Helping FM find graphics files

[Bill Swallow]

> Didn't the translation vendor localize the graphics?

That's a whole different issue. If screen shots, they'd need to be
retaken in an already localized UI. If illustrations, you'd be working
with unflattened files and not what you're consuming in FM (unless
you're using unflattened vector graphics).

> It seems to me that for each translation language, you should be getting back a mirror image of your source-language folder structure.

That is the approach that I certainly recommend.

> I just re-read your original post. When you said regarding the FM files that "I plunk them into my FM folder," you didn't mean into the same folder holding your source-language FM files, did you?

I would think it would be a copy of the source environment, in which
case - again - why not just round-trip the entire project and save the
headache of trying to piece it together again?

> There should be a separate set of files and folders for each language, all with the same directory structure. The translation vendor shouldn't change the directory structure for the localized files -- but if it does, it must update the graphic file references. In that case, nothing is broken as long as you get back the entire structure, including the referenced graphics directories, not just the FM files.

Agreed. If there are special needs for controlling pieces and such,
you need to consider the entire workflow into your file structures. It
sounds like in this case that there are images coming from many
different folders that are being shared across many different books.
Either use smart use of language-tagged subfolders, or prefix the
image filenames with the language code (EN_image1.png, ES_image1.png,
DE_image1.png, EN_image2.png, ES_image2.png, DE_image2.png, etc.).
Regardless of the setup, you should have a 1:1::send:receive game plan
with your LSP so everything is intact and localized to spec, and can
then be dropped into your working folders without issue.

-- 
Bill Swallow
Content Solutions Manager
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