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OCR and Scanning for Translation

This index lists the pages in this part of the site. Each entry names the question the linked page answers.

Written scope before work
Independent review of every page
Encrypted delivery with a control note

An open flatbed scanner on a wire shelf holding a photo, with stacked papers below. — A document set prepared for review

Pages that sit next to the scan index

Each page below takes up a different part of the primary document workflow.

Document translation services, where document pages mattersWhere its boundary sits, and why the office still decides.The page on translation practice, from intake to second readWhere its boundary sits, and why the office still decides.The toronto translation studio page, from intake to second readHow the set is prepared when document pages is the weak point.The academic journal paper translation pageIts own written scope, page list and second-read check.

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What changes in the scan index

The index is checked when pages are added or replaced.

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Descriptions
Short, so they do not drift.
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Authority
The linked page governs its own text.
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Broken links
Corrected or removed.
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Trigger
Pages added, replaced or retired.

The second reader checks the issuing office and the date of issue against the source image, then the period covered on the supporting schedule; numbers, dates and initials are read aloud, because those survive a silent read as plausible errors.

Descriptions are kept short so they do not drift from the page they describe. The linked page remains the authority for its own scope.

The index covers OCR and scanning for translation and links to the pages that take up each part of it.

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How to use the scan index

Choose the narrowest page that matches the question.

Working from PDF scan, the translator keeps the issuing office in place while the term list is fixed; the line items on the supporting schedule is settled in the same pass, so the two documents do not drift apart.

The linked page explains the scope and the checks. If the question is still open, the contact route is the next step, with the file and the target language named.

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4 · Write
Send the file and the language direction.
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2 · Read
The linked page sets out scope and checks.
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5 · Scope
A written scope follows the review.
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3 · Confirm
The office's instruction is checked.

A question about OCR and scanning for translation can start from any entry below; the linked page carries the detail.

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The limits of the scan index

A list of links is not an answer.

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Cost
A figure follows a document review.
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Choice
The reader's document decides the entry.
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Advice
No legal, immigration or tax advice.
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Missing
An absent page is not a refusal of the work.

The identification page is described here only as far as the document number and the photograph serve the set; anything it says about entitlement or status is left to the office that issued it.

the scan index does not decide whether a document will be accepted, which service is right, or what a job will cost. Those answers sit on the linked pages or with the receiving office.

The index is corrected when a page is added, replaced or retired.

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How pricing is reached from the scan index

What a reader should expect.

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Route
Pricing pages set out the factors.
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Scope
The written basis records what was assessed.
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Review
A figure follows a document assessment.
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Difference
Two similar entries can quote differently.

Effort follows the fields, not the word count: a primary document with the issuing office present takes longer than the same page without it, and a supporting schedule whose the period covered is unreadable is quoted again after the scan is replaced.

Two entries can look similar and still produce different quotes, because the page count, the language direction and the layout work differ.

No amount is published on this index page.

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From a chosen entry to a delivered set

The index hands the reader to a page; the page hands over a scope.

Each file is named for the document it contains: the primary document keeps its the title block, the supporting schedule keeps its the line items, and the folder opens in the order the receiving office reads it.

If a reader arrives at the wrong page, the index can be used again; the first click is not a commitment.

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Return
A wrong entry can be left without consequence.
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Scope
Written after the file is reviewed.
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Record
The scope, not the index, governs the job.
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Click
The linked page explains the work.

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What is not listed in the scan index

What the list leaves out.

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Detail
The linked page carries the full text.
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Coverage
Pages published in this section.
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Gaps
An absent page is not invented.
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Depth
The index signposts; it does not summarise.

Where the identification page exists only as a photograph, its the document number is marked for a legibility check before the page count is fixed, so the scope is not written against a file nobody can read.

The index covers the pages published in this section at the time of the last review. A page added later appears after the index is updated, not before.

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The purpose of the scan index

What the page is for.

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Grouping
Broad subjects lead to narrower pages.
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No ranking
The index does not recommend one page.
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Choice
The reader's document decides the entry.
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Entries
Each link names the question it answers.

A primary document reaches this desk with the title block and the reference number intact more often than the issuing office; the supporting schedule is read for the line items next, and the first comparison is between those two points rather than between whole paragraphs.

The index does not rank the pages or recommend one over another. The right entry depends on the document and the question the reader brings.

The index is a navigation page; it does not replace the detail.

Published rule

The rule behind recovered text

The citation is deliberate: it marks what can be relied on and what remains a decision for the receiving office.

IRCC's document instructions state that a translation must contain all the text that appears in the original, including letterhead, fine print and stamps, and must carry the date on which it was completed.

IRCC's published instructions require a supporting document in a language other than English or French to be accompanied by an official translation, certified by a certified translator or supported by an affidavit when no certified translator can be used.

In the scan pages, the citation sets the standard: every visible line, stamp and marginal note has to survive recovery and translation.

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Authority
IRCC — IRCC — what the translation must reproduce.
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What it settles
The form the translated set has to take for the scan index.
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What it leaves open
Whether the receiving office accepts the set; that decision is not made here.
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Second reference
IRCC — IRCC — Translation of supporting documents for applications.

The wording is quoted from the published page; where an office changes its instruction, the office's current text governs.

Source: IRCC — IRCC — what the translation must reproduce

FAQ

Questions about the scan index

A short set of answers for the moment before a primary document page set leaves your desk.

Why is there no price in the scan index?

A figure follows a review of the document. The index points to the pricing pages, which explain the factors.

Does the scan index list every page on the site?

The index covers this section. A new page is added after a review, not before.

What if an entry is missing?

The gap is left visible rather than filled with an invented page. Write to the studio with the subject.

How often is the scan index checked?

The list is reviewed with the pages it points to, and a broken link is treated as an error.

How do I choose the right entry in the scan index?

Pick the entry that matches the question you already have; the linked page carries the scope and the checks.

Next step

Send a question about the scan index

Write to the studio with the document, the target language and the office that will read the file. A written scope follows the review.

Nothing is translated before the scope is accepted, and no amount is quoted before the document is seen.

Email the studio

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