WALTHAM, Mass. - January 10, 2002 - Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX), a provider of solutions for worldwide deployment of technology and content, today announced that Pearson Education, the global education business of Pearson plc. (NYSE: PSO), has partnered with Lionbridge. With the agreement, Lionbridge will localize its Longman English Success online, English as a Second Language (ESL) courses and technology platform into nine languages.
"Lionbridge's in-depth knowledge of the eLearning market, its reputation for high quality work, and its global reach formed a compelling combination for Pearson," said Jack Chorowsky, General Manager, Longman English Success. "This is a highly complex project with tight timeframes and key deliverables. Executing this work requires a globalization partner with breadth, depth and flexibility to help us manage the various localization processes. Lionbridge has proven to be the solid partner we need."
Lionbridge will localize all of Longman's online ESL courses into French, German, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.
"Pearson's decision to bring its courseware online and make it available to teachers and students worldwide reflects their position as a renowned leader in the publishing and eLearning market space," said Rory Cowan, president and CEO of Lionbridge.
Longman English Success is the online learning business of Pearson's Longman English Language Teaching (ESL) division - the world's leading publisher of ESL materials.
About Lionbridge
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. provides solutions for worldwide deployment of technology and content to global 2000 companies in the technology, life sciences and financial services industries. Lionbridge testing and compatibility services, globalization solutions and multilingual content management technologies help clients reduce cost, speed time to market and ensure the integrity of global brands. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains facilities in England, Ireland, The Netherlands, France, Germany, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil and the United States. To learn more, visit www.lionbridge.com.
About Pearson Education
Pearson Education is the world's leading integrated education company, and the global leader in English language teaching. Its businesses include Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Electronic Education, Longman, NCS Pearson, Prentice Hall, Scott Foresman, and Skylight. Pearson's online learning initiatives include englishsuccess.com, its CourseCompass program (www.coursecompass.com), 2,000 textbook companion Web sites, Learning Network, (www.learningnetwork.com), NCS Learn, as well as safari.com and InformIT.com, portals for technology professionals. For more information, visit www.pearsoned.com.