Hi Paul
Could you let us know how you extract the text from .EPS files into Trados studio?
A client has requested a translation for a 500-page technical manual in Framemaker linked to EPS files.
I would be interested in knowing if there is any script you use to extract them automatically, but it would surly be great to have file types for these formats.
An EPS file is one used as an output option from many high end publishing systems and was used to either send to a printer that supported EPS output (or often to a commercial printer for printing), or used as the interim format before creating a PDF document (not generally needed anymore as most applications can go from layout direct to PDF). These EPS files are often very large and contain a whole load of information to do with page layout/breaks etc. etc. as well as the actual text/image information to be printed and as Paul says, are not really a format to play around with for translation.
Based on this, I would suggest that the best option would be to ask your client for a copy of the FrameMaker .MIF file which you can then work with directly in SDL Trados Studio. Any other option is likely to require a lot of additional work to get the output in a format you can work with or use.
Phil.
An EPS file is one used as an output option from many high end publishing systems and was used to either send to a printer that supported EPS output (or often to a commercial printer for printing), or used as the interim format before creating a PDF document (not generally needed anymore as most applications can go from layout direct to PDF). These EPS files are often very large and contain a whole load of information to do with page layout/breaks etc. etc. as well as the actual text/image information to be printed and as Paul says, are not really a format to play around with for translation.
Based on this, I would suggest that the best option would be to ask your client for a copy of the FrameMaker .MIF file which you can then work with directly in SDL Trados Studio. Any other option is likely to require a lot of additional work to get the output in a format you can work with or use.
Phil.
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