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Translation languages

Note
- ^*1 German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Italian
- ^*2 Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian

File format	Details
Plain text	File extension: txt Character encoding: UTF -8 (with/without BOM)
Microsoft Word	File extension: docx (Microsoft Office 2010 or later and Microsoft 365)
Microsoft Excel	File extension: xlsx (Microsoft Office 2010 or later and Microsoft 365)
Microsoft PowerPoint	File extension: pptx (Microsoft Office 2010 or later and Microsoft 365)
PDF（Portable Document Format）	File extension: pdf

Item	Description
Text to be translated	Body and note text to be translated, as well as alternate text for objects. Some text cannot be translated. Examples: Ruby characters, enclosed text, etc.
Font size	When translating Japanese into English: 20% reduction When translating Chinese (Simplified/Traditional) into Japanese: 25% reduction Other: No change
Character decoration (Microsoft Word/PowerPoint)	When the translation language is Japanese ↔ English or Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), character decoration is retained whenever possible. Examples: Text color, bold, strikethrough, italic, underline, superscript, subscript, etc. Note However, if multiple character decorations are applied within the same sentence, some character decorations may not be retained. For other translation languages, only some character decorations will be retained. Example: Character decoration applied to an entire sentence that is separated by punctuation Note Although character decoration applied to only parts of sentences will not be retained, links will be set at the end of the sentence for hyperlinks and footnotes. However, footnote links will be set only for Microsoft Word.
Character decoration (Microsoft Excel)	Character decorations will not be retained.
Files with security restrictions	Files with passwords or other security restrictions may not be able to be translated. Note Try first removing the security restrictions on the file.

Item	Description
Text to be translated	For files that do not have text data, an attempt will be made to load text from the image data. It may therefore be difficult to maintain the layout or translation accuracy compared to other file formats. Translation may not be possible depending on the data contained in the PDF.
Output file format	Specify either Microsoft Word or PowerPoint in the pre-translation settings