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2 total messages Started by Frankie_Page Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:35
Translation to other Languages
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Author: Frankie_Page
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:35
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We are a US-based company and write all service and operator manuals using Framemaker. We have distributors worldwide. What is the best way to translate these documents to other languages? any suggestions?
Re: Translation to other Languages
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Author: Art Campbell
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:05
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The "Best" way probably depends on what you're trying to accomplish, how much control you want to have over the end product, and how much money you can spend. Related to that is whether the companies that you're selling in require local language instructions, which many EU countries do... in general, the broader and less technical the audience for your product is, the more likely you are to have to translate.

Most good translation companies will take Frame source files and farm them out to native language speakers in your target countries. Then you do production on each set of languages in your shop. Note that this requires a fair amount of prep work to flow smoothly. For instance, you should be writing well, using simple English constructions; and not including copy in graphic files (instead of callouts, number or letter the components or steps, so you can translate them as part of the text flow).

The other way to go is to send the source files to your distributors and hope for the best... But in all likely hood that's going to generat e more work for you because they're unlikely to be Frame-savvy. So they're going to both be unwilling to buy, but also to master FM so they can do the work themselves. You may be able to sleaze by outputtting to RTF so they could use Word, but that's also not a great way to go.

Art
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