20+ years of experience
20+ years in desktop publishing, branding and graphic design.
ADA compliance
Documents are recreated, designed or prepared for translation in the way that if distributed online they are accessible for read-out-loud apps.
Layout optimization
Effective optimization techniques (including template creation and data-sheet linkage) allow to meet critically tight deadlines while maintaining high quality.
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Batch-processing
Batch processing of similar jobs ensures consistency across files, batches and within a brand.
Triple Quality Control
Brand and cross-batch consistency, file structure and accessibility check, print simulation.
Process Transparency
Each quote is spelled out in details. You know your options and your total cost up front.
We specialize in working with highly complex multi-level interactive documents, template creation, process establishment, forms, and messy document recreations.
Our DTP Services
Preflight and File Prep
Preflight is an initial and necessary step in the DTP cycle. It allows to check the source content for text availability and segmentation and reveals potential formatting pitfalls and sources for future inconsistencies. Adjusting a source is called File Prep.
Source Recreation
There are multiple file formats (PDF is the most common) that are not compatible with translation software. When an actual live source is not available upon a project start, it needs to be recreated. There are two most commonly used approaches.
Typesetting and Formatting
Typesetting and Formatting are vastly used as interchangeable terms, they both refer to getting the final content looking nice and clean after translation. The term "Typesetting" is used in layout applications. "Formatting" is reserved for all the rest.
Templates and Process Creation
Template is a best solution to approach a large, branching, messy scope. Templates can serve as layout-shells only, OR they can have volumes of pre-set text with identified points of update. The latter is a great way to optimize the entire translation process.
Troubleshooting
Some files come directly from end clients with various complaints related to online file distribution or printing issues. We help evaluate the files, detect the cause and offer best available solution.
DTP-Training for Teams
Any DTP-component translation job is a teamwork, and is only truly efficient if the team members understand the specifics of DTP-projects. Optimized layouts allow editors and other reviewing teams to save time by suggesting global edits and adjustments.