HTML or PDF? Overview PDF No extra cost Easy to create and load Nice layout, print well All languages Slow to view/download HTML Fast display & browsing Harder to create End user display IT issues Language restrictions language professionals www.langpro.com.au

PDF FILES… Can be easily and quickly created from any application – therefore, there is no added cost Are easy to load on any website – no multilingual issues and reduced IT cost Are getting smaller and smaller – this is especially true for Asian languages Display and print all languages properly from any computer, although the latest version of the free Acrobat Reader should be installed Print as displayed – good for fact sheets, handouts to clients Can be created as high resolution for in-house printing Are easy to archive language professionals www.langpro.com.au

Multilingual HTML files Language encoding/Unicode Range of languages supported by browser Logistics/liaison with webmaster Testing of the site - Updates/corrections Cost and Time frame language professionals www.langpro.com.au

HMTL or PDF? CONSIDER: Budget Audience Range of languages Time frame language professionals www.langpro.com.au

What is Unicode? A character set that has about 90 000 characters, as opposed to 256. It is supported by Windows 2000 and XP, Explorer and all Microsoft Office products. Which means that you no longer need any special software to display the majority of foreign languages. language professionals www.langpro.com.au

Recycling old material Is rarely possible. (Old fonts with dedicated encoding/keyboard, hardcopy only which means retyping old text, etc…) However, updates of recently created documents should not be a problem, thanks to the Unicode standard. Make sure you request copies of the electronic files from the translators/translation agency. language professionals www.langpro.com.au