Publishing in Different languages

[Bill Swallow]

Hi Scott,

Machine translation is far from perfect, and can lead to very
erroneous statements in your documentation - especially if it's used
by non-native speakers and/or localizers lacking experience in your
industry's domain knowledge.

Your best bet is to use a company specializing in localization
services who can help you not only with translation but with improving
your overall approach to your localization workflow, from template
improvements to writing style improvements to best suit global
audiences.

I've copied a colleague of mine in on this discussion. I suggest you
drop him a line, as at a minimum he can help you best orient yourself
to approaching a localization project.

Regards,

Bill

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Scott White <swhite at alamark.com> wrote:
> I think I have read where some of you publish in different languages. Is there software out there that will convert English text to Spanish and French?
> I have a client who would like to take her English catalog, done in Framemaker 9.0, and repurpose the content in Spanish and French.
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> Any direction would be appreciated.
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> Scott White
> Media Production & EBC Manager
> Implementation Coordinator
> 210-704-8239
> swhite at alamark.com
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