When cutting costs and streamlining the documentation process many companies feel tempted to outsource only that which is absolutely necessary. When it comes to translating and formatting documentation this can be counter-productive, and the following considerations should be taken into account:
Copying and pasting translated text into your original layout (unless you are completely fluent in that language and are familiar with language-specific typographic rules) can create problems.
The larger your present or future documentation project, the more important it is to think of the documentation process and its potential pitfalls as a whole.
Creating and maintaining multilingual documentation is not as simple as many people think. The actual translation of the text is a significant part, but should not be treated as a sub-procedure independent of the rest of the process.
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