Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0/J opens International markets for Japanese software development sector

Alchemy Software Development in partnership with XLsoft Corporation, makes reaching international markets possible for Japanese Software Development companies.

DUBLIN and TOKYO – April 9, 2004 – Alchemy Software Development, the market leader in visual localization solutions, in partnership with XLsoft Corporation, a leading distributor of Japanese development and localization tools, today announced the release of a fully localized Japanese version of Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0/J. Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0/J will assist Japanese development companies localize their Microsoft desktop, mobile and internet applications quickly, improving revenue growth opportunities in international markets.

Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0 is the most significant upgrade to their award winning and industry leading Alchemy CATALYST™ product line. Combining sophisticated visual environments for all of the most popular development platforms, database and XML/XLIFF technologies, it ensures that localization projects take less time to complete, quality will be improved, Engineering and QA cycle times will shorten and the overall cost of localization will be reduced.

“High-quality translation of software applications is crucial to the success of multi-national companies.” said Tony O'Dowd, CEO Alchemy Software Development, “Today's highly competitive markets require solutions that lower overall costs, reducing time-to-market and improving quality. Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0 meets these requirements head-on. Using advanced Translation Memory technology and an intuitive interface, it compliments the work of localization professionals helping them work more efficiently and produce higher quality translations.”

“Japan is one of the largest software development regions in the world and it needs high quality visual localization tools to develop products for the home and international markets.” said Mitsutoshi Watanabe, CEO, XLsoft Corporation, “Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0/J is the only visual localization solution available in Japanese. It provides a highly visual environment designed to reduced localization and engineering costs, improve quality and reduce project cycle times. We have already deployed Alchemy CATALYST™ into several of the largest Japanese software publishers and they are experiencing dramatic gains in efficiencies within their localization process”. (For Japanese text of this release, please go to: http://www.xlsoft.com/jp/services/press_release.html)

Driven by innovation and breakthroughs in translation technologies, Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0 delivers visual localization solutions to help boost speed, improve quality, and reduce the localization cost for thousands of localization professionals worldwide. Its highly visual localization environment integrates powerful project management utilities and services and includes highly productive and secure environments for translators, developers, and localizers.

Alchemy Software Development Ltd. has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland at Harcourt Business Center, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2

Alchemy Software Development Limited
Alchemy Software Development is the market leader and pioneer of Software Globalization Solutions. Multinational enterprises developing applications for Java, Windows9x, NT, ME, 2000, XP, SymbianOS, .NET, and XML, use Alchemy technology to accelerate entry to international markets, improving revenue growth opportunities and reducing their costs.

Alchemy's technology is designed to boost the efficiency and quality of globalizing software products and is used by software development and globalization companies worldwide. With over 8,000 licenses installed worldwide, Alchemy CATALYST™ is used by translators, software engineers, quality assurance specialists and project managers and is referred to as the Gold Standard in Localization.

Corel Corporation Limited holds a 24.9% stake in Alchemy Software Development Ltd. Alchemy Software Development has offices and facilities in Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States.

For more information on the company and its products, please refer to http://www.alchemysoftware.ie/