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§ Division 02 — DTP & Localization

Global scale.
Local precision.

Complex script formatting, RTL languages, and multilingual DTP workflows built for the volume and accuracy that international publishers demand.

Language Support

Scripts and languages handled in-house.

RTL
Arabic
Naskh / Nastaliq
InDesign ME, Quark ME. Full kashida, diacritics, bi-directional text support.
RTL
Hebrew
Modern / Biblical
Nikud (vowel points), cantillation marks, mixed Hebrew-Latin layouts.
RTL
Farsi / Persian
Perso-Arabic
Nastaliq support, contextual ligatures, numeric systems.
RTL
Urdu
Nastaliq
Complex ligature handling, vertical text metrics, mixed script documents.
Simplified Chinese
GB18030 / Unicode
Simplified Han, GB standard compliance, vertical text, justified CJK setting.
Traditional Chinese
Big5 / Unicode
Traditional Han, Hong Kong/Taiwan variants, mixed orientation layouts.
Japanese
JIS / Unicode
Kana, Kanji, furigana, tate-chu-yoko, JIS X 4051 line composition rules.
Korean
Hangul / Hanja
Hangul composition, Hanja support, mixed Korean-Latin scientific documents.
Hindi / Devanagari
Unicode
Conjunct consonants, matras, anusvara. OpenType shaping via InDesign.
Tamil
Unicode
Tamil script, in-house native Tamil DTP specialists. Academic and trade output.
Telugu / Kannada
Unicode
Complex conjunct handling, vowel marks, mixed-script scientific texts.
Malayalam / Bengali
Unicode
Full OpenType support, complex ligatures, educational and trade publishing.
German / French
Latin Extended
Hyphenation dictionaries, special characters, Neue Deutsche Rechtschreibung.
Spanish / Portuguese
Latin Extended
Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese variants, ñ, ã, accented characters, TeX support.
Eastern European
Latin / Cyrillic
Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian diacritics. Cyrillic for Russian, Ukrainian.
Nordic Languages
Latin Extended
Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish — including Å, Ø, Æ handling in all formats.
Tech Stack

Software & formats we work in.

DTP & Layout
Adobe InDesign (ME)Primary
Adobe FrameMakerPrimary
QuarkXPress (ME)Active
3B2 (Advent)Active
LaTeX / XeLaTeXActive
XML & Structured
Oxygen XML EditorPrimary
DITA / JATS / BITSActive
XSLT TransformationsActive
EPUB 3 ProductionActive
MathML / ChemMLActive
Translation & CAT
SDL Trados StudioPrimary
memoQActive
Phrase (Memsource)Active
XLIFF / TMXActive
Terminology ManagementActive
Format Support

Input & output format matrix.

Format / File Type Receive Process Deliver Notes
.indd / .idml✓✓✓All versions CS4+
.fm / .book (FrameMaker)✓✓✓Structured & unstructured
.docx / .doc✓✓✓Styles-mapped import
XML (JATS / BITS / DITA)✓✓✓Schema-validated output
PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-4✓✓✓Press-ready preflighted
EPUB 3 (reflowable)✓✓✓WCAG AA accessible
EPUB 3 (fixed layout)✓✓✓Children's, art books
XLIFF / SDLXLIFF✓✓✓CAT tool compatible
HTML5 / CSS✓✓✓Responsive & accessible
SCORM 1.2 / 2004—✓✓eLearning division

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many languages and scripts does B2K's multilingual DTP cover?

More than 40 languages, including right-to-left scripts (Arabic, Hebrew), CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) and Indic scripts (Devanagari, Tamil), all handled in-house.

What localization tools and workflows does B2K use?

InDesign ME, Adobe FrameMaker and TransTools XLIFF workflows for translation-ready, tag-clean multilingual typesetting.

Can B2K keep layout parity across translated versions?

Yes. Multilingual typesetting is produced to the client's source specification with layout parity across all language versions, under the same four-round QC.