Programming Announcement
March 26, 2002
Announcement Letter Number: ZP02-0150
Leverage your existing Web infrastructure to present content to users in their native languages, at a fraction of the cost of professional translation.
With WebSphere (R) Translation Server, you can provide Web pages, e-mail messages, and chat conversations in multiple languages, real time.
Based on IBM Machine Translation technology, the WebSphere Translation Server is designed for scalability on multiple platforms.
WebSphere Translation Server can run on a dedicated server, using Java (TM) RMI protocol to communicate with the WebSphere Application Server.
Static and CGI web content is enabled for translation through the WebSphere Translation Server support for HTTP servers from Netscape, Apache, Microsoft (TM), or IBM. Lotus (R) Domino (TM) and Lotus Sametime (R) integration is available through the Lotus Translation Components on the Lotus Web site.
Enhanced for V2
Improved plugin offering -- added iPlanet plugin support on AIX (R)
Extended platforms -- adding WebSphere Translation Server solution on Linux Red Hat (Intel (R)) Version 7.1 platform
Additional languages
English to Brazilian Portuguese
Japanese to English
Simplified Chinese to English
Traditional Chinese to English
Enhanced lexicons on all language pairs
UDM for French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, and English to Korean and Brazilian Portuguese now handle adjectives, adverbs, and verbs
Enhanced Java sample programs
WebSphere Translation Server for Multiplatforms V2 consists of:
Machine translation engines for translating text from one language into another language (such as English to Spanish)
Support for WebSphere Application Server and HTTP servers from Microsoft, Netscape, Apache, and IBM
Integration with Lotus Sametime and Lotus Domino using the Lotus Translation Components available from the Lotus Web site and supported by Lotus
User Dictionary Manager tools that allow specific words to be added (that is, tuning for a specific application or adding of slang or corporate and domain-specific phrases and terms)
Source: IBM iSource