PAO-multilingue.com

Multilingual DTP and layout services

Localize your documents for international markets with confidence

Adapting your layouts into other languages calls for specialist skills, both in page layout and in the technical handling of complex scripts. These include managing text expansion, applying each language’s rules for typography, punctuation and hyphenation, mastering right-to-left (RTL) scripts, using GREP for mixed-language text, handling CJK scripts, and more.

My services

Turnkey localization

As a foreign-language DTP specialist, I localize your documents in line with your brand guidelines, in complete confidentiality (I never publish a public portfolio). I bring extensive experience in adapting a wide range of materials into multiple languages, and I deliver localized files ready to use.

Tools

I work with the Adobe suite: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat.
If your translators do not use a CAT tool (memoQ, Trados) to translate directly in an IDML export, the translation can simply be supplied as plain text.

Agencies, institutions and multinational companies

Whether you are a translation or communications agency, an organization or a multinational company, I produce your documents with your translations in any language, with rigor and expertise.

Have a project to adapt?

Describe your layout and target languages, and I will reply with a transparent quote and a firm deadline.
You can also send me a short test to assess the quality of my work before committing.

Request a quote

Precision and discretion

Decades of work for the world’s leading brands, in consistently demanding environments, have honed my rigor and my eye for detail.

I handle every project in the strictest confidence: I know how much discretion matters for sensitive projects developed behind closed doors ahead of an international launch.

Why trust me?

In a word: rigor. It is the cornerstone of my work. On multilingual projects, your brand must stay consistent worldwide and the result must be professional in every language. Technical mastery of DTP tools, knowledge of each language’s requirements and a thorough understanding of the production chain are what ensure high-quality results.

Every quote includes unlimited revisions until final approval, at no extra cost.

Nothing motivates me more than a satisfied client!

A proven process

I follow a clear process that keeps production smooth and efficient.

Quote

Send me a PDF or a detailed description of the source layout, and you will receive a transparent quote with a firm deadline.

Production
  1. You send the packaged master files and the approved translation, in the format of your choice (IDML or text).
  2. I localize the master.
  3. You receive a PDF for proofreading and approval.
  4. I make any corrections until you give final approval.
  5. I deliver the files as a packaged folder and/or PDF, to your specifications (high resolution, interactive).

Key facts

30 years of experience

in DTP, including 28 years in multilingual adaptation, using

InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat

in

over 35 languages.

RTL & CJK

Expertise in complex writing systems.

Confidentiality

No public portfolio.