Most translation projects involve at least a minimal amount of formatting. When our clients are seeking to provide high-end foreign language graphics and/or publications, MLS is capable of providing an integrated, end-to-end foreign language translation and publication solution. We offer our clients a full range of Desktop Publishing (DTP) services, including page layout and design, typesetting, printing and creating files in a variety of formats.

Desktop Publishing (DTP) services involve taking your existing English electronic files, in DTP programs such as Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXpress, etc. and replacing the English text with the foreign language text in such a manner that layout is maintained.

We can design a publication layout or overwrite existing English desktop publishing files in any of the following applications:

Adobe InDesign Illustrator MS Word AutoCAD Interleaf PageMaker Corel WordPerfect Lotus 1-2-3 Photoshop CorelDraw MacLink Plus QuarkXPress FrameMaker MS Excel QuarkXPress Passport Freehand MS PowerPoint Ventura Freelance Graphics MS Publisher XRes2

We have the capacity to output in either Mac or PC format, and are capable of converting documents across platforms.

MLS delivers the final output according to each client's specifications using the software requested. We work closely with clients' printers to deliver source, PDF, and PostScript files to meet all your desktop publishing needs.