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    Translation ServicesOverviewALTA Language Services

    Copyright 2010 by ALTA Language Services, Inc.

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    Company Profile Based in Atlanta and privately held Over 30 years of experience in the translation services business Completed more than 29,150 translation projects for clients ranging fromsmall businesses to the Fortune 500 Completed 2,424 projects in 2009 Our clients are spread equally between manufacturing and services withapproximately 100/0 of our clients coming from the government and non-profit sectors

    7 40 /0 of year 2009 revenue came from clients outside of Georgia

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    Services Translat ion & Localization

    - Full translation and localization services for print and web in 93 languages- Multi lingual Graphics and DTP

    D es kto p pub lish in g s ervic es in 1 00+ lan gu ag es- Full bitmap and vector art creation and editing

    We bsite a nd Softw are L oc aliza tio n- Full localization services for helpfiles and resource files- Full website localization including graphics, databases, web pages and scripting

    V oice T alen t, V id eo P ro du ctio n, a nd Sub titlin g- Multi lingual voice talent for corporate video projects- Full subtitling services in most languages

    In tern atio nal C orp orate N am e, L og o, and P ro du ct Id en tity R esearch G lo ssa ry a nd T erm in olo gy C rea tio n and Main te nan ce O th er d iv isio ns p ro vid e lan gu ag e tra in in g and te stin g

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    Subject Areas Advertising, Sales, and Marketing General Business and Administration Contracts, Corporate Law, Patents, and Official Documentation Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services Software Medicine and Health Care Technical, Engineering, Energy Automotive Education Social Sciences Pure Sciences

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    Project Types Contracts, financial documents, general business correspondence,and business cards

    RFPs and RFQs Brochures and annual reports Sales aids and other promotional material Packaging, labels, inserts, MSDS Manuals: installation, maintenance, service, technical Company newsletters Human resources materials Training programs: booklets, videos, software Web banners, web sites, landing and jump pages Software and help files

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    Languages We provide full language services in 93 languages Most clients' needs are met with these 36 languages and their variants:

    The Americas- U.S.: English, Spanish, Creole, Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese- Canada: English and French- Mexico, Central and South America: Spanish and PortugueseWestern and Eastern Europe- Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,- Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian,- Spanish, Swedish, and TurkishMiddle East-Arabic and HebrewAsia- Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Mandarin, and Cantonese), Indonesian, Japanese,Korean, Malay, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese

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    Pricing and QuotationsMost projects are priced on a quotation basis. Source files reviewed

    When available, we prefer to review the source files, not the finished product(e.g. a PDF file or a printed version).

    Print: For print, this generally means FrameMaker, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, InDesign or Word files. Web: For websites, we prefer to have the client provide a complete copy of the site on CD or via FTP. Software and Helpfiles: For these projects we need access to all source files.

    The work is quantifiedWork is quantified in hours and words, with the rates being determined by:language, subject matter, volume, and turnaround time.

    Issues identifiedAny project management or linguistic issues are discussed upfront.

    Written proposal is createdThe ALTA proposal will detail full costs and approaches to handling issuesthat were discussed. All quotations are free.

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    Software and SystemsA LTA supports the PC and M ac platform s.

    ALTA a ls o suppo rts :

    all m ajo r o ffic e s uite s, g rap hic d es ig n and d es kto p pub lish in g so ftw are , p ro gramm in g lan gu ag es an d tag ged file fo rm ats, common databases, and tra ns la tion memory tools .

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    Why Choose ALTA?1. EXPERIENCE - We have 30 years of success doing work for thelargest companies in the world.

    2. PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Our project managers know thelinguistic and technical issues involved in making projects work.They know what pitfalls to avoid.

    3. LINGUISTS - Our translators and interpreters are the best in thebusiness. ALTA translators are native speakers of the target languageand subject-matter experts in their respective fields.

    4. VALUE PROPOSITION - We help our clients communicate effectivelywhere language and culture are barriers. By providing high-qualityservice at a great price, we aim to establish long-term partnershipswith our clients. We're ready to earn your business.

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