Single Source / DITA Consulting
Translations.com's single source consulting services help companies transform their current business processes to reduce costs, decrease maintenance time, and increase the consistency of content. Whether your business is expanding into international markets or you're seeking to find more efficient ways of publishing content for local use, our single source content management strategies combine industry expertise and technology capabilities to streamline publishing your content in various media. Content is your most important means of communication. Our single sourcing services result in visible cost savings, improved quality and usability, and faster time-to-market.
Use Single Source Content in Multiple Outputs
Content is developed for one format and repurposed as controlled content (intended to stay the same for a long time) or as dynamic content (intended to change in a very short time).
Achieve Maximum Results
- Leverage content describing similar features over multiple product manuals
- Repurpose approved content found within marketing collateral for use within product documentation or vice versa
Create Content for Multiple Audiences
Content is filtered to customize it for a specific product version, operating system, or skill level.
Drive Maximum Efficiency
- Both introductory and advanced versions of user documentation can be crafted from the same source
- Operating system specific versions of a manual can be crafted from the same source
Publish Content in Multiple Formats
Publish content as a highly formatted PDF for print, a moderately formatted HTML file for help systems, or a minimally formatted HTML for a handheld device.
Automate Labor Intensive Tasks
- Publishing an Adobe® FrameMaker book as a PDF with Adobe® Acrobat and HTML with WebWorks® Publisher
- Publish an XML book as a PDF with XSL-FO and HTML Help with XSLT
Key Benefits of Single Sourcing
- Improved quality and usability of content
- Consistency of material across multiple platforms
- Efficient reuse of current content and elimination of repetitive text
- Accelerated time-to-market
- Dramatic reduction in the costs and time associated with content development and maintenance
- Significant cost savings in translation, localization, and publishing
The Translations.com Approach
Translations.com takes a consultative approach to scoping, mapping, and executing our clients' projects. We let you concentrate on your core business, while helping your team develop and implement the latest high-performance business processes to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of your content.