Post Delivery Edits to Storyline Translation Projects
In a translation project for Articulate Storyline courses there can be numerous steps along the way to reaching a completed course translation. Each course is unique and may contain a variety of elements and steps in the translation process to completion. In addition to translated standard course text there can be: 1) graphics with embedded text that requires translation, 2) voiceover recordings, 3) transcribing source language voiceover content, if no script exists, 4) sometimes adding subtitles or voiceovers to embedded videos, and 5) of course integration of all translated inputs into a final target language course.
Some clients will not have internal resources to make an informed review. However, if a review is planned, this can be a better time for clients to review translated text prior to integration into Storyline.
In view of the relative complexity of some Storyline translation projects, especially those that involve attention to several categories of services, what happens when clients want to make a change to the final course translation at the very end? Perhaps it’s a preferred translation of a term, or some other discretionary change.
We make the change of course. Still there might be a better time to make a change to a translation than waiting until then end of a project. A typical Articulate Storyline translation project might follow the steps below:
- Review the online course via browser
- Export standard slide text to Word file
- Identify graphics with embedded text for translation
- Identify any other course items for attention (e.g., audio narration, embedded videos)
- Prepare the translation project including all text for translation
- Translate/proofread the translation project
- Generate bilingual source/target language file for customer review; send to client for translation comments (if any)
- Integrate all translated inputs into the target language Storyline course
Point number 7 above is one preferred stage in the project for clients to review the translated text. Source and target text are aligned side by side for easy comparison. Some clients will not have internal resources to make an informed review. However, if a review is planned, this can be a better time for clients to review translated text prior to integration into Storyline.
