Product Catalog Translation Services for Global Markets

Stepes supports catalogs for manufacturing, industrial equipment, technology, electronics, automotive, transportation, construction, energy, medical and laboratory equipment, retail, consumer products, food and beverage, packaging, agriculture, and many other product categories. Workflows are configured according to subject matter, source format, target languages, content structure, and final deliverables.

Yes. Stepes supports Adobe InDesign and multilingual desktop publishing workflows for product catalogs. Providing the complete native source package whenever available helps support efficient translation, layout adaptation, linked-asset management, and final production of editable and publication-ready multilingual files.

Yes. PDF catalogs can often be translated, but the optimal workflow depends on how the PDF was created. Stepes reviews whether the file contains editable text, flattened graphics, scanned content, embedded images, or other elements and then determines an appropriate extraction, translation, reconstruction, formatting, and QA process.

Yes, whenever possible. Original InDesign, Illustrator, FrameMaker, Word, PowerPoint, or other editable source files generally provide better access to text, graphics, styles, and page structure, making multilingual production more efficient and improving final editability and formatting quality.

Project preparation can identify designated SKUs, part numbers, model numbers, product codes, variables, and other fields as protected content. These rules help prevent identifiers that should remain unchanged from being unintentionally translated or altered during multilingual processing.

Yes. Stepes can work with product content exported from PIM, PXM, database, ecommerce, and other enterprise content systems. Depending on the customer environment, workflows can use structured files, portal-based processes, APIs, or customized integrations.

Yes. Stepes supports common structured formats including Excel, CSV, XML, JSON, and other data files. Processing rules can distinguish translatable fields from keys, identifiers, formulas, variables, tags, delimiters, and other content that needs to remain protected.

Stepes uses terminology management, translation memory, style guidance, protected-term rules, and professional review to maintain consistent multilingual product language. Approved terms can be reused across product families, catalog editions, ecommerce content, documentation, and other related channels.

Translation memory stores previously translated and approved bilingual content so identical or similar content can be identified in future projects. Because product catalogs often repeat descriptions, features, headings, technical phrases, and specifications, translation memory can reduce repetitive work while improving consistency between releases.

Yes. Different catalog content can be routed according to its purpose and requirements. High-volume structured attributes may use AI-assisted workflows with automated controls, while technical specifications may require subject-qualified review and high-visibility marketing descriptions may benefit from professional localization or transcreation.

Yes. Stepes provides multilingual DTP services that can address text expansion, international fonts, page layout, tables, graphics, image-based text, and right-to-left requirements. Depending on the project scope, deliverables can include formatted multilingual PDFs and editable source files.

Yes. Text embedded within product graphics, diagrams, charts, callouts, illustrations, and other visual assets can be included in the localization workflow when required. The translated content can then be reintegrated into the appropriate graphical or publishing format.

Stepes preserves numerical accuracy and follows project-specific rules for measurements, dimensions, decimal formats, units, and other product data. Market-specific conversion or localization can be performed when explicitly required and approved rather than applied indiscriminately.

Yes. Translation memory and terminology management can help reuse approved product language across catalogs, ecommerce listings, product pages, marketplaces, technical documentation, and other channels where the same content appears. Structured workflows can further support reuse across connected product-content systems.

Yes. Continuous translation workflows can support new products, modified specifications, revised descriptions, seasonal releases, and other catalog updates. Previously approved translations and terminology can be reused where appropriate while new or changed content is routed through the required translation and review process.

Stepes provides professional catalog translation services in more than 100 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Vietnamese, Thai, and many other global and regional languages.

Turnaround depends on catalog size, language count, subject matter, source-file condition, content repetition, review requirements, DTP complexity, and final deliverables. Stepes evaluates these factors during project analysis and builds a workflow and schedule appropriate to the specific catalog.