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Poll: Do you provide Desktop Publishing (DTP) services?
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DTP services Jan 26, 2015

Mustafa Mahmoud wrote:

Thanks folks for sharing your thoughts. I don't do DTP as most of you. But that doesn't include the minor (yet tricky!) format tweaks that I have to do after translation/exporting from a CAT tool, especially that my language pair is bidirectional (English Arabic). I.e., LTR to RTL, and vice versa, which sometimes requires extra effort beyond basic formatting.

However, I was trying to gain some ground by brushing up on my DTP skills to add extra revenue. I took a short course on InDesign CS3, then David Blatner's videos. But that, oh, consumes much much time. And time equals money. It is a catch-22. But I am more inclined to proceed towards translation only, especially that I already have excellent MS Word formatting knowledge. (No brag).

[Edited at 2015-01-26 20:15 GMT]


Thanks for the poll, Mustafa. I'm a believer that a translator needs to enjoy doing DTP and typesetting to provide a reliable and knowledgeable service to his/her clientele. To offer DTP services just to make more money is not the right approach.


 
Christopher Schröder
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Seriously? Jan 27, 2015

Mario Chavez wrote:

In this day and age when the basics of good design are so easily attainable, it's inexcusable to see a translator think that one font is as good as the next for any given text.


 
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