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Translation vs Localization
One question that I see come up a lot when talking about localization is how is translation different from localization? š¤
We have a couple of really helpful documents that go into this, my coworker KathrynGiroux-c wrote about this recently in this blog post, and then we also have an article that goes into some things to consider when trying to decide if you should translate or fully localize your course.
For those of you currently working with translations and/or localization, Iām curious, are you mostly dealing with just translating text or are you fully localizing your courses?
And if you're new to this topic, what questions do you have about localization?
Please your thoughts in the comments and then join us in our new Localization group for more discussions like this one!
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So they are two different things? Okay that is my first learning nugget. I just saw your post about a Localization webinar, and I made the assumption that localization was the new translation. I just did my first translations request. I exported the translation, sent it to my translator and had them update the table. I imported the French table into Storyline, and I was impressed at how well it did. Obviously French create additional text so we had to format some slides and move things a little but not bad. So now I am curious what localization is, thinking I don't have to send it to a translator with the table export? I will read the articles and hopefully can attend. I have 15 Mental health modules to translate so I am definitely curious. Also will be curious I have one we are working on that has a lot of variables and hoping it works well. I can't recall but I think the down side of translation is I don't think it translated any alt text...but we are still working on it.
I am working on a course I would like to translate/localise and in the setting for the course it asks to have the translation completed via an external app or website etc. Do you have any suggestions on an app or website that is best for this?
