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March 1, 2024
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Problem with translating English Indesign idml file to Korean.

  • March 1, 2024
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Hello,

 

I have uploaded an English idml file onto a Translation tool (matecat.com) to translate it to Korean. The translation shows correctly in Matecat but when I export the translation it shows all weird code like #$_09$####$.

 

It works fine with other file formats like doc, ppt, json, srt but not with idml. Matecat customer support said the problem is related to Indesign as according to them the export is correct.

 

Does anyone have advise on how to solve this either in the exported file or in the source file?

 

thanks in advance!

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leo.r
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 1, 2024
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The translation shows correctly in Matecat


By @T357944572nuc

 

Can you please elaborate on that. What does Matecat show?

 

IDML is a collection of various XML files.

 

Sure I don't know how Matecat works I assume it can intelligently detect what exactly to translate there. That's why I wonder what does it show you on their website.

Participant
March 4, 2024

Thank you. See below  screenshot of the Matecat webinterface (the font of their UX is Calibri in case that is relevant):

 

 

leo.r
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 14, 2024

As far as I understand, their website only displays a list of converted strings. It's not like it displays a translated InDesign document.

 

So there must be something wrong with the way they create the final IDML file after translation (even if they claim otherwise).

Participant
March 1, 2024

Herewith an example of the translation. It looks like there's an issue with the characters/fonts: