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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Actually, FrameMaker translation costs *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>can</span></b>* be higher and I have some apples to
apples experience on this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>When I first moved our manuals to
FrameMaker, I sent the files for a trial quote as the final product was 99.9%
identical to the Word file content I used to create the FM files – which
had already been translated. The counts were measurably different with the Frame
counts coming in higher. I had to push the LSP to clean up their act.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have been told by more than one
translation firm rep that some non-translation text (formatting, conditional
text markers, etc) often ends up being counted as translatable content when
extracting from Frame sources. And my personal experiences bears this out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You have to be very aware of your actual
Frame content and make comparisons to the total word counts in the LSP's quote (use
the Frame word count function to give you a good feel for the number of translatable
words).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also, if you use more than one LSP, get competing
quotes for jobs and compare the numbers between the quotes. This is something
you have to stay on top of.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The flip side is you get way better
content returned to you. If you tweak your own translations you will be amazed
at the quality of a returned Frame doc vs a Word doc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Alison<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Alison Craig, Technical Writer<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ultrasonix Medical Corporation<br>
</span></b></span></font><font size=1 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext
127<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Roy Lewis<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> February 24, 2011 8:16 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Framers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> OT: Translation cost
comparison</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I apologize for going off topic but can anyone point
to figures that compares translation costs for Framemaker documents compared
to MSWord documents. Someone told me Frame was generally cheaper, but they
could not supply a source for the data.<br>
Thanks,<br>
Roy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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