system to
consulting and IT services clients and covers ICL's EMEA operations. ICL will
provide first-line support for the system. The agreement includes SDL and ICL
carrying out joint promotion and marketing. ICL will also be using the
software to support their own website with foreign language translations, as
required.



ICL selected SDLWebFlow globalization management solutions because of SDL's
ability to provide a complete solution to manage internationalised content and
translation support services, as required by individual clients.



Commenting on the agreement, Gloria Evans, Business Manager for e-Knowledge at
ICL, said:



"We chose SDL International because it offered ICL the opportunity to deliver
the complex, multilingual and multicultural systems required to support
today's global organisations. Global organisations are increasingly looking
for a single solution to their globalization needs in this area. This
well-organised and committed partnership provides great benefit to our
customers in terms of both the implementation process and access to
technology."



Hedley Rees-Evans, Marketing Director Europe, SDL, confirmed:



"To have such a prestigious partner as ICL working with us in this way
highlights SDL's expertise in the globalization management market. We look
forward to working with their global management consulting teams and building
successful solutions for their clients."



SDLWebFlow reduces the cost of translation and time-to-market for the delivery
of multilingual content, by employing specialist 'computer-aided translation'
techniques, such as Translation Memory and Real-time Translation. The system
detects changes in any original content, and manages the update process into
the new languages automatically.



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Notes to Editors:


About ICL



ICL is one of the leading IT solutions companies in Europe, Middle East and
Africa, employing more than 19,200 people in 40 countries.  It designs, builds
and operates IT systems and services for customers in the financial services,
telecoms, retail and government markets.



ICL helps its customers to transform their businesses and make them more
efficient and productive, by providing the IT services needed today together
with the end-to-end e-Business services to be successful in the new economy.
These services include new media design, consultancy and systems integration
through to managed infrastructure services that underpin the '
mission-critical' requirements of businesses.



For the year ended 31 March 2001, the company's turnover for continuing
operations was #2,419 million.  Headquartered in London, ICL is the
European-centred IT services arm of the Fujitsu Group.



The Fujitsu Group is a #31 billion leader in Internet-based IT systems and
services for the global marketplace.



ICL's Website: http://www.icl.com



For information on ICL, please contact:

Hannah Drewell

Public Relations Manager, e-Innovation

+44 (0)7867 833101





About SDL International



SDL International (London Stock Exchange: 'SDL') is a leading provider of
globalization technologies and services. Its comprehensive and integrated
offerings include multilingual content management, real-time translation
technologies, translation memory and a full range of internationalization and
localization services. Since its founding in 1992, SDL International has
worked with numerous blue chip companies in defining and executing on their
global business development strategies, including Adobe, Avaya, eBay,
Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Kodak, Lexmark, Lotus, Lucent Technologies,
Microsoft, Oracle, Seagate, Siebel, Sony, Sun Microsystems and 3Com. The
company maintains its headquarters in the U.K., with more than 29 offices in
North America, Asia and Europe.



For information on SDL, please contact:



J.P Burgun

ICIS

Tel:  +44 (0) 207 221 7449

Email:  jpburgun@icisnet.com

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