Brochures & marketing
Publications, advertisements, marketing materials and business cards with consistent typography in the target languages.
Language takes shape
Translation changes text length. A different script changes typesetting. We bring the two together: multilingual typesetting, careful layout adaptation and prepress for your international publications.
Translation, typesetting and output in one coordinated project.
Languages. Service. Quality. Technology.
depending on project volume and requirements
localization experience at zappmedia GmbH, since 1993
completed localization projects
published feedback from our clients
for translation, voice recording, subtitling and transcription
TÜV-audited quality management at zappmedia GmbH, since 2006
From manuals to packaging, we integrate translated content into your existing design. Text, typography and page layout are reviewed together.
Publications, advertisements, marketing materials and business cards with consistent typography in the target languages.
Technical documents with readable tables, consistent illustrations and carefully adapted line and page breaks.
Multilingual content for limited space, with agreed font selection and prepress output.
Multilingual typesetting considers characters, word breaks, hyphenation and the conventions of the target market.
Right-to-left typesetting affects text flow, alignment and page sequence. Embedded numbers and Latin terms need particular attention.
Simplified or traditional Chinese characters are selected for the target market. Japanese text can be horizontal or vertical, depending on the publication.
Accents, special characters and suitable font coverage matter as much as hyphenation and readable line lengths.
Files & output
We review your source files and agree editable formats, required fonts and the intended output before production begins.
Examples from the existing zappmedia portfolio.



Multilingual typesetting brochure · German · PDF
Four steps connect translation, layout and approval.
We clarify layouts, images, fonts, target languages and the required output together.
Translation and terminology are coordinated with the existing design and typesetting.
Text frames, line breaks, characters and writing directions are reviewed in the target language.
You receive the agreed layout and print files after review and approval.
Page count, target languages, file format, layout complexity and print requirements determine the work involved. We review your files and quote for translation and multilingual typesetting to suit the project.
An individual quote governs the work; a page count alone is not a sufficient estimate.
The translation price list provides guidance. Multilingual typesetting and creative adaptation are quoted according to the specific project scope.
Explore price listsIdeally, the editable layout file or an appropriate interchange format, together with images, available fonts and a PDF of the original for reference. If only a PDF is available, we first clarify the preparation work required.
Your design is the starting point. Target-language text may be longer or shorter, so we carefully adapt fonts, spacing, line breaks and text frames. We agree any necessary design changes with you.
Yes. The existing service includes high-resolution PDFs for prepress. Required output specifications and any additional formats are agreed for your project in advance.
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A selection of our clients and partners.
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Multilingual typesetting takes account of country-specific characters and typesetting conventions, together with the appropriate word, syllable and sentence breaks.
We provide multilingual typesetting in all languages for brochures, manuals, technical documentation, packaging, print advertisements, marketing materials, documents, business cards and more.
Your original file layout remains unchanged; typography and spacing in the foreign-language text are harmoniously adapted.
Asian and Middle Eastern typesetting requires further considerations. For example, Persian, Hebrew and Arabic are set from right to left, while Japanese may be set from top to bottom. Books and other publications then have their binding on the right because, from our perspective, they are read “from back to front”.
Chinese can be set in simplified characters (People’s Republic of China / simplified Chinese) or traditional characters (Taiwan / traditional Chinese). Selecting the most appropriate character set benefits your publications for China.
On Mac and PC, we process all common file formats: InDesign® / Illustrator® / Acrobat / FrameMaker® / Photoshop® / PageMaker®, as well as QuarkXPress® and Microsoft Office®.
Our specialists create print files for your publications and presentations in other languages.
For prepress, we produce high-resolution PDFs containing all necessary typesetting information, allowing further processing by any printing company.
We also offer conversion of font data to outlines and delivery as EPS or TIF files.
