Although I know how to translate a course into a different language, is there a way that a language can be initially chosen by the user, and the player be put into that language? I work at a global company and would like to offer a course in which the user initially chooses their language, and a particular pdf within their language, as well as the Storyline Player changes to their language. From the choice made, the course branches into that language scene. Is this a possibilty currently with Storyline?
The Text Labels provide the text for the Player (including system messages). You can only select one language for the Text Labels in a given project. So it's best to put each language in its own Storyline file.
It is possible to "wrap" a set of published SCORM packages into one big SCORM package. Special coding lets the user choose a language, and then it launches that version. However, I haven't handled that aspect myself, so I can't offer any recommendations about who does it.
Carlos, I agree with Judy. I was glad she confirmed language can't be changed. I too work for a global company. We make a primary course. Then it gets passed to a secondary course developer to convert it into several different languages. We found most translation software gets it close and will work. But it's not perfect. So we send it to someone in that country or knows the language to convert. It is extra work but it's worth the effort.
having the learner select the preferred language-scene on an opening slide and sending him down separate scenes depending on the chosen language would seem possible to me. However, such a design would have several downsides, such as...
having a single, multi-language learning module being large in file size, particularly with several language versions of the same PDF involved
translations having to be done in a single export file rather than one file per language
one centralized learning module being difficult to keep an overview over and do maintenance on, due to the large number of slides
I would advise against a single multi-language learning module and instead recommend looking to your LMS for a solution. Offering the learner several single-language versions of the same learning module there seems way easier to handle than a single multi-language learning module.
I would agree completely with Marc, having different languages in a course makes them unwieldy especially if you have pictogram based languages they can become very slow and difficult to save.
That is until Articulate give us a simple solution.
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The Text Labels provide the text for the Player (including system messages). You can only select one language for the Text Labels in a given project. So it's best to put each language in its own Storyline file.
It is possible to "wrap" a set of published SCORM packages into one big SCORM package. Special coding lets the user choose a language, and then it launches that version. However, I haven't handled that aspect myself, so I can't offer any recommendations about who does it.
Carlos, I agree with Judy. I was glad she confirmed language can't be changed. I too work for a global company. We make a primary course. Then it gets passed to a secondary course developer to convert it into several different languages. We found most translation software gets it close and will work. But it's not perfect. So we send it to someone in that country or knows the language to convert. It is extra work but it's worth the effort.
Good Luck
Hi Carlos,
having the learner select the preferred language-scene on an opening slide and sending him down separate scenes depending on the chosen language would seem possible to me. However, such a design would have several downsides, such as...
I would advise against a single multi-language learning module and instead recommend looking to your LMS for a solution. Offering the learner several single-language versions of the same learning module there seems way easier to handle than a single multi-language learning module.
Regards,
Marc Cuypers
Digital Learning Specialist
I would agree completely with Marc, having different languages in a course makes them unwieldy especially if you have pictogram based languages they can become very slow and difficult to save.
That is until Articulate give us a simple solution.