Well, I made it through fixing all the broken cross references in those Japanese documents. I discussed this with my boss, who said we will likely be having these people do more Japanese translations for us in the future. We decided to let them know the problems that occured with this project, and that if this happens again, we are going to alter the amount we pay them for the translation.
I'm going to write some instructions for the people doing the translation next time, since they are neither a regular translation vendor nor are they proficient in FrameMaker, in the hopes that they will delete fewer cross references and my job will be less difficult. We used a lot of extra cross references in this project to reduce the number of words that had to be translated. (A translation company would do that automatically with analysis tools and translation memory.) All of the cross references were in blue, but even though they were told that's what the blue signified, it seems like they deleted a good number of them. I'm hopeful that more detailed instructions will help them! Thanks again for all the input on this. Happy Thursday, Lisa B. ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
