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"Free" Copilot Agent based translation using XLIFF files
I want to give all of you who have access to powerful agents (e.g. based on Opus 4.8) a heads up that AI translations using the XLIFF export/import are now possible.
What worked for me:
Using Copilot Studio I created a simple agent
- Simple prompting on the task
- Upload of the XLIFF documentation in PDF format (available on the internet)
- Selection of model: Opus 4.8
- Export of XLIFF 2.0 file from storyline and upload to the chat interface
The task takes only a few minutes.
I was able to import the XLIFF without issues into storyline. Everything worked and only basic reformatting was needed.
After a first run you can and should ask the agent to build a data dictionary which you can then add to the knowledge base. This will includes information regarding the XLIFF file structure, Do-not-translate information, tags & placeholders, terminology that should be consistent through translations. This can be adjusted by yourself and will be helpful for future translations.
This process is free to you if you already have a corporate MS Copilot Pro license.
Your results may vary but it is worth an experiment.
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This is what we are looking into, making an agent on our in-house secure LLM to handle the XLIFF translation. I was amazed (in a bad way) about the price of translations with Articulate Localization. For me about 8 translations would cost as much as a subscription to Articulate 360.
