EXHIBIT 99.5


LIONBRIDGE TO ACQUIRE HARVARD
TRANSLATIONS


EXPANDS VERTICAL INDUSTRY REACH WITH KEY CUSTOMERS IN LIFE
SCIENCES, FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND SPECIALIZED PUBLISHING

WALTHAM, MA -- MARCH 31, 2000 -- Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:LIOX), a
leading provider of multilingual Internet services to global technology
businesses, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
Harvard Translations, Inc. Based in Cambridge, MA, Harvard Translations is a
provider of comprehensive translation and globalization services to regulated
industries, including life sciences and financial services, and to companies
requiring specialized multilingual publishing solutions.

"As B2B eCommerce takes hold in industries other than technology, our strategy
is to build domain expertise outside of our traditional areas," said Rory Cowan,
CEO of Lionbridge. "With an impressive customer base that includes clients such
as Johnson & Johnson, RR Donnelley Financial, and TIME Magazine, Harvard
Translations will bring expertise in life sciences and financial services, two
of the fastest-growing eCommerce sectors. With the combined strengths of Harvard
Translations and INT'L.com, Lionbridge will be in a position to take full
advantage of what promises to be the year of global B2B eCommerce."

Combining this domain expertise with Lionbridge's focus on the four Internet
service areas of eRelease, eSupport, eLearning, and eCommerce, this acquisition
will cement Lionbridge's position as a dominant provider of global eBusiness
solutions to its target vertical markets, which include IT, telecommunications,
life sciences, and financial services.

"By joining Lionbridge, we can broaden our palette of high-end language
solutions with the support of the world's largest and most successful
multilingual Internet services company," said Robert Sprung, founder and
chairman of Harvard Translations. "As the world logs on, it will require
increasingly sophisticated technology solutions across a range of different
languages and cultures. The worldwide infrastructure, advanced technology, and
linguistic expertise offered by the combined company will be a key to providing
these solutions." When the acquisition is completed, Sprung will join Lionbridge
as Vice President of Business Development for Regulated Industries.

Both companies have extensive experience in managing and servicing a blue chip
client base. Companies such as Ericsson, Nortel, Microsoft, IBM, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Massachusetts Financial Services, and TIME Magazine have all
successfully employed Lionbridge and Harvard Translations in complex and
demanding globalization projects.

ABOUT LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES

Lionbridge Technologies provides testing, localization, internationalization,
and other globalization and multilingual Internet services to the world's
leading technology companies, including Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, Novell,
Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. Lionbridge's multilingual eRelease, eSupport,
eLearning, and eCommerce services are based on its Rapid Globalization
Methodology(TM). The Rapid Globalization Methodology integrates engineering,
linguistics, testing, and project management



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with automated workflow management to enable simultaneous worldwide release, via
the Internet, of products as well as related customer support, training, and
marketing materials. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Lionbridge maintains
facilities in Los Angeles, as well as Canada, Ireland, The Netherlands, France,
China, Korea, Japan, and Brazil.

ABOUT HARVARD TRANSLATIONS

Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Harvard Translations
provides translation, Web-site and software localization, and cross-cultural
consulting services to many of the nation's leading high-tech, medical,
communications, and financial services companies. Harvard Translations has been
producing Spanish and Portuguese versions of TIME Magazine each week for over
two years, and is a preferred supplier for several Johnson & Johnson companies.
RR Donnelley Financial recently awarded Harvard Translations a contract for
financial composition work in multiple languages. For more information, visit
Harvard Translations on the Web at HTTP://WWW.HTRANS.COM.


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