Sometimes when e-learning professionals are developing courses up against a deadline, the Testing and Quality Assurance phase can take a backseat or, worse, be ignored altogether. This is a b...
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Excellent. I might also add for Tip 3, if appropriate, to test translations. The last project I worked on was translated into 8 different languages. We had a professional translation service complete the bulk of it, but when we had our in-country reviewers take a look, they made some minor changes to phrasing which we were able to add before publication.
Conversely, some of the content was not translated, but was expected to be used by non-native English speakers. We paid special attention to the text to make sure that the language was as simple and clear as possible, which, of course, is always part of the plan anyway. We had some of that user group review the English to confirm is could be easily understood by non-native speakers.
Conversely, some of the content was not translated, but was expected to be used by non-native English speakers. We paid special attention to the text to make sure that the language was as simple and clear as possible, which, of course, is always part of the plan anyway. We had some of that user group review the English to confirm is could be easily understood by non-native speakers.
Those are great tips Christopher! Especially the tip about translation. You were lucky that in your case you only needed to do minor tweaking but I've seen situations where text that was translated by a professional company, and when reviewed it was reviewed by a local employee or customer who spoke the language, they saw tons of problems. So that's a huge area to be on the lookout for. Thanks again, Christopher :)