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Translating a PDF with MemoQ 2014
Thread poster: Lucia Messuti
Lucia Messuti
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Italy
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English to Italian
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Jul 11, 2018

Hi Collegues,

I'm trying to import a Pdf file to be translated. How can I manage it?

Thanks
Lucia
 
Mostafa Kamel
Mostafa Kamel
Egypt
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English
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the best way in my opinion Aug 23, 2018

convert it into word formate ( with adobe pro or Abby converter .. etc )
 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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OCR Aug 23, 2018

First, the PDF format is for publishing, not for modifications--why not ask the client for an editable version? It does take extra time and efforts, so many translators charge extra for DTP--especially for complicated formats (charts, columns, forms, etc).

Usually there're two PDF types: (1) with a text layer (where one could select or even search words or save as a plain text) ... See more
First, the PDF format is for publishing, not for modifications--why not ask the client for an editable version? It does take extra time and efforts, so many translators charge extra for DTP--especially for complicated formats (charts, columns, forms, etc).

Usually there're two PDF types: (1) with a text layer (where one could select or even search words or save as a plain text) and (2) a 'dead' one (where only scanned images).

I used to OCR (digitize into a text file) via FineReader, yet now I prefer either to ask the client, or convert via WordFast Anywhere (freetm.com). However, even for relatively simple layouts it does require some cleaning up, specially with truncated lines/segments and malformatted sections. ▲ Collapse
 
Lucia Messuti
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OCR is the best solution Aug 23, 2018

Thanks for your tips.

In the end I used Abby Fine Reader to ocr the file and the result was quite good with a quite definitive layout.
 


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