Minimizing layout work on localised manuals using trados translation memory

[Asztalos, Arpad]

Hi,

At our company they established a step called "incoming inspection". During this step, the publisher colleagues check the incoming Frame files and they allow more space for the call-out, tables etc. We work into 16 European languages, and as linguist - by the time the files get to me - I hardly ever have any space issues in the Frame files.

During the translation phase, in Trados Tag Editor, one can also "play some tricks" using tags to insert non-breaking spaces etc.

When I convert from the Trados translation environment into Frame, sometimes some text boxes have to be enlarged, but this is only occassional and it does not really take a lot of time.

The EN source material is not written by us, we receive it from another department, so I have no idea how those guys tackle this.

Hope this helps,


Árpád

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:16 AM
To: framers at omsys.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Cc: Becker, Jean-Pierre JPB
Subject: Minimizing layout work on localised manuals using trados translation memory

Hi
I work with unstructured Framemaker 8.

As you all know some localised languages take up more space than others.
This may result in the English source version looking OK and the translated German version needing layout work. Do you have ways to minimizd the layout work?

Do you plan for additional space in columns so that the same tables can be used in serveral languages?
In case of major updates of an English manual do you simply run it through the translation memory and redo the layout work on localized files?


Any tips on minimizing the layout work are welcome. Can we do more to minimize layout work on translated manuals if we go structured?

Best regards,

Verner Andersen
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