Amharic ⋅ Arabic ⋅ Armenian ⋅ Athabaskan ⋅ Bengali ⋅ Bulgarian ⋅ Burmese ⋅ Cherokee ⋅ Chinese ⋅ Devanagari ⋅ Eritrean ⋅ Gaelic ⋅ Georgian ⋅ Glagolitic ⋅ Greek ⋅ Gujarati ⋅ Gurmukhi ⋅ Hebrew ⋅ Hindi ⋅ Indonesian ⋅ Inuit ⋅ Ivrit ⋅ Japanese ⋅ Cambodian ⋅ Kannada ⋅ Korean ⋅ Lao ⋅ Latvian ⋅ Lithuanian ⋅ Malayalam ⋅ Malay ⋅ Macedonian ⋅ Moldovan ⋅ Mongolian ⋅ Nepali ⋅ Pashto ⋅ Persian ⋅ Polish ⋅ Punjabi ⋅ Romanian ⋅ Russian ⋅ Sinhala ⋅ Slovak ⋅ Slovenian ⋅ Swahili ⋅ Syriac ⋅ Tamil ⋅ Telugu ⋅ Thai ⋅ Tibetan ⋅ Tigre ⋅ Tigrinya ⋅ Czech ⋅ Turkish ⋅ Ukrainian ⋅ Hungarian ⋅ Urdu ⋅ Vietnamese ⋅ Belarusian
The following are examples of country-specific scripts and special characters:
German
Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß
Danish / Norwegian
Å Æ Ø å æ ø
Finnish / Swedish
Å Ä Ö å ä ö
Dutch
É Ë Ï Ó Ÿ é ë ï ó ÿ
French
À Â Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Î Ï Ô Œ Ù Û Ÿ à â æ ç è é ê ë î ï ô œ ù û ÿ
Italian
À È É Ì Í Ï Ò Ó Ù Ú à è é ì í ï ò ó ù ú
Spanish
Á É Í Ñ Ó Ú á ç é í ñ ó ú ü ª º ¡ ¿
Portuguese
Â Ã Ç Ê Ó Ô Õ â ã ç ê ó ô õ ü
Polish
Ą Ć Ę Ł Ń Ó Ś Ź Ż ą ć ę ł ń ó ś ź ż
Czech
Á Č Ď É Ě Í Ň Ó Ř Š Ť Ú Ů Ý Ž á č ď é ĕ í ň ó ř š ť ú ů ý ž
Slovak
Á Ä Č Ď É Í Ĺ Ľ Ň Ó Ô Ŕ Š Ť Ú Ý Ž á ä č ď é í ĺ ľ ň ó ô ŕ š ť ú ý ž
Slovenian
Č Š Ž č š ž
Romanian
Â Ă Î Ş Ţ â ă î ş ţ
Hungarian
Á É Í Ó Ö Ő Ú Ü Ű á é í ó ö ő ú ü ű
Maltese
Ċ Ġ Ħ Ż ċ ġ ħ ż
Estonian
Ä Č Õ Ö Š Ü Ž ä č õ ö š ü ž
Lithuanian
Ą Ė Ę Į Ū Ų ą ė ę į ū ų
Latvian
Ā Č Ē Ģ Ī Ķ Ļ Ņ Ō Ŗ Š Ū Ž ā č ē ģ ī ķ ļ ņ ō ŗ š ū ž
Greek
Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω
Bulgarian (Cyrillic)
А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ь Ю Я а б в г д е ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ь ю я
Russian (Cyrillic)
А Б В Г Д Е Ё Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я
Arabic
ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي
Hebrew
א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י ך כ ל ם מ ן נ ס ע ף פ ץ צ ק ר ש ת
Chinese – simplified characters
