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Single Sourcing with FrameMaker
A Demonstration
Marcia Riefer [email protected]
© 2005
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How we got two big manuals from one set of files, eliminated redundant editing and indexing, saved $16,000 on translation costs, and chopped six weeks off the schedule
© 2005 Marcia Riefer Johnston, [email protected] 4
Concept of single sourcing
Source
a graphic,a paragraph within a
file, or an entire file
Instance B
Instance A
linked,xref’d,or inset
linked,xref’d,or inset
At basic level, source includes no variables or conditional tags.
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Single sourcing w/ multiple sources
Source1
Source2
graphics, paragraphs within
files, or entire files
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File set as source (for similar books)
Set of files= source
These source files include variables & conditional tags.
Same set of files: Import variable
defs & conditional settings from
Book A template.
Same set of files: Import variable
defs & conditional settings from
Book B template.
Book BBook A Irrelevant text & graphics hidden.
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Example
Book A Book BVariable“prod name”Conditionaltag “CP 200”Set of files= source
These source files include variables & conditional tags.
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Inside a FrameMaker source file
Conditional text: sentence level vs. word level (translator’s requirement)
Text common to both models
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Translate source only.
Source in
English
Source in various
languages
Book A in various
languages
Book B in various
languages
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Translation efficiencies
ConventionalTranslate Book A (105 pages on full-featured model) and then Book B (87 pages on economy model) into 9 languages: 12 weeks$77,000
Single-sourceTranslate source files (110 pages with all conditional text and graphics showing) and then create Books A & B by importing variable defs (translated if necessary) & conditional settings:6 weeks$61,000
Savings: 6 weeks $16,000
