Mr Dara Calleary T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with responsibility for Labour Affairs, today (18th January 2010) officially opened the new EMEA Headquarters of on-demand translation technology and service provider, Sajan, Inc., in Dublin.

Sajan Software, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sajan, Inc., plans to generate 35 high skilled jobs over a three year period at the operation, creating opportunities for software engineers, localization engineers, testers, project managers, quality personnel, sales executives and accounts personnel. The Dublin operation will drive and support the continued evolution of Sajan’s leading-edge translation management system (TMS), and its broader suite of localization solutions.

Speaking at the announcement today, Minister Calleary said: “I am delighted to officially open the new EMEA headquarters and R&D centre for Sajan in Dublin today. The establishment by Sajan of a Headquarter Operation of this nature demonstrates the strength of Ireland’s reputation as a location for software investments, linguistics and translation. Sajan Software, Ltd. will play a strategic role in Sajan’s overall operation and Ireland will be a vital element”.

Shannon Zimmerman, CEO, Sajan said: “The launch of our new European Headquarters in Ireland represents Sajan’s longstanding commitment to the future of cloud-based translation technology”.
“Ireland was a natural location of choice for our EMEA Headquarters and R&D Centre, due to the availability of a highly skilled workforce and Ireland’s commitment to research, development and innovation (RD&I). We look forward to counting Dublin as a pivotal hub of our European presence”, he added.

About Sajan
Sajan is the innovative way to obtain language translation solutions. Sajan’s language translation technology provides not only a Translation Management System, GCMS, to serve as the operating platform, but also provides users with flexible delivery models and a transparency to all aspects of the Localization process while delivering previously unrealized business results.
Website: http://www.sajan.com

Sajan, a Wisconsin-based software company has established a new subsidiary which will be headquartered in Dublin.

The firm, which develops on-demand translation technology, said the new entity, which is called Sajan Software Limited, will house and support cloud-based translation technologies.

About 35 jobs are to be created mainly in R&D and sales, the firm said.

It added that after reviewing a number of possible locations it selected Dublin as its new headquarters because of Ireland’s reputation as “a business-friendly country” and it closeness to European customers.

“The launch of Sajan Software represents Sajan’s longstanding commitment to the future of cloud-based translation technology,” said Vern Hanzlik, president of the newly established subsidiary.

Today’s announcement has been welcomed by IDA Ireland.

“The establishment by Sajan of a headquarter operation of this nature demonstrates the strength of Ireland’s reputation as a location for software investments, linguistics and translation,” said IDA chief executive Barry O’Leary.”

“Sajan Software Ltd is to play a strategic role in Sajan’s overall operation and Ireland will be a vital element in this strategic role,” he added.

Sajan’s expansion into Europe builds on its recent move into India. In December 2008, the company opened an office dedicated to software research, development, quality assurance and operations in New Delhi.

The company, which was established in 1997, currently employs about 90 people at its global headquarters in River Falls, Wisconsin.