Multilingual desktop publishing services

Multilingual desktop publishing is known in Spanish as maquetación multilingüe or autoedición, following the English-speaking desktop publishing (DTP) model. It consists of the adaption and translation of a graphically designed document, written in a foreign language. However, it can occasionally just simply refer to publishing in different languages.

In conclusion, it is a process that improves the aesthetics and readability of a text in any language by presenting it to the public with attractive designs, professional and adapted to the objectives of each company.

Although the creative part precedes multilingual layout, the latter is not so simple, since often the structure of the text, typography, colours and other visual elements must conform to the cultural and linguistic conventions of the country to which it is directed.

Translation agencies work with foreign languages on a daily basis and are familiar with the communication challenges posed by the differences between each language.
They will not overlook issues such as that Arabic and Hebrew texts are read from right to left, that Chinese or Japanese include special characters whose slightest modification can completely change the meaning of a sentence. or simply that in French you have to add a space before the two points (:).

• Cultural awareness
• Adaptation to customer needs
• You are reaching out to a wider audience

This service is essential for the translation of catalogues and brochures, posters, tourism and cultural guides, labels and packaging or anyadvertising material in general, as well as content that combines text and images.

To know if the PDF documents that you must translate require DTP, you simply have to know what the origin of that PDF is. If its format is neither Word nor PowerPoint, you will most likely require this service.

Even though there is a plethora of graphic design software available on the market, Adobe continues to be the most popular choice, providing the vast majority of solutions:

• InDesigndedicated specially to the creation and layout of books, brochures and catalogues.
• Illustratorfocused, above all, on working with vectors, creating illustrations, logos, patterns, posters or brochures.
• Photoshopused for editing, retouching and creating images, illustrations, textures, etc.

• Canvaits intuitive use and endless design possibilities make it one of the most well-known design platforms.
• Figmait focuses primarly on web page design.
• Geniallyit allows you to create interactive content.

If you are sure that the documents you have to translate need a post layout and you prefer to outsource this task instead of assigning it to your team, you should follow these steps so that we can offer you a service adapted to your needs:

• If it is InDesign, try to send us all the necessary files: Document Fonts, Links, InDesign Markup (IDML), document, InDesign document (INDD), Acrobat document (PDF).
• If it is Illustrator, we need you to send us the Adobe Illustrator (AI) file.
• If it is any other format, it is best that you consult us first.

Our project managers will prepare a personalised quote within the time frame we confirm in the quote.

BeTranslated is a translation agency adapted to the technological challenges of the translation world and, therefore, has experts in the layout and, consequently, of the programmes mentioned above.

Therefore, it is a translation agency for advertising agencies, as well as for any company that needs to translate graphic documents.

• We enter the IDML file into our translation tools and assign the project to one of our professional translators.
• Once this is finished, we export the translated IDML and send it to the desktop publishing department.
• When the editing is complete, the resulting PDF document is sent to the translator for one last check of the text.
• Finally, our project managers complete one last check and then send the translation to the client.

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