[announce] RWS Group (translate.com) Names Industry Veteran BarbaraSchnell Director of Solutions Development and Integration

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RWS Group, LLC (translate.com) Names Industry Veteran Barbara Schnell
Director of Solutions Development and Integration

SAN FRANCISCO - April 15, 2002 -- RWS Group, LLC (translate.com), one of the
world's largest translation and localization companies, has named Barbara
Schnell to the position of Director of Solutions Development and
Integration.  She will be reporting to CEO, Lyra Spratt-Manning. In this
role, Schnell will strengthen and direct the production infrastructure that
supports RWS Group's leadership within the globalization and localization
industry.   

Schnell brings extensive experience in the localization industry to RWS
Group and its clients.  Since joining RWS Group, Schnell has successfully
established RWS Group's Software Localization Center in Boulder, Colorado
and developed resources to meet the growing demand of global businesses with
high-tech software and Web site localization needs. 

"Barbara is joining the RWS Group executive management team during an
exciting time in our company's growth," said Lyra Spratt-Manning, chief
executive officer. "With extensive localization experience, she will
implement production processes that provide our global customers with
reduced globalization costs and improved quality and time-to-market."

Committed to providing cost effective and high quality language solutions to
global companies, RWS Group is aggressively scaling its resources and
strengthening its executive management team.
 
About RWS Group, LLC (translate.com)
RWS Group (translate.com), an ISO 9000 company with four decades of
experience and nine worldwide offices, provides clients with total language
solutions. RWS Group provides multilingual solutions to the IT, oil and gas,
life sciences, legal and financial services industries. RWS Group's services
include localization of software and Web sites, localization and translation
of marketing communications and technical documentation; CE consulting;
cultural consulting; localization testing; worldwide interpreting services;
and development and support of all areas through multilingual technology
development and design. As the largest patent translation firm in the world,
RWS Group translates over 20,000 patents annually. New language technology
developed by RWS Group includes JCAT(tm), a JAVA-based ASP computer-assisted
translation tool with XML capabilities and RWS Localization Tool freeware.

Photos available upon request 

CONTACT:
Dianne Pierce, Marketing Director, RWS Group, LLC
Tel: (415) 512-4449 E-mail: dpierce@translate.com
URL: http://www.translate.com

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