Readable source
Text, figures, names and punctuation must be sufficiently legible for the required assurance level.
Scanned-document translation
Translate a scan into a finished document.
When the source is an image rather than a usable working file, translation, reconstruction and page-level checking may need to be controlled together.
Why a scanned document is a different assignment.
A scan may contain skew, compression, blur, handwriting, stamps, mixed scripts or text embedded in tables and images. Extracting words is not the same as producing a reliable document in another language.
Page structure
Headings, columns, tables, fields and reading order must be identified from the rendered page.
Translation
Meaning and terminology are transferred for the stated purpose and subject matter.
Layout adaptation
The target language may require different spacing, proportions, direction and pagination.
Optional review
Human linguistic or specialist review can be added where the document or intended use requires it.
Finished release
The agreed result is checked as rendered pages before the final PDF is supplied.
File assessment
Not every scan can support the same result.
A clean high-resolution scan and a compressed phone image may require completely different work. Feasibility depends on legibility, page complexity, language pair, intended use and the level of certainty required.
Unclear passages are not silently invented. They are queried, qualified or excluded from the accepted scope.
Common source conditions.
- Scanned PDF with no editable text layer
- Photographed pages or image files
- Tables, forms and positioned fields
- Mixed Hebrew and left-to-right scripts
- Legacy documents without production files
- Existing translations requiring visual correction
What remains separate.
Translation and document production do not authenticate the source. Notarisation, apostille, legalisation and specialist approval are separate unless expressly agreed.
Fixed authenticity boundary.
Signatures, seals, security features and authentication elements are not altered. Deceptive or unlawful assignments are refused.
Describe the scan before sending confidential material.
State the page count, source and target languages, document type, visible quality problems, intended use and deadline.
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