DTP & Print

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Do you have a manual, an ad, a book or any text with images that you need to market or distribute among a base of international clients/readers? If so, you will need to maintain your document's layout consistency across multiple languages.

To do that, use Argos' professional desktop publishing services that adapt your content and images to a set document-standard preserving your message across all markets. Take advantage of Argos Translations DTP services.

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Contact Argos to make your documents as effective in foreign languages as they are in your source language, while preserving their look and feel across every alphabet.

When will your translation project require DTP?
If you need to translate a PDF, a booklet, a manual or any other type of document with images or a set layout, then you will need to use DTP services. Post-translation DTP is a little like reconstructing your document.
When you deliver a document that has a formatted layout, that layout will be damaged if the translation is simply pasted back. That is because translated text expands (often sentence length increases by 30% or more). To preserve your document's original layout and formatting, DTP work is required to correctly insert the translation back into your document, adjusting the layout accordingly.

Examples of alphabet (and translation) expansion/contraction:

Source Language Target Language Text Expansion Text Contraction Notes
English French 15-20%   Text expands when translated into French
French English   10-15% Text contracts when translated from French
English Italian 15%   Does not apply to technical content
Italian English   15% Does not apply to technical content
English German 5-40%   There are less German words but they are longer, so text can expand greatly
German English 5-20%   Depending on content type (there are more words in English than in German)
English Spanish 25%   Depending on content type
Spanish English   15% Depending on content type
English Arabic 25%   Depending on topic
Arabic English   25% Depending on topic
English Finnish   20-30% Finnish grammar varies greatly from English (lacks pronouns and articles)
Finnish English 30-40%   Due to pronouns and articles
English Japanese 20-60%   Counts each letter instead of words (varies based on subject).
Japanese English   10-55% Significant alphabet and grammar differences

 

At Argos we always do a pre-project document analysis delivering you a list of undesirable document elements that should be eliminated before translation to reduce costs. We always give you the option to clean up the source files on your own to save money. That way, we work to offer you the most competitive translation rates.

Ask us how Argos will help make your documents look-alike across all languages.

DTP Experience

Argos Translations will put to use on your project, one of the largest and most experienced DTP departments of all translation/localization companies. Argos Translations staffs experienced and highly qualified (and skilled) DTP specialists and graphic designers, providing them with the latest software and applications necessary to prepare any project, of any size, in every language, in any format and on any platform, in the time specified by our clients.

DTP - document layout, print, images

Argos Translations DTP specialists have years of experience over a variety of different graphic design and publishing programs. They are responsible for the visual/graphic sections of a project; they take care of layout, formatting, graphics localization, screen capture creation and the conversion of printed documentation to an online format.

Argos Translations DTP includes:

  • Post–DTP QA checks (content check)
  • Working with markup languages such as HTML, SGML, XML as well as online documentation formats such as Acrobat PDF and various others
  • Font management applications
  • Knowledge of various printer drivers and professional PostScript printers
  • Formatting and page layout
  • Creating and editing graphics and screen shots (generic graphics, screen captures, illustrations and diagrams)
  • Converting/generating output of translated material in multiple formats (creating PostScript files and PDF files)

Argos Translations can handle everything from DTP for documentation, to graphics localization of software and multimedia projects.

Argos Translations DTP experience comprises of adapting:

  • Multimedia Flash Projects
  • Manuals (such as electronic devices and machines)
  • Smart Building Software
  • E–learning Software
  • Online Help Files

Reviewers and Quality Control

Our reviewers do a final proof of document and graphic files before they go to print, or are published, to ensure that the content was not altered or distorted in any way during the DTP process and that the final version closely resembles the source material.

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Contact Argos today to obtain a free quote on your next DTP project, or to ask us how Argos Translations can help with your DTP needs.

Or, download our DTP Guide to find out how Argos Translations desktop publishing services can improve your documents during translation.

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