Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: how to translate a PDF format document in SDL Trados or SmartCat?
Poster: eradicate
Post title: Yes
[quote]Teresa Freixinho wrote:
SDL Studio 2015 can handle editable PDF files. At the end it produces a Word file. I've tested it. However, it doesn't make wonders. Sometimes, you have to work hard on formatting after translation. I mean ,Studio only cares about extracting text from the PDF. If your PDF file has bullets, tables and a lot of formatting, you will have to handle these details. So, it is always preferable to produce a Word copy from the PDF file, format it well and then import it to Studio. [/quote]
Yes. I do that quite often. There are two major problems: too many tags and messed format.
Solution: use tools to remove most tags and deal with format after translation is done.
A critical problem could be that, for a PDF-converted docx file, you may fail to "generate target translation" after translation is done in the editor, which is quite frustrating. My option is convert the PDF-overted docx file into rtf file before I add it to the Studio.
Topic: how to translate a PDF format document in SDL Trados or SmartCat?
Poster: eradicate
Post title: Yes
[quote]Teresa Freixinho wrote:
SDL Studio 2015 can handle editable PDF files. At the end it produces a Word file. I've tested it. However, it doesn't make wonders. Sometimes, you have to work hard on formatting after translation. I mean ,Studio only cares about extracting text from the PDF. If your PDF file has bullets, tables and a lot of formatting, you will have to handle these details. So, it is always preferable to produce a Word copy from the PDF file, format it well and then import it to Studio. [/quote]
Yes. I do that quite often. There are two major problems: too many tags and messed format.
Solution: use tools to remove most tags and deal with format after translation is done.
A critical problem could be that, for a PDF-converted docx file, you may fail to "generate target translation" after translation is done in the editor, which is quite frustrating. My option is convert the PDF-overted docx file into rtf file before I add it to the Studio.