08. Desktop Publishing & Typesetting.
Formatting and layout services for print and digital materials translated into any language.
When translated text is longer (or shorter) than the source, layouts break. Our DTP team rebuilds your translated document inside your original design: InDesign, Illustrator, Word, PowerPoint, or PDF, handling right-to-left scripts, non-Latin typography, font substitution, and pagination. You receive a print-ready file in the same format you sent, ready to go to press or upload.
Files prepared to the agreed format, with bilingual tables on request. For sworn or certified work, the quotation will specify certification, delivery format and any additional authentication required.
How we chargePer source word for translation, per session for interpreting, per page for certificates. We quote in writing inside two business hours. The quoted figure is the invoiced figure.
Desktop Publishing & Typesetting
Why translated layouts break
Translated text is rarely the same length as the source. A brochure translated from English can run noticeably longer or shorter, which breaks line breaks, pagination and page balance. Desktop publishing rebuilds the translated document inside your original design so it looks as intended.
InDesign, Illustrator, Word and PowerPoint
We work in:
- Adobe InDesign (IDML and INDD)
- Illustrator and Photoshop
- Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
We can also rebuild PDFs from source.
Right-to-left and non-Latin typesetting
We handle right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew, and non-Latin typography including Chinese, Japanese and Korean, Indic scripts and Thai. That includes font substitution where the original font does not support the target script. See Arabic translation and English to Arabic translation.
Print-ready delivery
You receive a print-ready file in the same format you sent, ready to go to press or upload. DTP is often combined with document translation in one project.
Frequently asked questions
- Which files do you accept? IDML, INDD, AI, PSD, DOCX, PPTX and PDF.
- Do you handle Arabic and Hebrew layouts? Yes, right-to-left.
- What do I get back? A print-ready file in the format you sent.
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