Desktop Publishing Services

Professionally publish, style and translate your documents into a multitude of target languages

Professional Desktop Publishing Services

Desktop Publishing Service (DTP) involves the creation and adaptation of existing documents in view of meeting specific target-language format and layout requirements.

DTP can be applied to a variety of digital document types or existing printed copies, involving design and layout work to create high-quality translated documents.

The creation of an appealing publication from both the two standpoints of external layout and internal content is a challenging task by itself. Adding the element of adapting the publication to the requirements of a new language brings a whole new level of complexity to the task.

AD VERBUM's team of professional DTP artists is equipped with industry-leading publishing software and years of experience to face the challenge of taking on any desktop publishing project you may have, regardless of its complexity and target language specifics.

Benefits of Desktop Publishing

Save on production costs and turnaround times
Customize your documents for the specifics of the target language
Improve your document quality and readability
Achieve consistency of your documents across languages

... and much more!

Types of DTP

Page Layout Formatting

Font Management

DTP Quality Assurance

Templating

Typesetting

Text Expansion Adjustment

Text Parsing

Supported File Formats

The most common file formats we work with:

.indd

.mif

.ai

.pub

.pdd

.psd

.psdt

.eps

.pdp

.sct

.cdr

.rtf

Does your business rely on a specific format not mentioned above?

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Supported Publishing Software

Some of the most common types of publishing software our specialists work with:

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

FrameMaker

Microsoft Publisher

Acrobat

Freehand

Corel Draw

PageMaker

QuarkXpress

Microsoft Office

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The DTP Process

The DTP process starts once translation of the core text is finalized.

Typesetting of Translated Content

The DTP artist typesets the translated content into the resulting document.

Linguistic Review of the Typeset Document

A linguist reviews the document prepared by the DTP artist and suggests changes if necessary.

Target Document Finalization

The DTP artist implements any adjustments that may be necessary and prepares the finalized target document.

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Our Translation Workflow

For our PREMIUM translation and localization projects, we use our specialized translation, editing and proofreading (TEP) workflow, which results in translations of the highest quality for all your projects. Below is a simplified version of the steps involved for each translation project.