DITA English and Multilingual Deployment

DITA, which is already widely used in Europe and the United States. Each manufacturer utilizes DITA to efficiently create and manage large and frequently updated manuals and documents.
Even in domestic manufacturers, the number of companies adopting DITA or considering it is gradually increasing, and it is expected to become the mainstream in the future.
Human Science is a DITA player and participates in DITA Consortium Japan, providing specialized services for DITA and promoting its widespread use.

Solution Process

Based on the document and manual production know-how cultivated since our founding in 1985, we will propose an efficient management, operation, and maintenance flow for large amounts of documents using systems.

Pre-implementation consultation

• Hearing (Confirmation of customer's concerns and requests)

  • ・Document Management・Investigation of Operational Status
  • - Analysis and evaluation of manual and document structure

Design

• Design and Requirements Definition

  • - Manual and document design, document structure, design layout, structure, information organization, etc.
  • - System (CMS) Design

Development

• Development

  • - System (CMS) Development

Implementation Support

• ・Pre-implementation Education
• ・Operation
• ・Support

We will provide production and proposal tailored to your needs from introduction to operation.

• - Manual and document reconstruction
• - Manual Rewrite
• 　Benefits of Rewriting Text Before Implementing DITA
• ・Modularization, Topic Writing (in case of DITA conversion)
• ・Translation
• ・Coding, XML editing

DITA services provided by Human Science Co., Ltd.

Translation Cost (Repetition Section) Cost Reduction

In a normal document, even when using translation support software, the Repetition (*) section incurs a cost of about 10% of the translation cost. However, with DITA, which manages units independently, there is no Repetition cost at the paragraph level.
(*) The same location can be reused at the sentence level when it appears repeatedly.

Shortening Work Cycles

By translating on a unit basis, you can continuously check the translated text in small units. There is no need to check a large amount of documents at once. This solves the problem of not having enough time to check thoroughly.

Stable Workflow

The XML standard used in DITA is not affected by computer environments. In programs like Word, there is a problem where the appearance of files can differ depending on the environment, often requiring coordination between translation companies and clients. On the other hand, DITA is not dependent on environments and even when processed through translation support software, it does not affect layout, allowing for a significant reduction in workload during pre- and post-translation processes.

Cost Reduction through DTP Automation

With DITA, you can automatically generate documents in multiple media (PDF/HTML/CHM/ePub, etc.) from a single source. This eliminates the need for editing and authoring work that was previously done for each medium.
In particular, for multilingual projects, you can significantly reduce the cost and effort of editing and authoring by the number of languages.