Hello Michael,
There are several issues you address here. First, if you want to know how easy would it be to pull the translated output (in XML format) back into Frame for publishing as PDFs: it's very easy - supposed your source for translation is XML authored in FrameMaker. But as you mention that your source files are Framemaker 7.2 it's not recommended to go that way. Unless, of course, you have plenty of time to migrate your content to FrameMaker 10 and XML and to learn how to work with XML .. On the other side, it's also very easy to translate FrameMake files from English to Japanese. All you need is a translation provider who accepts Framemaker MIF files for translation. And to be honest, every serious localization provider should be able to cope with MIF, it's natively supported in all translation tools (Trados, DejaVu, MemoQ, XTM, Transibar, Transit, etc etc). All you need after translation is a Windows system that supports Japanese. Contact me off list if you need advise on translation vendors that can handle your files without problems. Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant, Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker <http://www.ditatools.com/> NLDITA Winter 2011 - December 2011 in Utrecht - Special about localization and translation of DITA and XML content <http://www.ditatools.com/> NLDITA Tools 2012 - April 2012 in Utrecht - Tools and best practices for Authoring, Managing and Publishing <http://www.ie12.org/> NLDITA Information Energy 2012 - june 2012 in Utrecht and Ghent - DITA and topic based information development tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA <mailto:i...@idtp.eu> i...@idtp.eu www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framema...@idtp.eu
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