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Import workflow

Bring a Latin source into the workspace carefully.

A PDF, scan, or captured page is only the beginning. Before translating, the source text needs to be checked, cleaned, and divided into sentences so the analysis can stay reliable.

Prepare a passage in viaFlaminia Source care guide
Latin passage preparation workflow from source capture to draft
Latin passage preparation workflow from source capture to draft
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Source care

Verify the text before analysis.

An OCR mistake can look like a grammar problem. A missing macron, a confused letter, or a broken line can send the whole translation in the wrong direction.

Before you mark morphology, compare the imported text with the source and fix obvious errors.

A clean setup

Prepare the passage in stages.

  • Use only public-domain, licensed, owned, or otherwise lawful material.
  • Import, paste, drag, or capture the passage where supported.
  • Check line breaks, names, punctuation, and sentence boundaries.
  • Focus one sentence before adding glosses or drafting.
  • Keep the source nearby when a form or word looks suspicious.

Translation starts after setup

A clean source makes the method work.

The point of importing a PDF or scan is not to automate the whole passage. It is to give the learner a reliable starting text so the real translation work can happen sentence by sentence.

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How viaFlaminia helps

viaFlaminia supports text import and capture workflows, then moves the passage into the same sentence-focus, gloss, morphology, and drafting method. Source care and translation method belong together.

Do not let a bad source pretend to be a hard sentence.

Source rule

Keep learning

Use these guides as a method, not a shortcut. The stronger habit is to make each translation decision visible before accepting a final English sentence.

Next steps

Build the habit around this page.

RelatedPreparing a passageSet up the work before translating.RelatedCapture or importBring Latin into viaFlaminia.RelatedTranslation stepsUse the clean source in a structured method.

FAQ

Before you start.

Can I scan any Latin book?

Use only public-domain, licensed, owned, or otherwise lawful material, and do not redistribute captured text unless you have permission or another legal basis.

Is OCR perfect?

No. Always verify the source before treating an imported text as grammar evidence.