How to use OCR tools, and choosing the best one for you
Are you regularly presented with .pdf files from clients but still want to carry out translations in your preferred CAT tool?
In the second of the four part File preparation series from ITI Corporate member Surrey Translation Bureau , Richard, former Head of Project Management at STB, looks at four programs for converting .pdf files to editable Word files – Free OCR, Adobe Acrobat Pro, SDL Studio and ABBYY FineReader – and how to use them.
The session examines the comparative strengths and weaknesses of each method and offers some insight into how to recognise problems with converted files. Richard then goes into more detail on using the specialised OCR features in ABBYY FineReader to help viewers get the most out of the software.
By the end of the session you will have learnt the basics of how to convert files, as well as the potential pitfalls involved. You will be able to continue to use your CAT tool of choice and benefit from building their translation memories or using termbases.
This webinar is the second in a four-part series. All four parts can be bought together for a saving. Click the button below to find out more.
There is very little you would ever need to know about formatting in Word that Richard doesn’t cover at some point in these four excellent webinars. You’ll end up knowing a whole lot more about Word and PDF conversion than you did before.
About the speaker and STB
Richard Davis MITI
Richard Davis has worked as a freelance translator since 2010, and became an MITI in 2020. Richard translates from Spanish, French, Portuguese and Japanese into English. He specialises in legal translation, but also has experience working with administrative documents and texts relating to information technology and computers. Richard has a 10-year background in translation project management, acquired while working at ITI Corporate Member Surrey Translation Bureau.
Surrey Translation Bureau
STB is an award-winning independent translation agency with over 30 years’ experience and a diverse range of clients, including the manufacturing, legal, medical and scientific sectors. They provide their clients with high-quality, specialised translations into most world languages. In-house, they have a multi-lingual, experienced and award-winning project management team and a small but experienced team of translators and reviewers.