Regardless of the end product you want to print or publish, our desktop publishing service provides flawless desktop publishing for translations so you can easily print or publish your end product.
Flawless desktop publishing (DTP) with SemioticTransfer
As a translation agency, we not only offer you reliable translations, we also ensure that you receive fully translated copy. And all this with our desktop publishing service. Because the volume of text in the target language can differ significantly from that in the source language, this in turn leads to changes in the copy layout. To avoid also having to send the copy to a graphic design agency for reworking of the layout, our desktop publishing service takes on the layout work. This way, we ensure that nothing slips or disappears. You receive a fully translated copy that matches the graphic specifications of the original document, including illustrations and graphics that are also in the right position within the translation.
Our desktop publishing service for translations processes both copy in various file formats and text for website publications. The following formats are supported:
Want to commission a translation with desktop publishing services? Then contact us. We look forward to hearing from you!
Our core skill is translation. We work with a large international network of translators and can therefore produce translations in many language combinations and specialist subject areas.
We also support our customers with desktop publishing (DTP). We supply documents in all commonly used formats such as InDesign, FrameMaker or XML. We are pleased also to handle the typographical proofreading for you – the ‘remedial proofread’.
You can entrust entire projects to us, because we work with a large network of specialists from the worlds of advertising, text authorship, graphic art and printing.
Just send the documents you wish to have translated to us by e-mail, fax or as hard copy by post. We will then respond promptly to the receipt of your documents with a non-binding quote – including a delivery due date.
Please do not forget to provide us with your contact details so we can get in touch with you. Please also specify your desired target language, i.e. the language into which you wish us to translate.
Our Language Managers are the ones who attend to your immediate needs. Please use the contact form to notify us of your questions, or call us at + 41 56 470 40 40.
Please send us the documents to be translated by e-mail. You will then receive a non-binding quote that also includes a firm delivery date.
If your documents are available in an electronic format, simply send them to us by e-mail with the files attached. If you only have the documents in hard copy format, you can either fax them to us, or send them to us by post. If you wish, you can also bring your documents to us in person.
Your documents are translated exclusively by mother-tongue, certified specialist and/or technical translators.
The translation of your documents is carried out by professional, native, certified translators.
The more information we obtain from you in relation to an order, the better able we are to execute it. For example, it is important for us to know the target audience of your document, or the style in which it is to be written. If you have any specific wishes, please do not hesitate to notify us of these. It is also of great benefit to us to have any previously translated documents you may have on the same or a similar subject.
To adapt documents to provide a perfect match in terms of the terminology and style of your Corporate Identity, we need to receive material from you to become familiar with your corporate language. The more material you provide for us, the more accurately we can communicate your business.
Needless to say, we treat your information and documents with absolute discretion. All of our co-workers and contractors are contractually obliged to uphold our non-disclosure policy. Should you so wish, we can provide you with a non-disclosure agreement, or we would also be pleased to sign your own NDA.
A notarially certified translation is required for all official and administrative matters, e.g., when submitting marriage certificates, patents, court documents etc. A notary public certifies the accuracy and completeness of a translation.
An apostil is a supplementary form of certification – you could view it as certification of the notarial certification. The apostil confirms the genuine nature of the signature and of the stamp of the notary public. In Switzerland the cantonal district attorney’s office (Staatskanzlei) is responsible for this.
We place great importance on the quality of our work. We therefore always have every translation checked by a 2nd subject specialist (the peer review principle), who pays particular attention to compliance with language-specific or country-specific idiosyncrasies and standards. We call this work step ‘Quality Assurance‘.
Our remedial proof-reading service involves one of our subject specialist translators checking the translation you submitted to us, and making corrections where appropriate.
During a proof-read, we revise the text you submitted, examining it for linguistic accuracy. If you wish, we can also alter the writing style and the length of the original text.
A specialist form of proof-reading is the ‘typographical proof-read’, also known as the ‘pre-print proof’. This involves a subject specialist reviewing the ready-to-print document which you submit to us in a hard copy format or as a PDF file. With this green light from us, you can then proceed to your print run with complete peace of mind.
We send you the completed translation by e-mail, fax or post. If you wish, you are also welcome to collect your translation in person from our office.
On completion of your order, we post you an invoice with payment slip. With longer-standing business relationships, we are also happy to provide monthly batch invoices. Private customers are asked to settle their account in advance, or with cash on delivery (COD).
Every customer and each order are unique, so we are unable to provide general, one-size-fits-all pricing information. The calculation of your price incorporates many factors, including the type of text, the number of words, the language combination, the format, the delivery date and possible official certification. Having said that, to obtain a helpful guide to the costs you might incur, you can use our price calculator. We are always happy to provide you with a precise quotation at a face-to-face meeting, over the phone, by e-mail or when we visit your premises.
‘Source language’ is the term used to describe the language in which the document was written, and for which we are being asked to provide a translation.
‘Target language’ is the term used to describe the language into which you would like us to translate your document.
