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1. TIPS TO REDUCE
TRANSLATION COSTS OF E-
LEARNING COURSES
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2. " LANGUAGE MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE AN INTEGRAL
PART OF ORGANIZATIONS’ KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY...
…AS IMPORTANT AS ENGLISH IS FOR GLOBAL
COMMUNICATIONS, IT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE MANY
COMMUNICATION NEEDS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.“
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Ref: Thomas, C. A. (1981). Language Policy in Multilingual Organizations. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 104, 2007

3. E-LEARNING IS ONE OF WAYS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
TAKES PLACE IN MULTI-NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
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4. COURSES DEVELOPED IN ENGLISH MAY NOT BE
EFFECTIVE IN SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES WHERE
ENGLISH IS NOT THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE OF
COMMUNICATION.
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5. TRANSLATION REMOVES SCOPE FOR
MISINTERPRETATION AND MISCOMMUNICATION.
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6. CONTENT IN NATIVE LANGUAGE RESULTS IN GREATER
ACCEPTANCE AND HIGHER IMPACT LEARNING.
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7. TRANSLATION OF ELEARNING COURSES IS AND
EFFECTIVE OPTION.
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8. DO TRANSLATION S INCUR HUGE COSTS?
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9. DO TRANSLATION S INCUR HUGE COSTS?
IF PLANNED WELL AND HANDLED PROFESSIONALLY,
TRANSLATIONS MAY PROVE TO BE COST-
EFFECTIVE.
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10. TIPS FOR LOWERING TRANSLATION COSTS
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11. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Internationalize the Content
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12. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Make the Content Simple
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13. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Cut Down on Audio
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14. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Use Videos Prudently
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15. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Avoid Textual Content on Images
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16. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Navigational elements need to be translated only once.
 Where ever possible just include images instead of
words.
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17. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Ensure your LMS supports multi-lingual courses
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18. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Accurately identify the languages into which courses
need to be translated
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19. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Let professionals handle the entire translation of the
course
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20. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Ensure that the translation provider follows the standard
documented process.
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21. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Make sure right authoring tools and translation memory
tools are used for translation.
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22. Tips for Lowering Translation Costs
 Save original source files so that it would be easier
when translating into multiple languages.
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23. COURSES THAT NEED TO BE TRANSLATED
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24. Courses That Need to be Translated
 Ethics training
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25. Courses That Need to be Translated
 Work place harassment/sexual harassment prevention
training
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26. Courses That Need to be Translated
 Sustainability training
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27. Courses That Need to be Translated
 Compliance training
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28. Courses That Need to be Translated
 Safety training
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29. Courses That Need to be Translated
 Product training
 Process training
 Health care training
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30. Conclusion
 De-centralized training may not have consistent quality
 Translation ensure accuracy of content and consistency
of quality
 Simple measures taken during development of
eLearning courses can reduce translation costs.
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