Europe’s business trainers will be able to deliver local language e-learning courses to international staff at the touch of a button thanks to a new partnership just sealed between enterprise e-learning software specialists Mohive and translation experts LanguageWire.
The new partnership, which makes LanguageWire’s translation resources available straight from the web-based Mohive system, comes as latest estimates suggest growth rates of 30% for European wide eLearning *. Content developers using the Mohive eLearning Publishing System will be able to submit an entire course to LanguageWire’s translation bureau via a hot button embedded in the system’s main menu. Course modules submitted will be translated and seamlessly fed back into the training platform within about 72 hours.
“The concept of reusing and repurposing content has been a constant driver for enterprise scale e-learning and language translation capability represents the next natural development in this concept,” says Lars Unneberg, CEO at Mohive. “Our customers operate in an economic union that is growing and becoming more complex all the time. In this environment, the ability to move knowledge and information across people and borders is fundamental.”
Launched this month (April), course content developers using Mohive’s TranslationLink option will have access to over 3000 language specialists translating material into more than 150 languages.
“The growing need for localized language content spans across all industry sectors,” says LanguageWire’s Frode Bakke. “Over the next few weeks we anticipate the new service gaining initial traction in business areas like insurance, banking and pharma, where training needs can be complex and fragmented across territories. But this is the fastest and most cost efficient way that any training department can offer localised language versions of their course portfolio and we expect widespread take-up across multiple business areas as companies become familiar with the benefits the new service offers.”
Preferential rates have been negotiated for Mohive customers using the service and all course translation projects are managed by language experts specially trained in the latest e-learning concepts and course specific content areas.
* Dr Claudio Dondi currently (April 2007) estimates average growth for eLearning across the European Union at 30% year on year. Dondi sits on the board at MENON, the European innovation and research network currently commissioned by the European Commission to deliver the new "Benchmarking study on policies and initiatives to support e-Learning in European enterprises". The final study will be completed by summer 2007.
About Translation Link
Translationlink is the new one click translation service offered exclusively to users of the Mohive eLearning Publishing System.
Benefits include:
• Centralised process: Translation takes place in the Mohive system, eliminating the need to manage files and email content. All translations take place within each e-learning project, resulting in translated modules residing beside original.
• Quality translation: LanguageWire is a respected, trusted translation service with a network of thousands of experienced linguists. Each translation is proof-read by a second translator, ensuring its accuracy.
• Project management: Mohive provides a dashboard that provides an overview of the translation status and including translation sign-off.
About LanguageWire
LanguageWire is a full-service provider of all services associated with the generation, translation and processing of text and graphics for numerous markets. In short, we help the customers transform their ideas and data into effective communication.
We provide exactly what the customers need. We have more than 70 permanent employees located in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Hamburg and Kiev, together with a network of more than 4,000 graphic designers and language experts from around the world. This has enabled us to specialise in building customised solutions for our clients because we always have someone on hand who knows the customer’s business and market.