Splitting DTP, PDF remediation, and file preparation across three specialist vendors feels like careful sourcing. It is usually the opposite:…
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How to Evaluate a Multilingual DTP Vendor: The One-Project Test
Most DTP vendor evaluations rely on methods that predict the wrong thing: reference checks that describe past performance for other…
Translation Vendor Management: An Approved Vendor List Perspective from the DTP Side
Managing a DTP vendor on your Approved Vendor List is different from managing a translation vendor, and treating them the same way…
German PDF/OCR Conversion: What Breaks and Why
German PDFs fail OCR conversion in ways that generic, language-agnostic tools do not anticipate. Compound words split apart during recognition. Umlauts…
DTP with Translation in Mind: What CAT-Tool Compliance Actually Means
A vendor claiming CAT-tool compliance usually means they can open a file in Trados or memoQ. That is not the same as compliance….
PDF Remediation Software vs. Managed Service: What Multilingual Accessibility Actually Needs
PDF remediation software can tag a document and flag missing alt text in seconds. It cannot tell you whether that…
From Scanned PDF to Translation-Ready File: The OCR Workflow LSPs Actually Need
A scanned PDF cannot go into a CAT tool. Before translation starts, someone has to convert it into an editable file, and…
PDF Remediation for LSPs: Why Accessibility Work Doesn’t Survive Translation
PDF Remediation for LSPs: Why Accessibility Work Doesn’t Survive Translation When you hand a remediated PDF to a translation team, the…