In this video, we’ll be looking at how the Qatar World cup incorporated this small but impactful Arabic element called a "kashida" into their overall theme.
The Qatar World Cup Kashida
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How to Annotate a PDF using Acrobat
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This video gives a quick overview on how to properly annotate and mark-up a PDF using Adobe Acrobat.
24-7 Availability
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You read the title correctly. I’m a one-man show and always on-call. My clients can attest, whether they live in America or Australia, somehow I’m always able to answer their emails within minutes, and in the most extreme cases, within hours. Over the past decade or so, I’ve had the pleasure of working with wonderful people around town and around the world. My goal has always...
10 years in the business
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Last year was a special one not only because it marked 10 years since I took on my first multilingual DTP project, but also because I tackled an 80th language: Hakha Chin, a language spoken in southern Asia by almost half a million people. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with translation companies here in Canada and around the world. I’ve worked with governments...
Challenges of Right-to-Left Typesetting
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Of all the over 70 languages I’ve worked with, and as unique as each one is, they all generally fall into one of two categories: left-to-right (LTR) or right-to-left (RTL). Although typesetting all foreign languages involves several challenges to overcome, RTL typesetting adds an extra dimension: text direction. There are many things to consider when working with RTL languages, including text...
The role of a foreign language typesetter
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One may wonder, when would a foreign language typesetter be needed? Let us take a common example of when I put my services to work. If a business has a promotional brochure, there may come a time when it would need to translate its material for the purpose of marketing to a broader, more diverse and international audience. The number of languages in which they would like to translate depends on...
