Company Translating 600-page InDesign Document in Word: No CAT Thread poster: Nikkormat
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Hi there,
I have a 600-page InDesign document that I need translated.
I don't have any CAT tools. The translation company doesn't have CAT tools.
Is there something free online that I can use to translate this InDesign document pain-free? Otherwise I will have to cut and paste from Word or Excel to Indesign.
Any advice would be appreciated.
| | | | dhsanjeev 
India
Local time: 22:35
English to Hindi
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| Indesign editor | Mar 21, 2016 |
It would be easy that you take online subscription from Adobe foe its cloud vwraion say about a month. And so your job with ease. It will not cost you much and will provide you all faxilitiws od odfline medium. Hope it will work for you.
Regards
| | | | John Fossey
Canada
Local time: 13:05
Member (2008)
French to English
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Not free, but presumably you are being paid a reasonable fee, so a few dollars should be worthwhile. InDesign's monthly license from Adobe is only about $25.
| | | | Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 19:05
Member
English to Hungarian
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| Invest in a CAT tool | Mar 21, 2016 |
The workaround with Word will cost many extra hours, both to yourself and your client – and it will lead to inferior results. Is it worth? I don't think so.
Any major CAT tool will be able to handle the Indesign file and then you can offer a superior service to your client as they do not have to redo the DTP steps. This extra convenience (or lack thereof) fully justifies a different price tag. And the difference will easily pay your CAT tool.
Attila
[Edited at... See more The workaround with Word will cost many extra hours, both to yourself and your client – and it will lead to inferior results. Is it worth? I don't think so.
Any major CAT tool will be able to handle the Indesign file and then you can offer a superior service to your client as they do not have to redo the DTP steps. This extra convenience (or lack thereof) fully justifies a different price tag. And the difference will easily pay your CAT tool.
Attila
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| Is Across Freelance still for free? | Mar 21, 2016 |
Hi Attila,
I'm not sure, if Across Freelance is still for free for individuals. If so, I think it would be sufficient for this task, although, personally I don't like Across compared to other paid CTAs.
The other option would be to use one of the CATs with subscriptions for limited time.
Personally, I use Transit NXT as the most powerful tool. Butt check with STAR whether this version includes the required InDesgin Filter or not. It the InDesign filter is... See more Hi Attila,
I'm not sure, if Across Freelance is still for free for individuals. If so, I think it would be sufficient for this task, although, personally I don't like Across compared to other paid CTAs.
The other option would be to use one of the CATs with subscriptions for limited time.
Personally, I use Transit NXT as the most powerful tool. Butt check with STAR whether this version includes the required InDesgin Filter or not. It the InDesign filter is not included, you can extract the text out of IDML file and process it in Transit, then reinsert the translated text in the IDML file.
For such a large number of pages, I definitely advise using Transit, to have the best feasibility and most powerful control during both translation and review.
I hope, I could help you!
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| | | | | Get a demo version | Mar 21, 2016 |
Get a demo version of any major CAT tool? I've done indesign files in Wordfast Pro, and wouldn't even consider doing an indesign file without a CAT, imagine the extra time it would take to do such a big project without the right tools!! Or just pass on this job? Wordfast has a generous demo system, have a look. You can get also get indesign itself for a free 30 day trial.
| | | | Joakim Braun
Sweden
Local time: 19:05
German to Swedish
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Nikkormat wrote:
Is there something free online that I can use to translate this InDesign document pain-free?
Pain-free? No. (Speaking as a designer and translator.)
Every paragraph, hyphenation, text wrap, text box break, style change, text overflow etc. needs to be checked visually in Indesign.
Even so, translating in a CAT tool gives you a much better start than doing it in Word with copy-paste. For one thing, you stand a good chance of keeping style tags intact.
Don't even think about editing a 600 page Indesign document for CMYK printing unless you have plenty of Indesign practise.
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