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Articulate Localization: Overview

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Develop high-quality localized courses seamlessly with a localization solution integrated right into Articulate’s unparalleled authoring platform, Articulate Localization. This overview covers the basics of Articulate Localization and explains how to access it.

What Articulate Localization Does

Articulate Localization helps you upskill your global learners more quickly and efficiently with three primary processes:

One-Click AI Translation

Instantly translate Rise 360 and Storyline 360 courses into 70+ languages with fully integrated AI translation. Upload custom glossaries to maintain consistency and incorporate specialized terminology.

Language Validation

Verify the accuracy of localized content with a new language validation experience in Review 360. Validators can preview their changes in context, and authors can import them directly back into the source project.

Multi-language Workflow Management

Streamline end-to-end localization for your Rise 360 and Storyline 360 courses. Manage all your languages in a single project, keep track of the validation process in Review 360, and publish all languages at once to Reach 360 or your LMS.

What Languages Are Available

Translate your content into over 70 languages, including certain regional variations such as Canadian French and Brazilian Portuguese. 

Afrikaans

Farsi (Persian)

Kannada

Russian

Albanian

Filipino, Tagalog

Kazakh

Serbian

Amharic

Finnish

Korean

Sinhala

Arabic

French

Latvian

Slovak

Armenian

French (Canada)

Lithuanian

Slovenian

Azerbaijani

Georgian

Macedonian

Somali

Bengali

German

Malay

Spanish

Bosnian

Greek

Malayalam

Spanish (Mexico)

Bulgarian

Gujarati

Maltese

Swahili

Catalan

Haitian Creole

Marathi

Swedish

Chinese (Simplified)

Hausa

Mongolian

Tamil

Chinese (Traditional)

Hebrew

Norwegian

Telugu

Croatian

Hindi

Norwegian (Bokmål)

Thai

Czech

Hungarian

Pashto

Turkish

Danish

Icelandic

Polish

Ukrainian

Dari

Indonesian

Portuguese (Brazil)

Urdu

Dutch

Irish

Portuguese (Portugal)

Uzbek

English

Italian

Punjabi

Vietnamese

Estonian

Japanese

Romanian

Welsh

 

Note: Many languages available for one-click translation also offer different degrees of formality. Articulate Localization defaults to a formality level that is broadly appropriate for training in an organizational setting. However, you can adjust the formality of the translation based on your organization’s communication style.

 

Tool Tip: Use our language lookup tool to see which target languages are supported for your source language and if the language pair supports glossary, formality, and right-to-left. 

Here’s how to use it:

  1. Launch the language lookup tool in a separate browser window.
  2. Select your source language from the Select a Source Language dropdown.
  3. A table displays all the supported target languages for the chosen source language with columns for glossary, formality, and right-to-left. A green checkmark in these columns means the corresponding target language supports it.

What Gets Translated

The following chart explains which parts of courses are translated and how:

Part

Behavior

On-slide text, including text variable values (Storyline 360 only)

Automatically translated

Block text (Rise 360 only)

Automatically translated

Closed captions (video, audio)

Automatically translated

Player strings and text labels

Automatically set to each target language when published.

Alternative text

Automatically translated for customized alternative text but not default alt text generated by the app

How to Access Localization

Once Articulate Localization is enabled for your account, you’ll immediately see the Translate option when you click the more (...) icon of any content tile in your Rise 360 dashboard. If you don’t, simply refresh the page.

For Storyline 360, you’ll access Localization through the Private Beta version of the app. Follow these steps to install it onto your computer:

  1. Click the drop-down arrow in the upper right corner of the Articulate 360 desktop app and choose Check for Updates.
  2. Click the blue Update button at the top right corner. The desktop app will download, install, and restart.
  3. You’ll see a new entry in your list of applications with a grey label that says Storyline 360 Private Beta, as shown below. Install this application.
  4. Open the Private Beta copy of Storyline you just installed.

     

 

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