Largest web-based multilingual data repository in the world now securely

manages and dynamically updates up to 1.5 million words a day for Lionbridge

                                   clients

WALTHAM, Mass., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) today announced that the volume of words managed by Logoport(TM), the linguistic engine behind the company's Freeway(TM) operational platform, has more than doubled over the past six months in response to client demand.

"Logoport is now the world's largest web-based implementation of language technology," says Rory Cowan, CEO and Chairman, Lionbridge. "The incredibly fast expansion of the system is a testament to the power of a web-based architecture. This growth just would not have been possible in a distributed client-server or desktop environment. Coupled with the interactive features of Freeway, this performance further underscores the rapid move towards software-as-a-service solutions in the language industry."

Lionbridge clients have reaped substantial benefits in the first half of the year as they migrate their legacy TMs into the Logoport environment:

    * Accelerated turn around times: A leading IT management system company
      shaved a month off of their time to market by simultaneously engaging
      four times as many translators per language within Logoport than was
      previously possible in their old environment

    * Increased TM leverage: A leading Internet company who moved to Logoport
      almost a year ago is now averaging 5-10% increases in their reuse rate
      on each project by maximizing the potential contained within their 150+
      individual TMs

    * Quality enhancements: One software client has seen a 50% improvement in
      consistency through the use of embedded glossaries and translator
      collaboration

As the linguistic backbone of Freeway, Logoport runs as a single instance of code across a redundant server array housed in two secure centers in Europe and the US. Using industry standard formats such as TMX, hundreds of individual TMs are being imported into Logoport each day, with total capacity now approaching 1 billion total words under management. More than 1,000 unique daily users from multiple countries generate more than 40 million database queries per hour with no degradation to system performance. New features added since the start of the year include a Quality Assurance Framework, support for Indic languages, as well as a new native XLIFF editor.

"We are very pleased with the customer and translator response to Logoport this year and the value it is generating for our clients," said Joachim Schurig, Lionbridge Technology Fellow. "The platform has scaled well and now processes about 1.5 million words per day. With its unique web environment, we have been able to quickly expand the infrastructure to serve all the new users without any disruptions to our production efforts."

Access to Logoport is offered for free to Lionbridge clients and translators through the Freeway platform. Logoport's unique on-demand architecture enables the simultaneous use of a network of multiple TMs on a single project and facilitates real-time collaboration among all project participants. With no files to download or maintain, new translated content is immediately available to all translators, dramatically improving turn-around time, increasing consistency and quality and eliminating redundant work.

About Lionbridge

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) is a leading provider of globalization and testing services. Lionbridge combines global onshore, near shore and offshore resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client's product and content lifecycle -- from development to globalization, testing and maintenance. Global organizations in all industries rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains 50 solution centers in 25 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge and VeriTest brands. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including expected financial performance of Lionbridge and its integration of Bowne Global Solutions, Lionbridge's ability to achieve the expected synergies as a result of the acquisition as well as the strengthening of Lionbridge's position in the globalization outsourcing market as a result of the acquisition. Lionbridge's actual experiences, actions, financial and operating results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward- looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include the loss of a major client or customer; the termination of customer contracts prior to the end of their term; Lionbridge's dependence on clients' product releases and production schedules to generate revenues; Lionbridge's inability to successfully integrate Bowne Global Solutions and its employees into Lionbridge and achieve expected synergies; Lionbridge's ability to attract and retain employees; Lionbridge's ability to accurately forecast the acquisition related restructuring costs and allocation of the purchase price, goodwill and other acquisition related intangibles and other asset adjustments, costs associated with and consequential to the acquisition and integration of BGS and benefits realized from the acquisition; as the impact of equity based compensation expense associated with FAS 123R; the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on its operating results and profitability; the size, timing and recognition of revenue from major clients; customer delays or postponements of services; costs associated with restructuring of certain European operations; risks associated with management of growth; the failure to keep pace with the rapidly changing requirements of its clients; Lionbridge's ability to attract and retain key personnel; Lionbridge being held liable for defects or errors in its service offerings; political, economic and business fluctuations; as well as risks of additional downturns in conditions generally, and in the information technology and software industries specifically, and risks associated with competition; and Lionbridge's ability to forecast revenue and operating results. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with Lionbridge, please refer to Lionbridge's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2005.

    Contact:
    Sara Buda                       Kari Hanson
    Lionbridge                      Lois Paul & Partners
    (781) 434-6190                  (781) 782-5738
    sara.buda@lionbridge.com        kari_hanson@lpp.com

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    /CONTACT: Sara Buda of Lionbridge, +1-781-434-6190,
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5738, kari_hanson@lpp.com/
    /Web site:  http://www.lionbridge.com /
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