Multilingual Desktop Publishing (DTP) Services

When preparing material for publication in foreign markets, translation often represents only a part of the process.

For example, translations from English into languages such as French, Spanish, and Arabic usually expand in word count and require more space or re-sized fonts, whilst languages such as Arabic and Chinese employ specific characters that require changes to be made in page layout. [+ Read more about layout factors affecting multilingual desktop publishing projects]

Our specialist Multilingual Desktop Publishing (DTP) service provides our clients with a one-stop solution to the translation and publication of multilingual documentation, efficiently resolving the different problems that arise during the preparation of translated material prior to publication: page formatting and re-sizing of fonts in order to accommodate text expansion/contraction, re-sizing and localization of graphic content, generation of new indexes and content tables, changes in layout to accommodate Middle Eastern languages, etc.

Our in-house graphic artists work together with our translation team in order to provide unique solutions for each multilingual desktop publishing (DTP) project, thus enabling us to avoid any errors that may arise as a result of the DTP process and allowing us to create final translated files that look as if they were written and formatted in the target language.

By outsourcing translation and DTP projects to Dixon Servicios Lingüísticos, SL, our clients’ own designers avoid having to work with languages they are not familiar with (Arabic, Russian, Chinese, for example) and which require specific treatment prior to publication.

We work with most commercial design applications: FrameMaker, PageMaker, Quark Xpress, Illustrator, Freehand, PhotoShop, Product manuals in FrameMaker®, PageMaker®, QuarkXPress®, PDF, Microsoft Publisher®, Adobe Page Maker, QuarkXpress, Corel Draw, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, FreeHand, etc.

We can receive and return files by ftp, email or post. Just send us your original files, together with your text document for translation, and we will provide you with translated, formatted files ready for publication.

Feel free to contact us by phone or email to discuss your Multilingual Desktop Publishing (DTP) requirements.

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