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Foreign language layout design and typesetting

Many translated documents are destined for printing, or for distribution in readily-printable electronic form such as PDF. Unfortunately, it is rarely the case that a 'print-ready' document in the source language will still be 'print-ready' once translated - text takes up different amounts of space in different languages, a problem which few page layout programs automatically address.

Elanex will fully finalize your translated documents for your chosen distribution medium:

  • Ensuring that text is re-flowed correctly, as far as possible maintaining the page layout and proportions of the original document.
  • 'Localizing' the translated document if required:
    • changing the document template or format to match corporate standards for different countries
    • resizing pages (eg from US Letter to A4)
    • changing addresses and other items not considered part of 'translation'
  • Convert documents to font-independent formats that can be printed by virtually any professional printer
  • Creating electronic output documents (such as PDF) for review and/or distribution as finished product

Elanex supports all major layout editing programs (including InDesign, Quark, FrameMaker, Illustrator, PhotoShop and others).

For more information on our layout design and typesetting capabilities, please contact us.