Translate with Articulate Storyline: Using XML to Go Local Brian Savoie Mindi Hopkins Director, Learning Technology Sr. Manager, Education RAPS DevLearn 2013 October 25, 2013 Brian Savoie Mindi Hopkins Director, Learning Technology Sr. Manager, Education RAPS DevLearn 2013 October 25, 2013

About Us! RAPS is the largest global organization of and for those involved with the regulation of healthcare and related products, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics and nutritional products. RAPS Online University (around since 2006) serves approximately 2,000 students a year and has become a leading source of continuing education in the field.

About Us! More than 25% of our students are now from non-US locations.

About YOU! SHOW YOUR HANDS – My organization does not have translated courses – but we might like to! – My organization has translated a course, but we are looking for different methodologies! – My organization translates tons of courses – but we want to see how this Articulate thing works! – The line was too long for coffee so we decided to stop in here. Do you have any coffee?

The Problem

The Solutions (Archaic)

The Solution

The Contemporary Solutions

Objectives By the end of this session, you should be able to: – Demonstrate how to use the XML input-output feature of Articulate Storyline – Explain how to use Google translate as an interim step to working with a translator – Develop a plan to complete a validation translation – Explain the challenges of XML import into a pre- existing course

Now You’re Cooking! For those following along as part of the BYOL path: Download the following zip file: – When in Rome Exercise.zip When in Rome Exercise.zip You will need Articulate Storyline and an Internet Connection to follow along.

Agenda 1.Some Background 2.The RAPS Case Study 3.Project Management Case Study

Background

Background RAPS has been considering multi-lingual course development for a number of years. A number of factors discouraged us:

Background Resources (HR and $) Quality Time

Background An August 2012 Articulate Storyline update changed the equation for us.

The RAPS Case Study

The Process 1.Output Word Doc 2.Google Translate it 3.SME validation/correction of the translation 4.QA SME review of the validation 5.3 rd Party validation of the translation 6.Import into the course file 7.Customization to the needs of the language

Output the Word Doc

Voila!

Google Translate It!

Lost in (literal) translation

NICHE TERMINOLOGY REGULATED INDUSTRY

Localization Process Edit for context and industry Validation Anything missed? Discrepancies in usage? Verification 3rd party vendor Grammar usage Authentication Ensure authentication changes did not affect content accuracy Finalization

Import Into the Course File

QA Conundrums

Let’s Get Cooking!!!

BYOL Exercise – Build This Download the following zip file: – in Rome Exercise.zip in Rome Exercise.zip

BYOL Exercise – Build This Procedures: – Unzip the zip archive – Open the English V1 story file – Choose Translation/Export – Go to translate.google.com – and select Translator Toolkit – Upload your word file – Select the language you’d like to translate to – AND upload the English language document – Select No thanks (unless you really want to do it another way.)

BYOL Exercise – Build This Procedures: – Open your file in Translator Toolkit and fix any noticable problems. – Export the file by choosing File/Download – Open the original document and the new translated word document – Copy the final column from the translated document into your original document. – Delete the original final column from the original document – Save the original Storyline file with a new name. – Choose Translation/Import – QC that sucker!!!

Helpful Resources Google Translate – – We’ve been using the Translator Toolkit BYOL Exercise Resources (will be up through end of November) – in Rome Exercise.zip in Rome Exercise.zip

Questions? Brian Savoie Mindi Hopkins Director, Learning Technology Sr. Manager, Education RAPS DevLearn 2013 October 25, 2013 Brian Savoie Mindi Hopkins Director, Learning Technology Sr. Manager, Education RAPS DevLearn 2013 October 25, 2013