Translating written text in one language to another is a difficult and tough business. Making the right translation could also be marred by technology and well-meaning individuals when the item is really complete. Typesetters, printers, proofreaders and spell checkers deliberately or inadvertently change spelling, punctuation and meaning in many ways. This generally changes the translation from being correct to inaccurate. This might cause embarrassment, frustration and translation failure once the errors aren't fastened before the ultimate product is delivered. Checking over text when this has been typeset can cut back and hopefully stop the next types of errors:

Punctuation affects pronunciation, the meanings and/or spelling. These marks will be modified on purpose or in error throughout the typesetting method.

Hyphenation rules could also be automatically imposed upon a text by desktop publishing software programs. The program's automated page layout options could put in a hyphen within the wrong place that is as dangerous as a misspelling.

Changing accents, umlauts and different diacritical marks could drastically alter a word's meaning and pronunciation. Throughout the desktop publishing they'll be misplaced, removed or changed into different characters or marks.

Using the right font is vital in typesetting the translation of written documents. Some fonts don't carry all the characters would have to be used by an accurate language. Use of certain fonts could end in a bare area in its absence, whereas others near the location where in actuality the apostrophe must be. This may cause changes in meaning or the creation of latest words within the middle of a sentence.

Other font-specific irregularities could have an effect on quotation marks, question marks and accents. Not only will the punctuation become incorrect, however grammar and/or meaning could also be altered likewise. Using automated translation programs would have this result also, since characters from some languages merely don't exist in a few font designs.

When printing documents, the quantity of space useful for a particular article in one language is much different from the quantity of space in the translated version. This may happen having English to French translation. Sure languages contract and others expand. Generally over one word should be used to convey an equivalent meaning. Particularly with captioning, the quantity of space reserved by the document designer could also be too small. Nudging text out of a text box might be a common problem and is typically onerous to identify. A unique font size should be used or the quantity of area must be increased. Careful proofreading can typically catch this error before it becomes finalized. When the allotted areas an excessive amount, the designer should alter the writing to replenish the area.