SDL plc (LSE: SDL) is a company based in Maidenhead, UK that provides language localization services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The Company was founded by Mark Lancaster with nine employees in 1992. It opened its first overseas office in France in 1996 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1999.
It bought Trados, a rival translation software business, in 2005.
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SDL plc (LSE: SDL) is a company based in Maidenhead, UK that provides language localization services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The Company was founded by Mark Lancaster with nine employees in 1992. It opened its first overseas office in France in 1996 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1999.
It bought Trados, a rival translation software business, in 2005.
In 2007 the Company acquired Tridion, a component management system vendor, and PASS Engineering, developers of PASSOLO software.
Then in 2008 it bought Idiom, a global information system management business.
The Company provides translation, localization, internationalization, interpretation, content development, software development, software testing, and global information management services. It has operations in over 26 countries such as Italy, France, Thailand, Japan, and India. SDL is now one of the top three largest providers of language...
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