LOS ANGELES and GÜTERSLOH, Germany, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Companies Combine Technologies to Support Multilingual Applications in 
Technology Partnership

Language Weaver, a leading software company developing enterprise
software for the automated translation of human languages, and empolis, a
leading service technology company based in GÃŒtersloh Germany, have entered
into a strategic technology agreement that will support multilingual
translation of enterprise applications. empolis will integrate Language
Weaver's automated translation software into its e:SLS (empolis:Service
Lifecycle Suite) application for customer service and into its e:IAS
(empolis:Information Access Suite) information management application for
cross-lingual enterprise search.

Language Weaver's automated translation software offers high quality
translations based on the statistical likelihood of the correct meanings in
context. empolis has integrated the capability into its existing
applications, allowing its customers to access the automated translation
functionality directly.

"Language Weaver's integration with empolis's expanded applications and
enterprise solutions is a great step forward for automated language
translation. Through integration of our statistical translation software into
these very important enterprise applications, the market can begin to realize
the impact automated translation can have on operational efficiencies and
competitive advantage," said Mark Tapling, CEO of Language Weaver. "Through
integration with empolis's software application, use case issues are resolved
and increased usage will add measurable value."

The e:SLS application supports service organizations with effective
creation, management and retrieval of service know-how, lowering costs and
improving service quality: e:SLS enables organizations to quickly provide the
correct answers to customer queries with competent and consistent results via
any channel, including telephone, e-mail, fax, letter, Internet, voice
self-service and technical field service. e:SLS uses a central knowledge
model as the foundation for intelligent search methods. It also builds a
framework for multidimensional search and navigation structures to ensure
efficient and precise information access.

The e:IAS information management application supports intelligent and
personalized information access, as well as maximum efficiency and
effectiveness when searching and navigating, analyzing, sorting and linking
information and when creating new content. Comprehensive searches and
continuing intelligent management of digital content in all types of formats
are two basic challenges facing every knowledge-driven organization -
irrespective of its size or industry. With access to multilingual information
via the addition of Language Weaver's automated translation software, the
searches become more comprehensive and effective in decision making.

"Given the international and multilingual environment in which most of
our customers operate, automated language translation technology provided by
Language Weaver will bring us another step forward in managing the ever
Language Weaver and empolis Integrate Applications, growing amount of 
information to deliver the right information at the right time to the right 
person -- irrespective of the source language," said Dr. Mario Lenz, CTO of 
empolis.

empolis implements solutions in close cooperation with its customers and
partners in a range of vertical markets. Language Weaver and empolis expect
to have the product ready for general delivery in May 2008. It will be
marketed by empolis throughout Europe. Language Weaver will participate in an
empolis user conference November 20-21, 2008 in Berlin.

For more information, see http://www.languageweaver.com and
http://www.empolis.com.

About empolis GmbH

empolis - The Information Logistics Company - offers enterprise content
and knowledge management solutions for company-wide information logistics and
for improving business processes. As a full service supplier, empolis
delivers everything from consulting, design and creation to implementation of
solutions from a single source. Global companies including Airbus, Bank of
America, Bosch, Vodafone, Nokia Siemens Networks, Fujitsu Siemens Computers,
Siemens, Versatel, O2, Arcor, GE Healthcare, the US Marines, the Financial
Accounting Foundation, and the European Patent Office all rely on empolis to
deliver the right information at the right time to the right person. empolis
is an arvato AG subsidiary. arvato is the international media and
communications service supplier within the Bertelsmann group with a unique
network of over 270 companies in 35 countries.

About Language Weaver, Inc.

Language Weaver was founded in 2002 to commercialize a unique approach to
automatic language translation using proprietary statistical translation
algorithms that resulted from research and development at the University of
Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). Its resulting
product, statistical machine translation software (SMTS), provides the
highest quality output to date in automated translation. Language Weaver's
translation systems produce fluent, natural sounding translations and save
customers money and time through automation of the translation process. The
company has more than 50 patents pending on its SMTS technology worldwide.
Language Weaver licenses a server version of its software, currently
available for 55 language offerings. Website: http://www.languageweaver.com

Press contact:
    Adam Zand
    Topaz Partners
    languageweaver@topazpartners.com
    +1-781-404-2406

    arvato AG Public Relations
    Tel.: +49(0)5241-80-3408
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