Desktop Publishing
First-class language translation skills are a requirement of creating first-class multilingual publications. Equally important, careful attention must be also paid to ensure the translated materials are correctly formatted to suit the localization requirements of their audience.
Merrill Brink addresses both of these challenges for you. In addition to our professional translation services, we also offer multilingual desktop publishing (DTP) services to address a wide range of publishing scenarios.
Professional multilingual desktop publishing services tailored for language translation projects
Merrill Brink provides professional DTP services in more than 100 languages. Our specialists work with all industry-standard desktop publishing and graphics tools in both Microsoft Windows and Macintosh environments. In addition to providing superior publishing/graphic design services, our team has extensive experience with:
- International and language-specific layout issues, typographical conventions
- Language and character set issues in multilingual documentation and Unicode
- File conversions between translation memory tools
- Re-mastering a source document from one publishing application into another
- Single source publishing
- Markup languages such as HTML SGML, and XML
Our team has extensive experience working with variety of documentation formats including:
- HTML, SGML, XML, Unicode
- FrameMaker, Structured FrameMaker
- QuarkXPress; Adobe InDesign, PageMaker
- Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Macromedia FreeHand, CorelDraw
- Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Director
- HTML, SGML, XML, Unicode
- Macromedia RoboHelp, Quadralay WebWorks
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
Smart technology tools to accelerate desktop publishing projects
Merrill Brink also provides practical tools, at no cost to you, that allow you to manage your desktop publishing projects in a fraction of the time:
- Easy, online project submission and tracking via iTrac® TMS, our Web-based client portal
- Online estimating and cost tracking with iBudget, our online budgeting tool
- Automated workflow via Otto, our highly efficient translation manager
- Automated file sharing with a wide range of desktop publishing (DTP) systems
- Seamless integration with content management systems (CMS)
- TermTrac, our corporate terminology database, ensures that correct terminology is used every time
Our tools enable you to work with us on your terms, at your schedule and convenience, from anywhere in the world.
The preferred multilingual desktop publishing service provider
Find out why so many companies rely on Merrill Brink to manage all their desktop publishing projects. Contact us today for a free quote on your next project.