Dear Sir, Is there any conversion tool for converting FM to MIF and MIF to FM?
Venkan Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Limited India - Tamil Nadu - Chennai (o) +914424495057 | (m) +919791040282 Email: [email protected]; Skype: venkan20 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 11:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: framers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 24 Send framers mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of framers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: OT: Translation cost comparison ([email protected]) 2. RE: OT: Translation cost comparison (Alison Craig) 3. RE: Translation cost comparison (Bill Nilson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:52:24 -0600 (CST) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: Translation cost comparison Message-ID: <477777258.182772.1298580744046.JavaMail.root@vznit170130> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 It is not the word count but the amount of time to "round trip" the document, engineering costs from Frame to xml and back. The second part of that is the DTP. Frame does a cleaner round-trip than word so less DTP time for cleaning up the formatting. I hope that helps. We translate into 29 languages where I work and we cut the cost by about 30 to 50% using Frame and that was before we switched to DITA. Just my .02, Beth *************************************** ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:16:18 -0800 From: Alison Craig <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: OT: Translation cost comparison Message-ID: <17474827509158478ee10bc6b977a3e30acd9a0...@exchange.ultrasonix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Actually, in my case, I was only talking about word cost. This was borne out by the detailed quotes I received. Other fees were accounted for under different line items (any reputable LSP should do it this way so you can see what is involved in a job and what the associated costs are). I also did a large RFQ about 15 months ago with 11 different ISO qualified, medical device LSPs and even though they were all given *exactly* the same set of directions, the same TM and the same FM-based file set, the word counts were all over the place. Counts for New Words alone ranged from a low of 27,863 to a high of 36,305. That kind of discrepancy adds up quickly. FYI: The MS Word equivalent number was 28,239. Alison -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: February 24, 2011 12:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: Translation cost comparison It is not the word count but the amount of time to "round trip" the document, engineering costs from Frame to xml and back. The second part of that is the DTP. Frame does a cleaner round-trip than word so less DTP time for cleaning up the formatting. I hope that helps. We translate into 29 languages where I work and we cut the cost by about 30 to 50% using Frame and that was before we switched to DITA. Just my .02, Beth *************************************** _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alison.craig%40ultrasoni x.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:26:34 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Nilson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Translation cost comparison Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Some translation houses charge extra for delivery in an additional output format besides the translated Frame files. Some years ago I had an estimate that included an extra 1K for a PDF manual but decided to create the PDF myself. In my case, it was for Japanese. If you're resourceful and it's convenient, you can install the appropriate version of Frame for your target language, get a native speaker to help you with the Frame menus, and create the PDF yourself to save the extra charges. -Bill Ampient, Inc. Knowledge Is Power On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Roy Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize for going off topic but can anyone point to figures that > compares translation costs for Framemaker documents compared to MSWord > documents. Someone told me Frame was generally cheaper, but they could not > supply a source for the data. > Thanks, > Roy ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers. To unsubscribe send a blank email to http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. 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