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Martin Roberts Elected Director of the Association of Language Companies

Cambridge, MA - August 23, 2006 - Martin Roberts of Cambridge has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Language Companies (ALC). The election was held during the ALC’s 4^th Annual Conference, held in Milwaukee, WI.

Roberts is the president and owner of Linguistic Systems, Inc. In 1967 he was one of three founders of the company, which specialized in patent translation. To date, the company has translated more than two million pages of technical material. A native of New York, Roberts earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the City College of New York in 1954 and an SM in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. Linguistic Systems, Inc. has received various awards for outstanding service and excellence in translation. The company serves most of the Fortune 100 and more than half of the Fortune 500.

The ALC is recognized worldwide as a trade organization representing the interests of language services companies in the United States. Its member companies translate manuals, packaging and other materials relating to products sold in countries where English is not the primary language, deliver simultaneous and telephonic interpretation in hospitals and courtrooms and at conferences, and localize websites and other marketing materials. The current size of the worldwide translation and localization services market is US$ 8.8 billion (source: Common Sense Advisory, www.commonsenseadvisory.com). The commercial market has grown 32% since 2002.

The ALC’s annual conference is the largest single gathering of the owners of leading companies in the language industry. This year’s event attracted nearly 100 individuals from more than a dozen foreign countries around the world.

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