[Xerte] Re: managing language versions of Xerte LO

[Pat L (pgogy)]

I could imagine a translation editor which could have two LOs open on
tabbed pages? Or side by side?


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>wrote:

> :-) I was too slow in responding and in any case my reply may be delayed
> as usual anyway :-(
>
>
>
> I wonder if the question is influenced by the method to achieve this in
> tools like Articulate Storyline? With that tool you can export a file for
> language translation which creates a Word document with original text
> alongside translated text which once translated can be imported back.
>
>
>
> To be honest in some ways it's already easier to do this in XOT by method
> 1 e.g. not much difference editing text in the XOT editor than editing
> table columns in a Word doc assuming the editor can be given access to XOT.
> But perhaps a future enhancement might be an translator view where all the
> LO pages are displayed in the editor in a single scrolling editor page?
> Possibly easier to achieve than export/import of the xml.
>
>
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
> *Sent:* 07 April 2014 10:44
>
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: managing language versions of Xerte LO
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> That's an interesting proposition.
>
> In the mean time, there are two ways of doing it now:
>
> 1. Make a copy of the LO and than translate the texts while keeping the
> original open
> 2. The actual texts are in the template.xml file in the .zip (after
> export). You could trying to translate this file, but you really have to be
> careful and knowledgeable to know what to translate, and what to leave
> alone. NOT RECOMMENDED.
>
> Tom
>
> Morko, Mari schreef op 7-4-2014 11:35:
>
> Hi!
>
>
>
> What is the best way to manage Xerte learning object language versions?
> Once a LO is produced, we frequently need to produce various language
> versions of the same object. Is there a way to extract texts from a LO for
> translation and import them to the LO, without the need to build the
> translated LO from scratch?
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mari
>
> Mari Morko
> E-learning content developer
> Landis+Gyr Oy
> Salvesenintie 6
> 40420 Jyskä
> Finland
> Direct +358 50 5753304
> Phone +358 14 660 100
> Mari.Morko at landisgyr.com
> www.landisgyr.fi
> *manage energy better*
>
>
>
> *P*
>
> * PLEASE CONSIDER OUR ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. **This
> e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally
> privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized
> representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using,
> copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments.
> If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender
> immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any
> attachments. Thank you. *
>
>
>
> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and
> may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in
> error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it.   Please do
> not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in
> any attachment.  Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this
> email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham.
>
> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an
> attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your
> computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email
> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as
> permitted by UK legislation.
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Xerte mailing list
>
> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>
> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte
>
>
>
> --
>
> --
>
>
>
> Tom Reijnders
>
> TOR Informatica
>
> Chopinlaan 27
>
> 5242HM Rosmalen
>
> Tel: 073 5226191
>
> Fax: 073 5226196
>
>
>
>
>
> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and
> may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in
> error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it.   Please do
> not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in
> any attachment.  Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this
> email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham.
>
> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an
> attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your
> computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email
> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as
> permitted by UK legislation.
>
>
>
> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and
> may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in
> error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it.   Please do
> not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in
> any attachment.  Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this
> email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham.
>
> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an
> attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your
> computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email
> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as
> permitted by UK legislation.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xerte mailing list
> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/xerte/attachments/20140407/7cb5905b/attachment.html>