Translate InDesign IDML files — without working in InDesign.
Ask your designer or agency for an IDML file. Translate and review every segment in Polyframe, then return complete language versions with structure, styles and tables preserved — ready for final layout review.
Stop copy-pasting text out of the layout.
Moving text through spreadsheets, email and InDesign creates repeated handoffs. Every correction must be pasted back, every language repeats the process, and Adobe access becomes a bottleneck.
Translate the document without learning page-layout software.
IDML in, IDML out
Open an IDML supplied by the designer or agency. Polyframe keeps the original package as the base for every exported language version.
Work without InDesign
Translate and review text in a clean grid with document context, statuses and length guidance. No Adobe seat or page-layout training required.
One source, many languages
Add and review target languages independently, then export a separate IDML for every finished version in one operation.
Translate your way
Write manually, use your preferred online or local AI, exchange text through an Excel-compatible file, or combine these methods.
Translations and terminology
Reuse approved segment pairs, names and fixed phrases. Brand, protected and do-not-translate rules keep important wording consistent.
Ready for layout review
Formatting markers, length signals and warnings reveal issues before export. The designer still performs the final layout and overflow check.
Choose how you want to work.
Own Polyframe with a one-time Perpetual License and bring your own AI, or choose a monthly Cloud plan with managed AI and included usage.
- ✓ One-time license with your own AI
- ✓ Monthly Cloud with managed AI
- ✓ Manual translation in either option
- ✓ Open 30-day beta for macOS
Stop being the copy-paste bridge.
Give translators an IDML, receive complete language versions and focus your time on the final visual and overflow check.
Explore for designers →Accept IDML projects without InDesign.
Translate and review complete documents without an Adobe seat, then return IDML files for the designer's final layout check.
Explore for translators →⁂What changes in the workflow
Open macOS beta · 2026Work directly on document segments instead of disconnected strings. Context, statuses and length guidance stay beside the text throughout translation and review.
Keep every target language in one project and export complete IDML versions together. Revisions stay connected instead of creating another spreadsheet handoff.
Receive translated IDML files with the original structure preserved. The designer can move straight to the final visual and overflow check instead of pasting every correction.
Workflow examples, not customer testimonials. Verified customer results will be added separately.
See how Polyframe handles an IDML workflow.
Watch a short walkthrough of the application before choosing the plan that fits your work.