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Smartcat is translation software for your LMS: it translates the SCORM packages, XLIFF exports, subtitles and job aids behind your courses into 280+ languages, routes every language to your reviewers and returns files your LMS already accepts.
More than 80 of the world’s largest companies have chosen Smartcat
LMS translation, or LMS content localization, turns the course files a learning management system runs, such as SCORM packages, XLIFF exports, subtitles and job aids, into every language your learners need without breaking navigation or tracking. Smartcat translates those files with AI and your glossary, routes each language to your reviewers and returns files your LMS already accepts.
LMS translation covers the course content you load into the LMS. The LMS’s own menus, buttons and notifications usually come from its language settings or language packs, which you switch on in the LMS itself. See how it fits into Smartcat for learning and development.
15K+
eLearning courses localized
Smartcat has localized more than 15,000 eLearning courses.
92%
of AI-translated words accepted without a single human edit
92% of words translated by Smartcat AI are accepted without a single human edit.
80+
file formats
SCORM packages, XLIFF, SRT, VTT, PDF and PowerPoint files come back in their original structure.
Your LMS can host every language. Getting each language into it is the slow part, because every approved change sends the course through the same manual steps again.
Pull the SCORM package or XLIFF out of the LMS or the authoring tool.
Add the SCORM package or XLIFF export to Smartcat as it is.
Send the text to a vendor and wait for every language to come back.
Smartcat AI translates every target language at once, with your glossary and translation memory.
Paste translations back into slides, quizzes, captions and media.
Text, captions and media are translated inside the course, so quizzes and layouts stay as built.
Chase reviewers in each region until every language is signed off.
Regional reviewers approve their language in the browser, and the project shows where each language stands.
Load each version into the LMS and test tracking again.
Export one package with every language. With Dynamic SCORM, later changes reach the course without a new upload.
Fewer uploads and fewer tests for every update.
The package structure is written back unchanged, so scores and completions still report.
An approved change reaches every language in the same release.
Smartcat works as the translation management system in front of your LMS. Export a course, translate and approve every language in Smartcat with one glossary and translation memory, then upload the returned files as you would the originals. Your LMS doesn’t change.
| Delivery format | What Smartcat returns | What your LMS receives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004 package.zip exported from your authoring tool or LMS | The same package with its text translated and its navigation, scoring and tracking settings unchanged | A SCORM package it imports like the original | Translated without the authoring files for packages exported from Articulate® Rise®. Packages published from iSpring Suite, Easygenerator, Adobe Captivate, Absorb Create and CEGID go through SCORM Studio |
| Multilingual SCORM packageone .zip with every language | One package that holds every approved language version | One upload and one course record instead of one per language | Check how your LMS shows the language choice and reports completions before a large rollout |
| XLIFF from an authoring tooltext only, no layout | A translated XLIFF file for each language, with its structure kept | The course you re-import into your authoring tool and publish in each language | Best when your authoring tool exports XLIFF and your team publishes the course itself |
| Video subtitlesSRT, VTT | Translated subtitle files with the original timing kept | Caption tracks for the course video or the LMS video player | AI voiceover is available too. Text burned into video frames is out of scope |
| Job aids and handoutsPDF, PPTX | Translated files written back into their original layout | Resources attached to the course or a learning path | Upload files as they are, with no conversion step |
Smartcat translates the text inside each file and writes it back into the original structure, so translated files go into your LMS the same way the originals did. Run a quick check of each language in your LMS before a large rollout. More on packages: SCORM translation and eLearning translation.
Learners reach their language in one of two ways: one multilingual course where they pick the language, or a separate course for each language. Which fits better depends on how your LMS assigns courses, shows language versions and reports completions.
Smartcat can export every approved language of a translated course in one multilingual SCORM package.
What your LMS team gets
Check how your LMS presents the language choice to learners before you roll it out widely.
Some LMSs assign courses by region or need a separate completion report for each language, so each language gets its own course record.
Glossaries and translation memory keep the versions consistent.
Multi-language support usually means an interface in several languages and room for several versions of a course. It doesn’t translate the courses themselves.
Check three things
Answers differ between LMSs, so test one translated course end to end before you load the full catalog.
Re-translate only the new or changed sections, and learners in every language get the same version. See how to update a course that is already live.
Each coworker handles one step between your authoring tool and your LMS. Your team approves every language before upload.
Chief of Staff
Tell your Chief of Staff which courses need which languages, and it coordinates the coworkers that translate, check and package them.
Content Translator Coworker
Translates course packages, subtitles and job aids into 280+ languages with your glossary and translation memory.
Content Update Coworker
Helps find the courses a source change affects, so you re-translate only what changed before the next LMS upload.
Reviewer Coworker
Pre-reviews every language for fluency, tone and terminology, so regional reviewers approve a strong draft.
Quality Assurance Coworker
Checks each translated course for terminology, formatting and accuracy errors and scores its quality before it goes into your LMS.
Translate and review content where your teams already work, from Google Drive and Figma to your help center and CMS. See all integrations
Google Drive
Translate the training docs, decks and sheets your team keeps in Drive.
Google Docs
Send job aids and SOPs from Google Docs and get them back in every language.
Google Sheets
Translate quiz banks and glossaries kept in spreadsheets.
Figma
Localize course visuals and catch text expansion before designs ship.
Contentful
Keep learning content in your headless CMS current in every language.
Zendesk
Translate the help-center articles that support your training.
ServiceNow
Keep knowledge-base articles accurate in every language.
Salesforce Service Cloud
Keep service enablement content current in every language.
WordPress
Publish multilingual learning portals and resource hubs.
Sitecore
Keep intranet and portal content aligned across locales.
