translate English to German: Outside of Japan, SORD and the fellows trying to push their products, like me, had no chance to get to the same level of acceptance the company achieved in homeland. And then when success was shimmering through, SORD was destroyed the japanese way by a giant japanese competitor (this was not Toshiba however, which later acquired the company).
Leider blühte sie nur in Japan richtig und kam ausserhalb Japans auf keinen grünen Zweig, geschweige denn Ast.