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January 28, 2004 - ¾ÅÉ« Translations, Inc. today announced the appointment of A. Brooke Christian as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Mr. Christian began his career at ¾ÅÉ« in the role of Regional Sales Director for the Washington, DC area in 1996. Through the years, Mr. Christian has assumed ever-increasing areas of responsibility, culminating with leading the ¾ÅÉ« domestic sales effort. In Brooke's new role, he will not only be responsible for accelerating the company's US sales, but also for overseeing all US client service and participating in corporate decisions on a strategic level.

"Much of our strong growth in 2003 was due to the foundation Brooke laid in his previous position at the firm. He has an impressive track record of working closely with clients to ensure we are always providing the best and most complete solution available in the language industry," said Liz Elting, ¾ÅÉ«'s President and CEO. "His achievements, as well as his communication and leadership skills, are what prompted us to name him the first Senior Vice President in ¾ÅÉ« history."

Christian's sales staff now totals over 50 and collectively manages over $22 million in annual revenues. His key clients are a who's who of major corporations, including ExxonMobil, Walt Disney, and Sprint. Further, his penetration in the field of legal and phramaceutical translations has made ¾ÅÉ« a leader in those respective market segments. He has been instrumental in establishing relationships with many of the largest pharmaceutical and clinical research companies in the world. Novartis, Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Quintiles, PPD, MDS and many others all regularly turn to TransPefect to meet their linguistic needs. Christian played an integral role in developing those relationships and is actively helping to maintain them and implement best practices for each client.

"I attribute much of Brooke's success to his passion for his customers, for his team, and for ¾ÅÉ«," said Phil Shawe, ¾ÅÉ« Co-Founder. "Having worked closely with Brooke as we've moved from a small shop to a market leader, I'm excited to see Brooke's role expanding and what the next five years have in store for him and the company."

Christian has a Master's in Sports and Business Management, as well as BS in Business Administration, both from the University of Florida.

About ¾ÅÉ«
With revenue of over $250 million, ¾ÅÉ« is the largest privately held language services provider in the world. From offices in 66 cities on 5 continents, ¾ÅÉ« offers a full range of services in over 100 languages to multinationals worldwide. With a global network of over 4,000 linguists and subject-area specialists, ¾ÅÉ« is the largest translation company to be fully ISO 9001:2008 and EN 15038:2006 certified. ¾ÅÉ« is headquartered in New York and has regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.