You're piecing together bits and pieces of translations. That's the top 10 most common mistakes when translating documents. All can be avoided by working with a quality translator and following some simple guidelines. Beautiful design in English often looks hideous in another language. Here's why and a few design tips for getting around it.
Designers love white space.
With foreign languages, they need an even stronger devotion. A designer has to allow for the extra space required. In a foreign language, there are often too many words to fit the callout space. Solve the problem by using key letters with a legend. Narrow columns, another favorite of designers, are taboo with German and Scandinavian translations.