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Localization & Internationalization

Localization is a lot more than translating the text of your learning material; it's making the content work within the context of your local or regional office. Similarly, finding an advisor to help develop that global perspective in those materials can help achieve larger business objectives.  

Language is only one of the variables involved in creating learning that will successfully deliver content while also imparting the company’s values in ways that are appropriate to the local culture, whether that culture is Boston, Boise, Bengaluru, Beijing, Bloemfontein, Brasilia, or Bratislava. The way people in other cultures expect learning to be delivered, the use of graphics, the amount of interaction that's appropriate are just some of the variables to be considered when developing material for a global audience. Finding an advisor to help develop that global perspective in those materials can help achieve larger business objectives and a truly global company.

CorpU 12 Dimensions of Learning Excellence: Execute Image

The creation of global learning fits within the Program Design and Delivery dimension of the Execute quadrant of the CorpU 12 Dimensions of Learning Excellence.









Research Related to Localization & Internationalization

Guide to Translating and Localizing Learning Program Content Members Only

18 Jan 2010  |  CorpU Research
As the global workforce becomes more transient with greater numbers of people emigrating to regions where their skills are valued, the challenge of translating learning content becomes one that confronts ... Read More >

Caterpillar - Localization of Learning Across Cultures Members Only

29 Aug 2007
Dave Vance, the Former President of Caterpillar University, believes that we are all going to have to get a lot smarter in terms of localization and customization of learning as ... Read More >