Document Conversion

USD 7/h

LOGITOPE offers a highly competitive manual solution for converting PDF and images files into MS Word documents. The result are professionally formatted, clean files that ensure a smooth translation process and ultimately lead to lower costs.

At per-page prices typically in the range from USD 0.50 to USD 2.50, we convert your PDF or image file into a MS Word document optimized for CAT use with correct spelling and all formatting attributes such as tables, columns, automatic table of contents, etc. as appropriate. See CAT Compatibility for further information on our conversion method.

The following table shows approximate prices for different kinds of documents and requirements, and you can find additional information on the factors influencing cost on the Document Types and Conversion Cost page. The exact price is based on an hourly rate of USD 7—please contact us for a no-obligation quote.

Conversion PDF/Image —> DOCX/DOC	Text Extraction	Positioned text with essential formatting*	Full formatting	Full formatting
Complexity	Any	Any	low to medium	medium to high
App. per-page price for copyable text	USD 0.25 - 1.00	USD 0.50 - 1.50	USD 0.50 - 1.50	USD 1.50 - 2.50
App. additional cost for OCR/spell check (high quality scan)	USD 0.50 - 0.75
Additional cost for OCR/spell check (low quality scan)	Price upon request. Spell checking for low quality scans can be extremely time-consuming - direct translation from PDF may be more efficient.
All text editable	*	*	*	*
Manual correction of spelling	*	*	*	*
Correct paper size	*	*	*	*
Line breaks optimized for CAT use	*	*	*	*
No multiple spaces or tabulators	*	*	*	*
Correct text position		*	*	*
Columns		*	*	*
Sub-sentence level text formatting (font type, size, bold, italics, etc.)		*	*	*
All text formatting (font type, size, bold, italics, alignment, line spacing, etc.)			*	*
Use of MS Word styles to structure the document			*	*
Automatic table of contents			*	*
Text in images typed into text boxes	*	*	*	*
All images included and positioned correctly			*	*
Diagrams converted to images with editable text			*	*
Tables with correct basic structure		*	*	*
Fully formatted tables			*	*

* "Essential" refers to all formatting that is necessary for typesetting of the target language without knowledge the target language. For example, bold type would be considered essential because the typesetter would have to know which words to set bold in the target language. However, the background color of a paragraph or the exact look of a headline would be unimportant.