[scribus] Trilingual template - design ideas

[S B]

As a consumer of such things (multi-language guides), I find the least
confusing to be one in which the pictures sit above the various
translations; perhaps a good guide for this might be HP or Canon; HP setup
instructions are always fairly understandable, though printed in five
languages (Sanskrit, Swahili,Mandarin,Nepalese,and Demotic Greek); other
instruction booklets or "setup maps" are not so simple.  For HP, I"m
thinking of the little road map they give you when you buy a printer.
Sounds similar to what you need. Canon stuff is fairly simple, as well.

Do we have a depository where all these wonderful things people produce with
Scribus can be placed (mine are mostly short pubs, flyers, business
materials, and some religious materials).  I'd be delighted to see what
everyone has done.
Steve B.

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Gerard Cunningham <gerard at faduda.net>wrote:

> On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 07:17 -0500, John Culleton wrote:
> > On Saturday 28 November 2009 08:58:16 Gerard Cunningham
> > wrote:
> > > This isn't strictly a Scribus issue, but I thought I'd ask for ideas
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > I've produced a guidebook, basically an A5 publication
> > containing ext
> > > and descriptions, whih allows visitors to retrace an early
> > medieval
> > > pilgrimage spot.
> > >
> > > Anyway, the spec has changed, and I've now been asked to
> > create a
> > > trilingual version (English, Irish and Scots Gallic). The suggested
> > > revision is that I cram three columns into each page, which
> > frankly
> > > won't work. As an alternative, I suggested either (a) doing the
> > three
> > > languages sequentially, or (b) preserving the current English
> > pages and
> > > adding facing pages, and on the facing pages putting the
> > translations in
> > > two columns.
> > >
> > > So my question is, has anyone here ever done similar, and do
> > you have
> > > any templates/proofs I could look at for inspiration.
> > It is of course possible to lay out the the book with a wide page.
>
> I assume widebook means landscape rather than portrait orientation?
>
> > I have a nice book on my shelf "The Artist's Guide to Gimp
> > Effects" that has dimensions of roughly 10 x 8 inches.
>
> That would mean doubling up in size from A5 to A4, if my vaguely
> remembered imperial measures are accurate. Unfortunately, that's not
> something I can do. A5 it is, and A5 it must remain. Any larger, and it
> won't fit conveniently in a trekker's pocket.
>
> >  And my e-
> > book below is in two columns on a 11 x 8.5 in page layout. The
> > uses larger than normal type (14 pt) since it is intended for
> > on line reading as well as printing out.
>
> At the moment the type is 12pt Arial, since I got usability complaints
> whenever I went smaller. (I'm not wedded to Arial, but I am limited for
> now to freely licensed fonts)
>
>
>
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> Gerard Cunningham
> Journalist
> Kildare town, Co Kildare
>
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