万 与 丑 专 业 丛 东 丝 两 严 丧 个 丰 临 丸 为 丽 举 乃 么 义 乌 乐 乔 习 乡 书 买 乱 了 争 亏 云 产 亩 亲 亵 亿 仅 仆 从 仑 仓 仪 们 价 仿 众 优 伙 会 伛 伞 伟 传 伤 伥 伧 伪 体 余 佣 佥 侥 侦 侨 侩 侬 党 兰 关 兴 养 兽 冈 册 写 军 农 冬 冯 冻 几 凤 凫 凭 凯 凶 出 击 凿 刍 划 刘 则 刚 创 刨 制 刽 刿 剂 剐 剧 劝 办 务 劢 动 励 劳 势 勋 匡 匦 匮 区 医 千 华 协 单 卖 卜 卢 卤 卧 卫 厂 厄 厅 历 厉 压 厌 厍 厘 厣 厮 县 参 双 发 变 叶 号 叹 叽 吁 吃 合 后 向 吓 吗 吨 听 回 团 园 困 围 囵 国 图 圆 圣 圹 场 坏 块 坚 坛 坛 坜 坝 坟 坠 垄 垆 垒 垦 垫
Chinese – traditional characters
萬 與 醜 專 業 叢 東 絲 兩 嚴 喪 箇 豐 臨 汍 為 麗 舉 迺 麽 義 烏 樂 喬 習 鄉 書 買 亂 暸 爭 虧 雲 產 畝 親 褻 億 僅 僕 從 崙 倉 儀 們 價 倣 衆 優 夥 會 傴 傘 偉 傳 傷 倀 傖 偽 體 餘 傭 僉 僥 偵 僑 儈 儂 黨 蘭 關 興 養 獸 岡 冊 寫 軍 農 鼕 馮 凍 幾 鳳 鳧 憑 凱 兇 齣 擊 鑿 芻 劃 劉 則 剛 創 鑤 製 劊 劌 劑 剮 劇 勸 辦 務 勱 動 勵 勞 勢 勛 劻 匭 匱 區 醫 韆 華 協 單 賣 蔔 盧 滷 臥 衛 廠 阨 廳 歷 厲 壓 厭 厙 釐 厴 廝 縣 參 雙 髮 變 葉 號 嘆 嘰 籲 喫 閤 後 嚮 嚇 嗎 噸 聽 迴 團 園 睏 圍 圇 國 圖 圓 聖 壙 場 壞 塊 堅 壇 罈 壢 壩 墳 墜 壟 壚 壘 墾 墊
Japanese – Kanji · Hiragana · Katakana
一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 万 億 月 火 水 木 金 土 日 大 中 小 上 下 左 右 山 川 林 森 赤 青 黄 白 黒 草 花 天 雨 晴 曇 雹 空 春 夏 秋 冬 喜 怒 哀 楽 朝 昼 晩 渡 辺 誠 あ い う え お か き く け こ さ し す せ そ た ち つ て と な に ぬ ね の は ひ ふ へ ほ ま み む め も や ゆ よ ら り る れ ろ わ を ん が ぎ ぐ げ ご ざ じ ず ぜ ぞ ば び ぶ べ ぼ ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ ア イ ウ エ オ カ キ ク ケ コ サ シ ス セ ソ タ チ ツ テ ノ ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ ハ ヒ フ ヘ ホ マ ミ ム メ モ ヤ ユ ヨ ラ リ ル レ ロ ワ ヲ ン ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴ ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾ バ ビ ブ ベ ボ パ ピ プ ペ ポ
Korean
가 갸 거 겨 고 교 구 규 그 기 나 냐 너 녀 노 뇨 누 뉴 느 니 다 댜 더 뎌 도 됴 두 듀 드 디 라 랴 러 료 로 료 루 류 르 리 마 먀 머 며 모 묘 무 뮤 므 미 바 뱌 버 벼 보 뵤 부 뷰 브 비 사 샤 서 셔 소 쇼 수 슈 스 시 아 야 어 여 오 요 우 유 으 이 자 쟈 저 져 조 죠 주 쥬 즈 지 차 챠 처 쳐 초 쵸 추 츄 츠 치 카 캬 커 켜 코 쿄 쿠 큐 크 키 타 탸 터 텨 토 툐 투 튜 트 티 파 퍄 퍼 펴 포 표 푸 퓨 프 피 하 햐 허 혀 호 효 후 휴 흐 히 까 꺄 꺼 껴 꼬 꾜 꾸 뀨 끄 끼 따 땨 떠 뗘 또 뚀 뚜 뜌 뜨 띠 빠 뺘 뻐 뼈 뽀 뾰 뿌 쀼 쁘 삐 싸 쌰 써 쎠 쏘 쑈 쑤 쓔 쓰 씨 짜 쨔 쩌 쪄 쪼 쬬 쭈 쮸 쯔 찌
Vietnamese
Á À Ả Ã Ạ Ă Ắ Ằ Ẳ Ẵ Ặ Â Ấ Ầ Ẩ Ẫ Ậ Đ É È Ẻ Ẽ Ẹ Ê Ế Ề Ể Ễ Ệ Í Ì Ỉ Ĩ Ị Ó Ò Ỏ Õ Ọ Ô Ố Ồ Ổ Ỗ Ộ Ơ Ớ Ờ Ở Ỡ Ợ Ú Ù Ủ Ũ Ụ Ư Ứ Ừ Ử Ữ Ự Ý Ỳ Ỷ Ỹ Ỵ á à ả ã ạ ă ắ ằ ẳ ẵ ặ â ấ ầ ẩ ẫ ậ đ é è ẻ ẽ ẹ ê ế ề ể ễ ệ í ì ỉ ĩ ị ó ò ỏ õ ọ ô ố ồ ổ ỗ ộ ơ ớ ờ ở ỡ ợ ú ù ủ ũ ụ ư ứ ừ ử ữ ự ý ỳ ỷ ỹ ỵ
Thai
ก ข ฃ ค ฅ ฆ ง จ ฉ ช ซ ฌ ญ ฎ ฏ ฐ ฑ ฒ ณ ด ต ถ ท ธ น บ ป ผ ฝ พ ฟ ภ ม ย ร ล ว ศ ษ ส ห ฬ อ ฮ
Hindi – Devanagari
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ए ऐ ओ औ ब भ द ड ध ढ ग घ ह ज झ य क ख म न ञ ण ङ ल प फ र स ष श च छ त ट थ ठ व
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