E-learning localization your learners actually finish
Course text, narration, subtitles and platform content localized in 25+ languages, delivered as working modules in Articulate, Captivate or your LMS format.
E-learning localization adapts online training for other languages across every layer: on-screen text, narration voice-over, video subtitles, quizzes and the platform itself. Orion Translations localizes courses in more than 25 languages and delivers working modules in Articulate, Captivate and LMS formats, with narration recorded by native voice talent.
Training only works in the language people think in
Compliance training, onboarding, product certification: companies build these courses because the content matters, then deliver them in English to workforces that think in Spanish, French or Polish. Completion rates and retention drop exactly where the training matters most, and compliance sign-offs become box-ticking.
Localizing a course is a multi-format job: the slide text, the narrator, the captions, the quiz, the certificate. We handle all of it as one project with one glossary, so the voice says what the slide shows and the quiz tests what the module taught, in every language.
What gets localized in an e-learning course?
| Layer | Work involved | Priced |
|---|---|---|
| On-screen text and UI | Translation with layout rebuild for text expansion | Per word |
| Narration | Script adaptation, native voice recording, re-sync | Per audio minute |
| Video subtitles | Reading-speed-aware subtitling | Per video minute |
| Quizzes and assessments | Translation with answer-logic integrity checked | Per word |
| Module engineering | Articulate / Captivate / SCORM rebuild and testing | Per module |
How much does e-learning localization cost?
Course text runs at standard professional rates (indicatively 0.10 to 0.15 EUR per word English-Spanish depending on subject), narration per recorded minute, subtitles per video minute, and module engineering per module. The practical cost decision is voice-over versus subtitles for your videos: re-voicing is more immersive, subtitling costs a fraction. Send a course outline to info@oriontranslations.com for an itemised per-language quote within one business day.
Delivered as working modules, not loose files
The difference between translating a course and localizing one is who reassembles it. We return tested, working modules: slides rebuilt where Spanish ran long, narration re-synced, captions timed, SCORM package verified in your LMS. Your team uploads and assigns; nobody spends a week reassembling. The narration itself comes from our voice-over service with samples for approval before recording.
One curriculum, many languages, permanently in sync
Corporate curricula update constantly. With a glossary and memory per client, each update retranslates only what changed, in every language at once, so no market falls behind on compliance content. For the software platform around the courses, our software localisation team keeps LMS UI and course vocabulary aligned.
Every learner, trained in the language they think in.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- E-learning localization adapts online courses for other languages: on-screen text and UI, narration voice-over, video subtitles, quizzes, downloadable resources and the learning platform itself. Done fully, a learner in Madrid or Mexico City experiences the course as if it were built for them, which is what training completion rates depend on.
- Course text is priced per word; narration per minute of recorded audio; subtitles per video minute; and engineering (rebuilding interactions in Articulate, Captivate or your LMS format) per module. A course outline with word counts and media minutes gets you a fixed per-language quote within one business day.
- Yes. We work from your source files or XLIFF exports, translate text and rebuild slides where text expansion breaks layouts, re-sync narration and captions, and return a working localized module, not a folder of files your team must reassemble.
- Yes: script adaptation, native voice talent selection with samples for your approval, studio recording and re-synchronisation with the on-screen content. Where budget matters, subtitling the videos instead of re-voicing them is the economical alternative, and we will tell you honestly which your course needs.
- A per-client glossary and translation memory covering course vocabulary, product names and assessment terminology. When you update a module, only the changed content is retranslated, and the same linguist team keeps tone and terminology stable across your whole curriculum.
- More than 25, with corporate demand concentrated in Spanish (Castilian and Latin American, chosen per workforce), French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Polish. For global rollouts we localize all languages in parallel from one master, keeping versions synchronised.
- It helps, and we build it in: an in-country review round for your subject-matter experts is part of the workflow on request, with their feedback captured into the glossary so corrections apply to every future module automatically rather than repeating each time.