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Knowledge Base / Designers – Designing a Document for Localisation/Translation / Manual for Designers

Text Segmentation

Created on 11th April 2017 at 12:20 by Jamie O'Connell



Document text is segmented into discrete units for translation. These units are then automatically matched with units in a database to automate much of the translation process.

This segmentation is initially done using hard returns, column breaks, and page breaks, so it is important to use line breaks correctly. Using hard returns (paragraph characters) instead of line breaks will split a single headline or sentence into multiple translation units.

NOTE: Text segmentation does not affect the InDesign stories. The text flow of the document will stay intact throughout the editing and translation process.

Headline created using line breaks

This headline has been split over multiple lines using linebreaks.

Therefore, it automatically remains as a single unit for translation.

Headline created using hard returns

This single headline has been split over multiple lines using paragraph characters.

The three resulting translation units would cause problems in a translation workflow, as they would be translated separately.




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