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The problem of
file format incompatibilities is particularly relevant to the translation
industry. How can you be sure that the recipient of your file can open
it? One way around this problem is to represent the translated text as
platform-independent graphics. Some of the most popular file formats are
described below.
- EPS (Encapsulated Postscript): This is a very popular file
format which most printing houses are set up to handle. It is equally
popular in both the IBM PC and Apple Mac worlds. The main advantage
of EPS is that it does not require the computer to be equipped with
foreign language fonts. This means you can send an EPS file to virtually
any printing bureau to print your documents. The main disadvantage
of using EPS files is that they can be very large. Several megabytes
(or even tens of megabytes) is not untypical.
- GIF (Graphics Interchange Format): The GIF format was invented
by CompuServe. They are limited by the number of colours which they
can contain (maximum of 256) and so are rarely used for high quality
printing. Their main application today is their use in Web sites.
- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): JPEGs files can
contain up to 16.7 million colours and, as the name suggests, are
often used to represent photographs. High definition JPEGs often end
up as very large files in the same way that EPS representations do.
- PDF (Portable document format): PDF files were invented by
Adobe. One of the major differences between EPS and PDF files is that
PDF files require the computer to be equipped with the foreign language
fonts in order to display the letters/characters properly. PDF files
tend to be smaller than their equivalent EPS for this reason.
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