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Deepening
our cultural
and technical
expertise
2
Deploying
our unique
technology
and AI
3
Developing our
portfolio
4
Leveraging our
global scale
and reach
5
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We o昀昀er true global coverage, with a presence in more than 30 countries.
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We support more than 548 language pairs.
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We invest in future linguistic and technical talent via the RWS Campus programme.
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We are MT pioneers via our AI-based Language Weaver product and our neural MT
research team is accredited with 47 patents.
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Through Trados we o昀昀er a range of market-leading, cloud-oriented translation
management and productivity tools, with functionality that now allows clients to make
use of LLMs in a secure way within the tool.
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Our content management technologies – Tridion, Fonto, Propylon and Contenta - are
used by some of the world’s largest companies to better reach their audiences and
make optimal use of their content.
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Our software product suite is sold both separately and alongside our service solutions,
as well as supporting our internal e昀케ciency and e昀昀ectiveness.
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We continue to shift towards a higher proportion of SaaS revenues in our technology
products to enhance recurring revenues and quality of earnings.
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Our strong cash generation enables us to invest in service and technical development.
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We have the largest linguist network in the sector, with more than 1,750 in-house
linguists, complemented by access to more than 35,000 freelance experts in 189
countries.
We are rich in data – with our translation memories and termbases across multiple
markets increasingly valuable.
We are well-diversi昀椀ed, and strongly positioned to take advantage of:
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Ongoing growth in the technology, life sciences, and other end markets, with
greater emphasis on higher growth segments such as data services (via our TrainAI
product) and linguistic validation.
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The explosion in data and content that is driving increased outsourcing of
localisation, language and intellectual property services by multinationals to wellreputed partners of scale.
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Continued innovation as our clients actively seek our support in launching and
supporting new products and services.
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The trend towards globalisation, which brings greater demand for digital content
and language services.
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Growth in AI, with clients looking to RWS to help them access the bene昀椀ts of AI and
navigate its potential risks.
We continue to take advantage of opportunities to enhance our o昀昀ering to clients, gain
market share and consolidate fragmented service provision through adding to our
strong track record of value-accretive acquisitions.
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Our unique production platform, Language eXperience Delivery ("LXD"), provides 24/7
coverage via a blend of human expertise and technology.
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Our solutions can meet any mix of quality, speed and value required by our clients.
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We are investing to establish e昀昀ective and lean shared services which will support
our four operating divisions and facilitate further organic growth, the integration of
acquisitions and continued margin development.
The LXD platform delivers operational leverage, with potential for sustained e昀케ciency and
margin improvement.
STRATEGIC REPORT
RWS Holdings plc — Annual Report 2023
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