Information density, as awkward as it sounds, is a term accepted by the academic community to describe how much information can be encoded in the elements of language. It is a measurement of the amount of data transmitted by a word or syllable or singular sound. Listen closely to a sound clip in Italian. If […]
Have you ever stopped to think about how the text you read on a computer screen is displayed? Probably not. You probably have more pressing matters to attend to. It may as well be magic for all you care. But the truth is that you’ve come this far following a trail of characters, one after […]
Picture this: A woman in her 60’s sitting at the reception desk of the dry cleaning shop, her fingers flying swiftly over a computer keyboard. She is hitting the function keys and arrow keys and number keys so quickly that your eye cannot keep up with the movements. On the screen are black and lime green […]
PDF files can come from numerous sources. They can be created from an MS Word document, a Power Point presentation, a scanned image, etc. Since CAT Tools do not accept these types of files, our first option is to do a “side-by-side” translation directly over an MS Word file. If we do not want to […]
Desktop publishing (DTP) is a very important service that Trusted Translations provides. Of course, the graphic layout of a document is of greater or lesser importance depending on the kind of material it deals with. Generally, though, unless a document consists of a few simple spreadsheets or a plain text file, almost every project will […]
In general, when submitting a translation project the client requests a mirror image of the source document to be delivered. This includes the formatting, the design, as well as the images containing text. Translating the text in images can be an easy or complicated task, often depending on how the PM carries out the project. […]
Oftentimes translation companies like Trusted Translations can take care of the entire production process, from source file preparation to the final file design in the target language. Nevertheless, it’s never redundant to remind ourselves of a few fundamental guidelines for a design adaptable to any language, for more efficient communication on a global level. Here […]
An OCR software program is any computer tool or program that performs Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and is normally used in translation agencies for converting PDF files that come from different sources. This tools are ideal for converting Adobe InDesign, Quark, Illustrator, or other formats commonly used in design. Typically, translators are not familiar with […]
In other posts we have defined DTP (Desktop Publishing) within the realm of translation. Simply put, it is the use of computer programs for the treatment of graphic displays, in combination with other tools for layout and design, printers and a long list of items that work as aids for the entire process. Normally the documents […]
Translation, as we know, is a task that requires many skills. Besides the more obvious ability to communicate text clearly and correctly from one language into another, professional translation also requires other skills, e.g. the ability to understand the context of a document, the ability to view different formats of a document and the ability […]