To exclude source content and incomplete translations from the translated file, you can set includeOriginalStrings to false. This means that when downloading the translated version of the file if a translation is authorized but not published or pre-published the source string will be present. By default includeOriginalStrings is true. IDML supports the includeOriginalStrings directive. To translate Adobe InDesign files using Smartling, you or your designer must simply export the document to the IDML format (.idml). Preparing Adobe InDesign Files for Translation Export to. Smartling does not support the Adobe InDesign native binary file format (.indd). DTP can take time and resources in your translation process so it is important to follow the steps outlined below for best results when translating Adobe InDesign Files. Once the IDML has been translated, post-translation production in the form of desktop publishing (DTP) takes place to produce the translated PDF. IDML is most often used as a native file format for PDF documents. IDML is a lightweight XML-based format that is ideal for data exchange with tools like Smartling. Smartling supports files in the Adobe InDesign Markup Language format (IDML). You can use Smartling to translate the content of Adobe InDesign documents.

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