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Established the predecessor development company, Nova Corporation.
Released the UNIX workstation version of the English-Japanese translation software 'Transer'.
Released the first PC-compatible English-Japanese translation software 'PC-Transer/ej' for PC-98.
Established the sales company 'Nova Asia Co., Ltd.'.
Started the human translation business.
Launched the in-house translation server 'WEB-Transer@Enterprise'.
Merged equally with Nova Co., Ltd. to become 'Cross Language Co., Ltd.'.
Started selling the translation API 'WEB-Transer@SDK'.
Yahoo! Japan adopted the translation API to launch 'Yahoo! Translate'.
Rakuten adopted the translation API to launch 'Infoseek Multi-Translate'.
So-net adopted the translation API to launch the 'So-net Translate' service.
Launched the website translation service 'WEB-Transer@Homepage'.
Rakuten Ichiba's 'Overseas Sales' adopted 'WEB-Transer@SDK'.
Started the overseas information dissemination service 'WEB-Transer@Homepage Direct'.
Launched the internet translation service '365 Translate'.
Received translation contracts from the Tourism Agency and the National Tax Agency.
Started the Facebook monitoring and management service.
Received Chinese patent translation orders from the Patent Office.
Announced the Chinese patent translation engine.
Moved headquarters to 3-6 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Kioi-cho Park Building.
Provided our translation engine to Ricoh's machine translation service 'RICOH Document Translation Service'.
Provided our translation engine to Hitachi's patent office system 'Chinese-Korean Literature Translation & Search System'.
Absorbed and merged with the translation company 'Aitas Co., Ltd.'.
Supplied our translation engine to the official site of Japan's baseball national team 'Samurai Japan'.
Launched sales of our independently developed bidirectional Japanese-to-Thai machine translation system.
Opened a Kansai sales office.
Launched the free translation site 'CROSS-Transer'.
Added AI neural translation functionality (beta version) to the free translation site 'CROSS-Transer'.
Launched the new internet translation service 'Oteguru Translation'.
Equipped the homepage auto-translation service ' : WEB-Transer@ホームページ : ' with an AI translation engine.
Agreed to cooperate on developing an AI translation engine for tourism with the Japan Tourism Promotion Association, a public interest incorporated association.
Released a new on-premises AI translation server system ' : WEB-Transer@Enterprise(AI) : '.
Cross Language Inc. announced that it is accelerating the discontinuation of its website auto‑translation service "WEB-Transer@Website" and will refund the fees already paid. This follows the large‑scale data center outage that occurred on October 7, 2026, which has led to a complete service shutdown.
Regarding the PHP vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619) disclosed on October 21, 2026, WEB-Transer@Enterprise and WEB-Transer@SDK may be affected. Cross-Language conducted impact investigation and operational verification, and determined the response policy. We are currently adjusting the application methods and procedures, and will guide customers on how to update as soon as preparations are complete.
Cross-Language Inc.'s machine translation service became unavailable due to unauthorized access to the data center. Investigation and recovery work are underway, with the restoration date yet to be determined. Apology and information updates have been provided to customers.
Our customer support team will be closed from Wednesday, August 12, through Friday, August 14, 2026. Inquiries through the web form will be accepted at any time, and those received during the closure will be handled in order after operations resume. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
Cross Language Inc. will showcase WEB-Transer@Enterprise (AI) at the largest online exhibition, IT Trend EXPO 2026 Summer. The event will also run a campaign offering a 500-yen Amazon gift card to the first 10,000 registrants.
Cross Language Inc. announced that it will discontinue its long-standing website auto-translation service "WEB-Transer@Website" as of July 31, 2027. New sign-ups and automatic renewals will cease on July 31, 2026, and separate notices will be provided regarding support for existing customers and data migration.
Cross Language Inc. exhibited at the third SPEXA International Space Business Expo, presenting WEB-Transer@Enterprise AI, which includes an on-premises AI translation engine. The product is used by central government agencies and companies handling confidential information and features an AI engine tuned for aerospace and a custom learning function. It also includes TM Assist Translation using translation memory as a standard feature to improve translation quality. The booth was S1-40 in the South Exhibition Hall.
Cross Language Inc. will exhibit its WEB-Transer@Enterprise AI translation platform at the international maritime exhibition Sea Japan 2026. The platform features a domestically developed AI translation engine, custom training, and translation memory assistance for high-accuracy results. Adopted by central government agencies and private companies, it will be demonstrated as a way to improve work efficiency.
Cross Language Inc. will exhibit at the Information Security Expo, part of Japan IT Week Spring, held at Tokyo Big Sight from April 8 to 10, 2026. It will showcase WEB-Transer@Enterprise (AI), an on-premises AI translation platform. In line with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's policy of promoting Japanese-made products and services, the platform uses a highly secure and accurate AI translation engine adopted by central government ministries and private companies handling confidential information. Visitors can see a product demonstration at booth W5-6 in West Hall 1.
Cross Language Inc. will exhibit at AI World 2026 Spring Tokyo, held at Makuhari Messe from February 25 to 27. The main service showcased is the on-premises platform "WEB-Transer@Enterprise(AI)", which combines security and AI translation. The booth is located in Hall 10, S27-26, where visitors can experience improved business efficiency.