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Multilingual desktop publishing services
Translated text rarely fits the original design. Our designers, editors, and linguists rebuild your brochures, catalogs, books, and eBooks so every language version is ready for print or screen.
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Why Focus
Desktop Publishing, done right
Layout, editing, and prepress in every language
Print and digital
Press-ready files, interactive PDFs, web graphics, and eBooks produced from one set of source files.
120+ languages
Layout specialists experienced with Latin, Cyrillic, Asian, Indic, and right-to-left scripts.
One coordinated team
Linguists, editors, and designers working from the same brief, so terminology and design stay consistent.
Proofread layouts
Every page is checked by a native speaker after layout, not only before it.
Scalable turnaround
From a single flyer to a catalog in a dozen languages, scheduled to your deadline with rush options.
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Common publishing challenges we solve
Common publishing challenges we solve
Partnering with the Focus Interpreting desktop publishing team helps individuals and organizations overcome the obstacles that slow multilingual publishing down. The same few problems come up on almost every project, whatever the format or the number of languages involved.
Finding a vendor who can customize the process to your files, your brand standards, and your printer's specifications is usually the hardest part. Our team of multilingual desktop publishing specialists streamlines the whole process, from source files to final output, so you can focus on the message.
- Inconsistent DTP requirements across print, web, and online publishing platforms
- High cost and long timelines when publishing work is handled in-house
- Coordination across multiple time zones, countries, and languages
- Difficulty obtaining customized desktop publishing services for specialized formats
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Our desktop publishing services
Our desktop publishing services
Our DTP services include multilingual desktop publishing, copy editing, layout design, and text formatting. We work on publishing projects of all sizes for multiple platforms, formats, and languages. Our layout and formatting specialists design publication covers and produce editorial designs for every publishing need, and our desktop publishing team provides book layout, magazine layouts, and customized prepress services for all publications.
Additional DTP project services include document conversion from one format to another, print and online catalogs, brochures, editing of illustrations and graphics, flyers, typography optimization, pamphlets, pagination revisions, newsletters, and eBooks.
- Multilingual layout and text formatting in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office
- Copy editing and proofreading of the translated text in context
- Cover design and editorial layout for books, magazines, and reports
- Prepress: bleeds, crop marks, color profiles, and printer-ready PDF export
- Format conversion, such as Word to InDesign, print layout to web, or PDF to editable source
- Graphics and illustration editing, including localizing text inside images and charts
- eBook and digital formatting for EPUB, interactive PDF, and online catalogs
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Working across scripts and languages
Working across scripts and languages
Multilingual DTP requires specialists who understand how each language behaves on the page. Spanish, French, and German expand relative to English; Chinese, Japanese, and Korean contract but need specific fonts and line-breaking rules; Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, and Urdu read right to left and require the entire layout to be mirrored; and Indic scripts such as Hindi, Gujarati, and Punjabi depend on fonts with complete conjunct support.
Our designers handle these differences daily. They select appropriate fonts, adjust leading and tracking for readability, and follow the punctuation and typographic conventions of each language, and a native-speaking linguist checks the final pages so nothing is lost between translation and layout.
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How we work with your team
How we work with your team
Every DTP project starts with a review of your source files, brand guidelines, and output specifications. From there, a dedicated coordinator manages translation, layout, review, and delivery, and keeps you informed at each stage. You approve a proof before final files are released.
On request, we can keep your project assets on file, which makes updates, reprints, and additional languages faster and less expensive. Many clients rely on us as an extension of their marketing or communications team, sending new materials as they are created rather than starting from scratch each time.
Call us today or email us for more information, or request a free quote and a coordinator will scope your project and reply with a price and delivery date.
Certified, professional, and experienced linguists and designers on every project, at competitive rates and with no hidden fees.
How it works
A simple, reliable process
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Project review
We review your source files, languages, formats, and deadline, then send an itemized quote.
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Translation and editing
Qualified linguists translate the content and a copy editor prepares it for layout.
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Layout and formatting
DTP specialists set the text in your design, adapting fonts, direction, and pagination for each language.
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In-context proofreading
A native speaker reviews the laid-out pages, and you receive a proof PDF for approval.
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Prepress and delivery
Final files are prepared to your printer's or platform's specifications and delivered with source files.
Use cases
Who relies on our desktop publishing services
- Product catalogs and price lists for international distributors
- Public information brochures and pamphlets for government agencies
- Patient education materials and pharmaceutical inserts
- Training manuals, workbooks, and curricula for education programs
- Newsletters, magazines, and annual reports for multilingual audiences
- eBooks, online catalogs, and digital publications
FAQ
Questions, answered
Straight answers on booking, certification, turnaround, and pricing.
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