Whether the deliverables need to be translated files with a matching layout or just the content extracted into an editable format, desktop publishing specialists can help.
Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tools – such as ABBYYY Fine Reader, the Export PDF feature in Adobe Acrobat Pro and many others, the translatable content from the pdf files gets exported into an editable format such as Word or InDesign.
The exported content is then cleaned up of any garbage characters, unnecessary hard returns, tabs and any other elements that could for example interfere with proper segmentation or introduce unnecessary tags in the CAT.