Building Multiple Language Versions in One Course?

I built a demo at a conference once where I created a default shape that had states for each language. I added triggers to the shape to change state based on the language variable.

Then whenever I wanted to add something to the slide, I duplicated the shape. This copied the triggers. Then I added my content.

I could export the word doc and then add my localized content where needed. And everything was a lot easier. I didn't have to build a bunch of versions. I just had to add my translation to the pre-established states.

It doesn't work for all possible use cases, but is viable with some forethought.

http://artco-temp.s3.amazonaws.com/tom/localize_idea.mp4