Muliti-Language QMS Software Packages

[noelb]

Good day all. This is my first post to the forum. I am interested in knowing what QMS software packages that are multilingual are on the market. My company is building a facility in China and I am responsible for gettting the QMS in place. Any advice would be appreciated.

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[CarolX]

What are you looking for - a software package that will let you write a procedure in English and then automatically translate to another language?

[noelb]

In Reply to Parent Post by CarolX

What are you looking for - a software package that will let you write a procedure in English and then automatically translate to another language?

A package that will let a user open a document in a language they are familiar with. An example would be opening a document in a facility in China and I would want the English version where a peer that is a Chinese Natioanl may prefer Mandarin.

[Ted Schmitt]

In Reply to Parent Post by noelb

A package that will let a user open a document in a language they are familiar with. An example would be opening a document in a facility in China and I would want the English version where a peer that is a Chinese Natioanl may prefer Mandarin.

Why not start simple.... have an Extranet and have both versions of the document (English and Mandarin) available... depending on who´s opening the document, he/she can choose the language... if all your docs are based in the US, the control can be done through you...

[CarolX]

In Reply to Parent Post by tedschmitt

Why not start simple.... have an Extranet and have both versions of the document (English and Mandarin) available... depending on who´s opening the document, he/she can choose the language... if all your docs are based in the US, the control can be done through you...

We do the samething here - but on a intranet. Relevent documents are translated to Spanish.

[CarolX]

In Reply to Parent Post by noelb

A package that will let a user open a document in a language they are familiar with. An example would be opening a document in a facility in China and I would want the English version where a peer that is a Chinese Natioanl may prefer Mandarin.

noelb -

I have never heard of any software packages that will do that.

Can anyone else help?

[andygr]

I have done somthing simmilar with training materials. The process should work the same for documents.

In training you have the learner indicate at the begining ( or they can flip back and forth in the class) what language they want by selecting a flag ( or you can use the language indicated with native characters). I find that flags work best except for 508 courses.
This sets a variable that then pulls in the content in the language selected ( text and or voice). The key is to have the formats defined. I created these in a text file that is then used as a template to create the various translations based on defined sizes/times that would display in the actual class.

For text you would use the same approach. In MS word you would have the summary page of the document show the content summarized in differant languages. At the end of each summary section provide a link to the native document. There are more exotic ways to approach this but simple file structures with links will work. There are various platforms that you could use for internal and external access.

The key is to ensure that the translations are correct. Deionized water can be translated in Mandarian as "devil water" which here in the US implies that it is alcohol. This error could have serious results.