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How Sumitomo Corporation uses DeepL

more than half

“Multilingual translation processes that previously took several business days have now been reduced by more than half”

As published on deepl.com, August 2026. Captured by usedby on Oct 7, 2026.

What happened

Sumitomo Corporation rolled out DeepL company-wide to translate documents, including full PDF and PowerPoint files with layouts preserved, and to keep terminology consistent through glossaries. Employees create draft translations internally and outsource only the final checks of official external documents.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of DeepL and Sumitomo Corporation, not ours.

  • more than 90%“In a company-wide survey conducted after the start of operations, more than 90% of users said they were satisfied with the platform.”
  • More than 80%“More than 80% of respondents said translation tools were necessary for their work, and DeepL was the tool they most wanted to use.”

Multilingual translation processes that previously took several business days have now been reduced by more than half, and the burden on native-language reviewers has also decreased significantly.

From the page. deepl.com, captured Oct 7, 2026

Multilingual translation processes that previously took several business days have now been reduced by more than half, and the burden on native-language reviewers has also decreased significantly.

Kazuaki Asada, Infrastructure System Team No.2, IT Planning & Promotion Department, Sumitomo Corporation. Source, captured Oct 7, 2026

What the story claims, and what we checked

We compared the story with its live page on Oct 7, 2026.

  • The figure: more than halfCheckedPrinted word for word on the page, near the name of Sumitomo Corporation.
  • The passage quoted aboveCheckedCopied word for word from the page, near the name of Sumitomo Corporation.
  • The publication dateCheckedRead from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
  • Sumitomo Corporation uses DeepLCheckedConfirmed line. Latest check across sources: Oct 7, 2026.
  • The result itselfNot checkedWe quote it; we did not measure it.

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