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) _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Language Translation From: Michael.Rowe at Adept_Cincinnati List-Post: [email protected] 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, [email protected] Feel free to use my name. _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Language Translation From: "Bill Somerfield" <[email protected]> at Internet-Mail List-Post: [email protected] 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 [email protected] [email protected] --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
