Translating Storyline Courses into Spanish

May 22, 2023

Kim Whiteside
By Kim Whiteside
I have 13 Articulate Storyline courses that need to be translated into Spanish. In addition to the text on the slides:
  • Each course is 50 - 100 slides long.
  • Each slide has: an individual (or multiple) audio file, closed captions and Notes.
  • There are several Engage activities in each course.
  • There are several videos in each course.
  • There are several knowledge checks in each course.
Due to budgetary constraints, the stakeholders want me to sit next to a Spanish-speaking person and make manual translations. I believe that is an unreasonable request.
 
I also believe the best solution is to contract with a Spanish-speaking ID who has Storyline skills and provide the files to that person to translate.
 
There are also other options:
* Manual export of a Word doc into a translatable file that can be uploaded after translation. (I would still need to sit next to a Spanish-speaking person for all of the "tweaking" that needs to take place.)
* AI translation tools are an option as well as translation companies.
 
The last three options don't take into account that closed captions are not translated in the exported file (although I believe Notes are). How do you typically translate closed captions in Storyline?
 
These are "click-through" courses. There is not one audio file that runs throughout (each slide has it's own).
As you can tell, I've never done this before. Any recommendations on a the best way to accomplish this?
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