We also have very technical installation and operation manuals, for a
range of industrial robots, robot controllers, machine vision
(recognition/measurement) software, etc.
I asked our Tech Pubs dept., I attach response below.
We translate from US-English to German, French, Italian. Our manuals are
in FrameMaker, with illustrations in Adobe Illustrator.
We have tried to keep English-text off the drawings, but inevitably some
creeps in, and needs translation. Our English-language edition has both
metric and inch units, so the translators do not have to make metric
conversions. (We also use metric threads, so at least they don't need to
explain what a '1/2-13 x 2" UNC' is, nor where to buy one in EU!)
-glyn
Glyn Garside: Director,Engineering Services | TEL (408)434-5057
glyn.garside @ adept.com www.adept.com | FAX (408)434-5163
Adept Technology, 150 Rose Orchard Way, San Jose, CA 95134, USA
Robots, Motion Controls & Simulation (robot, CMM, NC, assembly)
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Subject: Re: Language Translation
From: Michael.Rowe at Adept_Cincinnati
List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org
Date: 1998-11-17 09:36
We use Alpnet in Salt Lake City. They seem to do a very good job. We
get positive comments from the native language reviewers about the
quality of the technical translations.
Translations are expensive, but I watch the market and Alpnet is
competative. My opinion is that they are responsive and
conscientious.
The contact is Joe Noble, 801 273-6600, jno...@alpnet.com
Feel free to use my name.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Language Translation
From: "Bill Somerfield" <su...@telerama.com> at Internet-Mail
List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org
Date: 1998-11-16 14:41
Group,
Does anyone in the group have any experiences, references, or suggestions on
having highly technical operators manuals translated from English to other
languages (EU)? The manuals are about 150 pages of a mixture of text,
tables, and graphics.
Thank you for any responses in advance,
Respectfully,
Bill Somerfield
QA/Compliance Manager
Elizabeth-Hata International
Banco Industrial Park
Irwin, PA 15642 USA
Phone: 724-864-6632
Fax: 724-864-6635
bi...@eliz.com
su...@telerama.com
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