SDL-Sheffield
Moby ID: 12893
- Polylang Ltd. (from 1988 to 1998-02)
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Founded in 1986 by Wolf Percival, Polylang Ltd. (aka Polylang Multimedia Ltd. and Polylang Limited) was a translation and interpreter company. The company specialized in website and multimedia localization, including AV recording/post-production and graphics services. Polylang's main headquarters were located in Sheffield, England, and it also had offices in Germany and France.
Polylang offered localizations in all major languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. In 1997 their Sheffield UK location occupied 15,000 square feet of office and studio space and employed over 80 full-time linguists, technical support staff and administrative personnel in-house. They also contracted over 200 freelance language experts, and collaborated with many other outside agencies and studios.
In February 1998, Polylang Ltd. was acquired by rivalling company SDL International and was renamed SDL-Sheffield.
Not to be confused with Polylang Translation Services, Inc. of Bellevue, Washington, USA which handles translations in the Health and Hospital industry.
Credited on 7 Games from 1992 to 1997
| War Wind II: Human Onslaught (1997 on Windows) |
| Full Throttle (1995 on DOS, Windows, Macintosh...) |
| Caesar II (1995 on DOS, Windows, Macintosh) |
| High Seas Trader (1995 on DOS, Amiga) |
| Battle Isle 2200 (1994 on DOS) |
| Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (1992 on DOS, Amiga, Acorn 32-bit) |
| KGB (1992 on DOS, Windows, Amiga) |
History +
- February 20, 1998
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The company is acquired by SDL International and renamed SDL-Sheffield.
- 1986
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The company is founded.
Trivia +
Company headquarters location & contact information (1998):
Polylang Ltd.
Plantation House
267 Ecclesall Rd
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8NX
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)114 2670017
Fax: +44 (0)114 2687487
BBS: +44 (0)114 2664475
Website: www.polylang.com
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 2 games with Ubisoft Düsseldorf
- 2 games with Avalon Interactive
- 2 games with Mick Lowe Design Limited
- 2 games with The White Label
- 2 games with Impressions Games
- 2 games with Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
- 1 game with DreamForge Intertainment, Inc.
- 1 game with Bandai Namco Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 1 game with Lucasfilm Games
- 1 game with Cryo Interactive Entertainment
- 2 games with Thorsten Kneisel
- 2 games with Bernhard Ewers
- 2 games with Richard Hewison
- 2 games with Christoph Werner
- 2 games with Haiko Ruttmann
- 2 games with Rainer Reber
- 2 games with Paul Coppins
- 2 games with Noah Tool
- 2 games with Thomas Hertzler
- 2 games with Michael S. Glosecki
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