The Top 10 DTP Translation Problems...
Solved by IDT Desktop Publishing Services
Adequate DTP resources are no longer enough… We know that extraordinary ingenuity is required for work based on using a collection of language-specific workarounds. At IDT DTP, inventive problem solving offsets Desktop Publishing technological obstacles.
IDT Desktop Publishing Services extend client capabilities for complex projects, at an up-front guaranteed cost.
Top 10 Problems IDT DTP can solve:
- Special Characters- Improper Font Display
- Special Eastern European, Scandinavian, Asian and Bi-Directional characters do not show up correctly in all programs.
- Text Expansion
- Languages expand during translation up to 40%, but the space provided is the same as in the source language.
- Bi-Directional – Converting from Left to Right - Right to Left
- Layout needs to change for text and graphics in web and print formats.
- Display of text, numbers, punctuations, fonts can be problematic.
- Sometimes ‘start from scratch’ rebuild needed when software doesn’t support bi-directional languages: Document needs to be recreated in alternate formats, and put into PDF so that print result will be the same.
- Software that are not supported by TM (Translation Memory)
- Text needs to be extracted
- Updates have to be manually updated in the graphic program as well as in the extracted text file.
- Software doesn’t support the target language
- Providing an equivalent choice for the specific need can be challenging.
- Sometimes work has to be done in alternative software programs that have limited compatibility with the original program.
- MAC- PC Conversions
- Loss of color accuracy and image quality between platforms.
- Improper Character Display.
- Providing a file that can be viewed correctly in both platforms.
- Dynamic Text
- Software, Database Driven Websites, Flash files have text that only appears at run time.
- Blind Production
- Flash calls multiple components (movie, audio, xml, as files) that cannot been seen at production.
- Translated Audio Files
- Recording and inserting translated audio files to be in sync with the movie.
- We prevent production budget overruns
- Multiple problems with complicated solutions make accurate price estimates difficult, so pricing can easily go over budget.
- Need more software or other resources.
- Need to redo things.
IDT Desktop Publishing Services extend client capabilities for complex projects, at an up-front guaranteed cost.
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