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The project that introduced me to professional Desktop Publishing.
For this multilingual localization project, I adapted restaurant menu designs from English into Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu using Adobe Illustrator. My role was to integrate the client-provided translations while preserving the original layout, typography, and visual identity across all language versions.
Working with multilingual layouts and complex Illustrator elements strengthened my understanding of production-ready DTP workflows and laid the foundation for my career in localization.
Services Demonstrated
• Multilingual Desktop Publishing (DTP)
• Adobe Illustrator localization
• Restaurant menu formatting
• Layout adaptation for Indic languages
• Brand-consistent multilingual artwork
This project marks the beginning of my journey in Desktop Publishing—and the start of building expertise in multilingual document and graphic localization for clients across different industries.
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