Manual document alignment
Recover value from already translated documents and transform them into a reusable TMX translation memory.
Explore alignment serviceDocument preparation for translators
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.
Recover value from already translated documents and transform them into a reusable TMX translation memory.
Explore alignment serviceConvert complex, scanned or bad-quality PDF files into clean, editable Word documents ready for translation.
Explore PDF conversionService 1
Turn your existing source and target documents into a professional translation memory in TMX format.
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?
Alignment process
Send us the source document and the translated target document.
The documents are prepared and divided into alignable translation segments.
Source and target segments are checked and matched carefully.
The final translation memory can be imported into your CAT tool.
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.
Manual alignment included in TTMEM.com full membership.
Service 2
Convert difficult PDF files into clean, editable Word documents prepared for translation and CAT tools.
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
Human conversion matters
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.
Save time and avoid fighting with broken PDF files.
PDF conversion process
Send the scanned or non-editable PDF file you need to translate.
We review text quality, tables, sections, figures and conversion complexity.
The content is converted manually into a clean, editable Word document.
You get a Word file ready for editing, translation or CAT tool preparation.
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.
Discount on every manual PDF conversion.
Need help with difficult files?
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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