Hi,

We have located a translator in Japan to translate a 300-page training booklet 
written in English. The document is very largely table based with typically an 
image in row 1 and the caption underneath in row 2 with straddled narrow 
columns containing arrows to show a sequence of actions.

The translator is charging reasonable translation costs and then there is an 
additional 12$/page cost because the files are from FrameMaker. When we 
questioned that cost, he asked if we could provide files in Trados format. 
Maybe he is not familiar with FrameMaker files.

Anyway, I find this strange as in the past I have always provided FM files and 
the company doing the translation took care of everything else on their side. I 
received my Fm files translated into the target language from which I made PDFs.

Can anyone familiar with translating FM files explain why the individual is 
requesting files in Trados format? Can that be done - just pay a company to 
generate Trados files from FM files?

Many thanks (cold and wet here in Quebec City at 10 Celcius),

Stephen O'BRIEN
Coordonnateur à la documentation et rédacteur technique senior | Documentation 
Coordinator and Senior Technical Writer
InnovMetric Logiciels | Software
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