We’ve been hearing that course localization can be a painful, time-consuming process. We hate that it’s such a frustrating experience, so we’re working on some ideas to make it much easier. But to do that, we need your help!
If you can spare five minutes, we’d love for you to complete this short survey to help us understand your localization needs.
Hi Alison, I am sure others will have loads to add for a start
CCs are a real pain to export and reimport.
Repeated text strings in the text because of strings this costs money to translate
Would be much better to have one file that user selects the language on
Sometimes translations do not reimport
XLIFF should work but many times does not so we resort to the Word file but most translation agencies are cheaper ion you use XLIFF which never reimports
Variables and References can get translated
Hyperlinks often break when you import a translation file
Font sizes and colours change (not as often now but still happens)
The import reports strings not translated but these should be highlighted some how, it is time consuming to check and never find them.
I should be able to check a box to exclude notes from the translation
I'd like to have a pane that lists each element/item on the timeline showing the exact time of entrance and exit of animations. I hate working with cue points. If I know the exact times, I should be able to enter them.
If we can't enter the exact times, then at least have the option of locking the audio at the top of a Storyline timeline. This would make it so much easier when I'm syncing slides that have a lot of elements and animations. I image it would be similar to locking a header row in a table or freezing a pane in an Excel spreadsheet. I have a former teammate who use to change his monitor from landscape to portrait; however, that isn't a solution for me.
We have a lot of older courses that require maintenance. It's the syncing of audio that takes the most time.
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Multilanguage CC option that learners can choose their language of preference.
Looping Emphasizing animations on objects (how is this still not a thing). Set it once, and for example, it keeps blinking or pulsating until the end of the timeline of the object.
Localization can definitely be a headache! Personally, one of my biggest pain points is ensuring that the translated text fits within the same space as the original. Sometimes, languages like German or French can expand and mess up the layout. It's a real challenge to maintain consistency and readability across different languages.
The biggest pain point I have encountered was when I exported the xliff from 20 RIse courses, and then sent them away to be translated.
In the meantime I had created 6 copies of each course, one for each language variant, ready to update with the transalted xliff files.
Unfortunately, when I tried to import the xliff files back in to each course, it became evident that this wasn't possible. Instead I should have created my duplicate courses first, then exported each individual xliff file from them. So instead of generating 20 xliff files, that would have required me to generate 120, which seemed like unecessary work.
The work around I had to use was a major headache, as I had to start with my English version, then import a new language xliff in to it, before creating a dupliacte course to save the updates. I then had to return to my English version for each and every module/language, which cost me an awful lot of time that I hadn't factored in to my costs.
On reflection, the documentation made clear the process I should have followed, but my original method seemed so logical to me that I didn't consider that it wouldn't work.
If I was to change one thing in that process, it would be to allow me to export a single xliff per course, then have it be compatible for import back in to copies of the original.
Survey is blocked for me but in addition to what others have said here I'd like to be able to have multiple languages in a single course, which of course you can do via variable, but would also want to have the player controls change to the language selected.
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Hi Alison, I am sure others will have loads to add for a start
I am agree with @Phil Mayor
Please let me know if there is a solution that will allow me to replace all recordings with one click
Thanks so much for this feedback, Phil :) Appreciate you taking the time. Did you also respond to the survey above? If not, that'd be super helpful.
Yes I did the survey as well
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My company has the survey blocked.
I'd like to have a pane that lists each element/item on the timeline showing the exact time of entrance and exit of animations. I hate working with cue points. If I know the exact times, I should be able to enter them.
If we can't enter the exact times, then at least have the option of locking the audio at the top of a Storyline timeline. This would make it so much easier when I'm syncing slides that have a lot of elements and animations. I image it would be similar to locking a header row in a table or freezing a pane in an Excel spreadsheet. I have a former teammate who use to change his monitor from landscape to portrait; however, that isn't a solution for me.
We have a lot of older courses that require maintenance. It's the syncing of audio that takes the most time.
Preach! I don't even do localization, and that would be a game-changer!
Thank You for a good news :)
Sure thing! I can help you craft a survey to gather insights on localization needs. for more insights, please click on Jazz Internet Packages What specific questions would you like to include in the survey?
Set it once, and for example, it keeps blinking or pulsating until the end of the timeline of the object.
Localization can definitely be a headache! Personally, one of my biggest pain points is ensuring that the translated text fits within the same space as the original. Sometimes, languages like German or French can expand and mess up the layout. It's a real challenge to maintain consistency and readability across different languages.
The biggest pain point I have encountered was when I exported the xliff from 20 RIse courses, and then sent them away to be translated.
In the meantime I had created 6 copies of each course, one for each language variant, ready to update with the transalted xliff files.
Unfortunately, when I tried to import the xliff files back in to each course, it became evident that this wasn't possible. Instead I should have created my duplicate courses first, then exported each individual xliff file from them. So instead of generating 20 xliff files, that would have required me to generate 120, which seemed like unecessary work.
The work around I had to use was a major headache, as I had to start with my English version, then import a new language xliff in to it, before creating a dupliacte course to save the updates. I then had to return to my English version for each and every module/language, which cost me an awful lot of time that I hadn't factored in to my costs.
On reflection, the documentation made clear the process I should have followed, but my original method seemed so logical to me that I didn't consider that it wouldn't work.
If I was to change one thing in that process, it would be to allow me to export a single xliff per course, then have it be compatible for import back in to copies of the original.
Thank you for filling out the survey and providing these additional insights, everyone! It's so helpful. :)
Survey is blocked for me but in addition to what others have said here I'd like to be able to have multiple languages in a single course, which of course you can do via variable, but would also want to have the player controls change to the language selected.