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Document preparation for translators

Manual Alignment & PDF Conversion

Two professional services for translators and translation agencies: manual document alignment to create TMX translation memories, and scanned PDF to Word conversion for clean, editable, CAT-tool-ready files.

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Manual document alignment

Recover value from already translated documents and transform them into a reusable TMX translation memory.

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Scanned PDF to Word conversion

Convert complex, scanned or bad-quality PDF files into clean, editable Word documents ready for translation.

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Service 1

Manual document alignment

Turn your existing source and target documents into a professional translation memory in TMX format.

Manual document alignment service for creating TMX translation memories

If you have a source document and its translated version, TTMEM.com can help you reuse that work. We manually align the source and target segments, check the matches and prepare a translation memory that can be imported into your CAT tool.

Automatic alignment tools can be useful, but they often produce errors: wrong segment matches, missing parts, broken formatting, incorrect sentence pairing or unusable translation memory entries. Manual alignment gives you a cleaner and more reliable result, especially when the documents are complex.

Why choose manual alignment?

Recover translations and reuse them professionally

Create TMX translation memories
Reuse previous translations
Improve CAT tool productivity
Recover perfect and fuzzy matches
Useful for agencies and freelancers
Better than raw automatic alignment
Prepare bilingual resources
Save time on future projects

Alignment process

How manual alignment works

1

You send both files

Send us the source document and the translated target document.

2

We segment the content

The documents are prepared and divided into alignable translation segments.

3

We manually match segments

Source and target segments are checked and matched carefully.

4

You receive a TMX file

The final translation memory can be imported into your CAT tool.

Alignment cost

How much does manual alignment cost?

Free manual document alignment, up to 3,000 words for the source document, is one of the advantages of TTMEM.com full membership.

TTMEM.com full membership costs 80 euro/year. If your documents contain more words, please Contact us and we will estimate a convenient total cost for the alignment process.

Included for full members 3,000 words

Manual alignment included in TTMEM.com full membership.

Please note: Manual alignment is performed only for languages that use the Latin script.
Please note: Documents for alignment must be editable.

Service 2

Manual scanned PDF to Word conversion

Convert difficult PDF files into clean, editable Word documents prepared for translation and CAT tools.

Manual scanned PDF to Word conversion service

Many online converters and OCR tools promise perfect PDF to Word conversion, but scanned files, poor-quality images, complex tables and unusual layouts often produce messy Word files full of broken characters, text boxes and formatting problems.

TTMEM.com offers manual PDF conversion for files that software cannot handle properly. We recreate the document as an editable Word file, clean the text and make it easier to import into your preferred CAT tool.

PDF conversion advantages

From messy scanned PDF to editable Word

Scanned PDF conversion
Bad-quality PDF cleanup
Editable Word document
Clean text without custom fonts
Complex tables recreated
Figures and sections restored
CAT-tool-ready preparation
Manual human correction

Human conversion matters

Why manual PDF conversion is better

OCR software can be useful for simple documents, but it often fails with scans, low-resolution pages, mixed layouts, tables, columns, figures and special characters. A poor conversion can slow down the translator more than the PDF itself.

With manual conversion, the file is rebuilt with the translation workflow in mind: editable text, cleaner structure, fewer technical issues and a document that is easier to translate, quote and deliver.

We convert it You translate

Save time and avoid fighting with broken PDF files.

PDF conversion process

How PDF to Word conversion works

1

You send the PDF

Send the scanned or non-editable PDF file you need to translate.

2

We check the layout

We review text quality, tables, sections, figures and conversion complexity.

3

We recreate the file

The content is converted manually into a clean, editable Word document.

4

You receive Word

You get a Word file ready for editing, translation or CAT tool preparation.

PDF conversion cost

How much does PDF conversion cost?

Every PDF is different, so the price depends on the number of pages, scan quality, layout complexity, tables, figures and the amount of manual work needed.

Please Contact us to receive an estimate. Full members receive a 30% discount on each PDF file.

Full member discount 30% OFF

Discount on every manual PDF conversion.

Please note: Manual PDF conversion is performed only for languages that use the Latin script.
Please note: We also convert handwritten PDF documents!

Need help with difficult files?

Send us your documents and get a practical solution

Whether you need a TMX translation memory or a clean Word file from a scanned PDF, TTMEM.com can prepare your documents for a faster translation workflow.

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