Thrifty Car Rental Adds French, German and Spanish to THRIFTY.com Web Site Through Relationship With Translations.com
TULSA, Okla., May 3, 2005 -- Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , today announced that it has completed the translation of its THRIFTY.com site into French, German and Spanish using the services of Translations.com, the leading provider of language solutions for business.
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"Addressing multicultural and multilingual markets is an important initiative for Thrifty, both domestically and abroad," said Brad Rosenthal, Director of Internet Strategy, for Thrifty Car Rental. "With a global presence, Thrifty is committed to making things as easy as possible for our non-English speaking customers on THRIFTY.com. Translations.com is providing us with just the right tools to make this happen."
The change was made possible by integrating Translations.com's GlobalLink Globalization Management System (GMS) with Thrifty's existing content management system to support the delivery of online content in French, German and Spanish.
Phil Shawe, President and CEO of Translations.com said, "We are pleased to support Thrifty in their efforts to communicate with their global customers by providing language translation services as well as our GlobalLink GMS technology product. This technology solution ensures that the fresh and dynamic content on Thrifty's English site can be published to their multilingual sites in a cost- and time-efficient manner."
Thrifty Car Rental is a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Fortune 1000 Company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Together with its corporately-owned locations and those of its franchise owners, the Thrifty Car Rental brand serves value-conscious travelers from more than 1,100 locations in 64 countries. http://www.thrifty.com/
About Translations.com, Inc.
Translations.com provides enterprise language solutions that helps clients increase revenue, reduce costs, and expedite delivery of multilingual content for any purpose. The company's business services and technology products are focused on the strategic needs of organizations seeking to communicate and conduct business in multiple languages. Translations.com has an established global presence on three continents and continues to pioneer new techniques and technologies for the rapid development of multilingual business solutions. For more information, visit the Translations.com web site at http://www.translations.com/ or e-mail the company at info@translations.com .
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