Re: Localizing Documentation

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

First, calm down.

Second, let then tell you. You tell them what you have and they'll
tell you if they cannot handle it. 

BTW...as a majority of translation companies not only handle, but
prefer FM, you'll probably like their answer.

> Hi,
> 
> I am currently working on user manuals using FrameMaker 7.2. 
> Now the company wants to sign a contract with a firm who would 
> help us localize the contents. I have absolutely no idea in what
> format should I send my docs to them. I understand that if I 
> export it to some other format, I would have to put in quite an
> effort to import and do the formatting for the contents all
> over again in FrameMaker. Can anyone please suggest how should 
> I go about it?


John Posada
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