Kilgray Translation Technologies Signs Declaration of Independence

Budapest, Hungary, July 05, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Declaration of Independence.

Kilgray Translation Technologies, a company dedicated to the development of translation productivity tools, re-iterated their commitment to being an independent provider of translation technology. July 4th 2008 is Independence Day for Kilgray - they signed a charter committing them to remain an independent technology provider.

“This Declaration is not just about throwing English headquartered translation tools into the Boston Harbor. We see it as a positive charter of rights for LSPs. This Declaration of Independence is a very serious commitment on our part to protect our customer’s best interests. We believe it is important that any claims of independence by translation technology vendors must have real meaning. We also invite other technology companies who share our ideas on independence to join us in signing this Declaration.” - said Istvan Lengyel, chief operating officer of Kilgray.

In the declaration, the Signatory Parties believe that technology is crucial to translation and localization service providers and that it is not an advantage for a company to buy their technology from and depend on one of their competitors.

The Signatory Parties believe that companies operating both as language service and language technology providers have a vested interest in providing two-tiered offering. They are bound to keep the most competitive and comprehensive translation technology for themselves, and only release a restricted version to the market. Thus language service companies who buy technology from a competitor cannot be as competitive and productive as those who buy technology from an independent company.

The Declaration of Independence is a positive charter of rights for customers.

Founders of Kilgray, as a pioneer among translation technology providers and the associated Signatory Parties declare that they strive to act in accordance with the following:

- It is in the LSPs' interest to buy technology from independent vendors.
- The Signatory Parties are committed to remaining an independent vendor.
- It is extremely unlikely that the Signatory Parties will find themselves as part of a company owned by a services provider.
- In the event Kilgray become partly or entirely owned by a language services provider, they warrant that within five years from signature they will return the license fee on request to any LSP who purchased in the year previous to any acquisition.
- The Signatory Parties hold this Declaration to be irrevocable.
- Information is crucial within the language industry and, as a further safeguard for LSP customers, the Signatory Parties will not request for information from customers that could be useful for a competitor. On the other hand, the Signatory Parties welcome LSPs that want to grow together with them.

About Kilgray

Kilgray is a Hungarian company which provides technology for the language industry. The company was started in 2004 and released the first version of MemoQ in 2005. All of Kilgray's developments have translators and language service providers at the center: every member of the core Kilgray has experience in translation, quality assurance or translation project management.

Kilgray has a strong focus on supporting teams and collaborative translation. The networked translation tools are carefully designed to support the needs of small translators' teams and larger enterprises alike.

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