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1 How do I translate...? Professional Translation Hybrid Translation Machine Translation Certified Translation Supported Formats Language Codes Toll Free: (800)

2 Professional Translation Hybrid Translation Translated entirely by native-speaking, human translators; highest quality, slowest turnaround. Professional translation offers the highest-quality results, as your entire project will be completed solely by real, native-speaking, human translators located across the globe. We can accept virtually any file format for professional translation. Fill out a quote request on our website and a friendly customer service representative will get in touch with you. Translated by computer and proofread by humans; lower price, good quality, fast turnaround. Hybrid translation initially translates your text by machine, then sends it to several nativespeaking human translators to proofread. This method combines the quality of professional translation with the faster, less-expensive benefits of machine transzlation. Hybrid translations can be submitted as plain text or using a number of file formats; see the formatting guide for more details.

3 Machine Translation Certified Translation Translated entirely by computer; lowest price, fastest turnaround, lower quality. Machine translation translates your text entirely by computer, with no human oversight or proofreading. It is the fastest and cheapest method, but has a lower level of quality control. Machine translations can be submitted as plain text for instant, fully-automated results. Professional translation plus notarization best for important documents. Certified Translation is the same process as Professional Translation with the added security of notarization of the final translated text. This is the best option for official documents such as birth certificates, transcripts, and government forms. We can accept virtually any file format for certified translation. Place an order on our website and a friendly customer service representative will get in touch with you.

4 Formatting Guide When you submit a hybrid translation project to Translation Services USA, you have the choice to either enter your text manually or submit a file containing the text you need translated a great time saver if you re a programmer! If you are a developer, you may be familiar with some of the formats we accept. If you send us a file in one of the formats listed below, we can extract the text instantly, then send you back the translation in the original format you sent it, variable names, markup, and all (permitted your file is marked up as the examples listed here). All you ll have to do is plug the new file into your application. The formats we currently accept include: 1. Microsoft Excel (.xls) 2. Microsoft Office Open XML (.xlsx) 3. Android XML (.xml) 4. Ruby YAML (.yml) 5. Blackberry Resource (.rrc) 6. ios Strings (.strings) 7. Java configuration (.properties) 8. Gnu Gettext Protable Object (.po)

5 .xls and.xlsx Microsoft Excel and Office Open XML file formats. You can submit your text as a spreadsheet formatted into three columns. The top row must contain the two language codes over each column. (See the language codes guide for more details.) The first column can contain any arbitrary labels you want (this text will be ignored). The second must contain the text you want translated. The third must left blank (this will be filled in with the translated text upon completion).

6 .xml.yml Android XML format. A simple XML structure like the example below can easily be stripped down, translated, and rebuilt. YAML (Ruby).

7 .rrc.strings Blackberry resource file format. Strings file (ios format).

8 .properties.po Java configuration file format. Portable Object (GNU gettext file).

9 Language Codes Language Name Language Code When completing a hybrid translation project, Translation Cloud uses two-letter codes to represent the languages for each project. The codes generally follow the ISO Code standards, with a few exceptions (see Chinese for example). For most projects, you may not need to know the language code, unless you are submitting your text as an XLS or XLSX spreadsheet. For your reference, here is a list of codes for all of the languages we support for hybrid translations: Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Filippino French German ar bg zh-cn zh-tw hr cs da nl en tl fr de

10 Language Name Greek Hindi Indonesian Italian Malay Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Spanish Turkish Language Code el hi id it ms pl pt-pt ro ru sr es tr Language Name Ukranian Language Code uk Visit this website for more information on the ISO Language Codes standards: code_list.php

11 Still need help? If you have any questions about the formats we support, or if you have any further technical questions on file types and formatting, contact us and we ll get back to you as soon as possible. Translation Cloud (800) Toll Free: (800)