To translate a course for your LMS, export it as a SCORM package or XLIFF, upload it to Smartcat with its videos and job aids, translate it with your glossary, have reviewers approve each language, then upload the returned files to your LMS as you would the originals.
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Export the course
Export the SCORM package from your LMS or authoring tool, or export XLIFF if your authoring tool supports it. Add the videos, subtitles and job aids that go with the course.
2
Upload it and choose languages
Upload everything to one Smartcat project and pick every target language. Smartcat detects the images, videos and attached PDFs inside a SCORM course, and you choose which to translate.
3
Translate with your terminology
The Content Translator Coworker translates the course with your glossary and translation memory, so product names and policy terms stay consistent across modules.
4
Review and approve each language
The Reviewer Coworker pre-reviews each language. Your trainers, in-country reviewers or Smartcat Marketplace linguists then check it in the browser, and nothing is exported until your team approves.
5
Download files your LMS accepts
Download the translated SCORM package, with every language in one file, or translated XLIFF to re-import into your authoring tool. Subtitles and documents come back in their original formats.
6
Upload and keep it current
Upload the files to your LMS as you would the originals. When the source changes, re-translate only the new or changed sections and replace the package.
Smartcat translates the course file itself, not copied text, so you skip exporting strings, repackaging and rebuilding. Each file comes back in the format it arrived in, with every language approved by your reviewers.
Cummins rolled out its global learning program 90% faster and at a 90% lower cost with Smartcat. See how Cummins scaled global learning.
20
Rise courses translated into Canadian French in six weeks
Intradiem translated 20 Rise courses into Canadian French in six weeks, with a publication-ready first pass.
4x
faster turnaround than the previous 10‑day agency SLA
Smith+Nephew moved course translation in-house on Smartcat, reduced editing workload by 70% and now localizes 15–20 courses per language every quarter.
70%
lower translation costs
Stanley Black & Decker cut translation costs by up to 70%.
298
translation projects in two years
Topcon has delivered 298 translation projects for 29 countries in 31 languages with Smartcat, and cut one course in 10 languages from 13 hours to 11.
“Our learning library was built in English, which meant our Quebec workforce and other markets couldn’t fully engage with the content in their preferred language as fast as the business was changing. With Smartcat’s AI coworkers, our teams now adapt that content across languages much faster, ensuring our North America region stays current and consistent instead of waiting weeks to catch up.”
Smartcat doesn’t replace your LMS; your LMS keeps delivering and tracking courses. The gap Smartcat closes is earlier, between a change to the source course and an approved version reaching the LMS in every language. Smartcat hands your LMS the file types it already imports.
Smartcat keeps people in charge of regulated training. AI prepares each language, your subject-matter experts or Smartcat Marketplace linguists review it, and nothing is exported to your LMS until your team approves it.
Your translation vendor can keep working, inside Smartcat. Invite its linguists or use Marketplace reviewers, and the file work around each update, from exporting to repackaging and routing reviews, moves into one workspace.
A multilingual SCORM package carries every language, so your LMS team uploads one file per course instead of one per language. When the course changes, only the new or changed sections are re-translated.
Smartcat keeps a SCORM package’s navigation and tracking settings, so language checks focus on the translated text. Start with one course and run a quick functional test in each language before the first large rollout, because translated text can run longer than the source.
If your authoring tool exports XLIFF, Smartcat translates the file and you re-import and publish as usual; see course file translation. Packages exported from Articulate® Rise® are translated without the authoring files, and SCORM Studio does the same for courses published from iSpring Suite, Easygenerator, Adobe Captivate, Absorb Create and CEGID. Other authoring tools without an XLIFF export aren’t covered yet.
Translate the course files your LMS runs, not copied text, so layouts, quizzes and tracking survive. Smartcat works this way, but whichever tool you test, check four things: which SCORM versions and formats it accepts, whether reviewers approve each language before export, whether files return ready to upload, and whether updates re-translate only what changed.
Yes. Smartcat offers a free trial: 15 days and 15,000 Smartwords, with no credit card required. It is a trial, not a free plan, and it is enough to translate a real course package, subtitles or job aids, have your team review them and test the result in your LMS before you choose a plan. General-purpose translation tools usually work on copied text, not course packages.
It depends on the content and on who checks it. 92% of words translated by Smartcat AI are accepted without a single human edit, and your glossary and translation memory keep course terms consistent. For compliance, safety or customer-facing training, keep a reviewer in the loop: the Reviewer Coworker pre-reviews each language and your experts approve it before anything goes to your LMS.
No. Smartcat is a translation platform that works before your LMS: it translates and prepares course files, and your LMS keeps delivering, assigning and tracking training. If you’re choosing an LMS with multi-language support, check how it handles course language versions and interface language packs; Smartcat then supplies the translated courses.
A translation management system (TMS) for LMS content keeps every course’s translations, glossary, translation memory and reviewer approvals in one place, so an update doesn’t start from scratch. Smartcat is a TMS built for course files: it translates SCORM packages, XLIFF exports and subtitles, routes each language to reviewers and returns files your LMS imports.
LMS integration connects a learning management system to other tools, such as HR systems or authoring tools, so courses and data move without manual steps. For multilingual training, Smartcat works before the LMS: it translates the course files your LMS imports, such as SCORM packages, XLIFF exports and subtitles, and returns them in the same format, ready to upload.
Smartcat translates the courses and files you load into your LMS: SCORM packages, XLIFF exports, subtitles and job aids. The LMS’s own menus, buttons and notifications come from its language settings: in Canvas, each user picks a language in their account settings, and Moodle admins install language packs. Course titles and descriptions your team writes can be translated in Smartcat like any other text.
No. Smartcat sits upstream of your LMS and hands it the same file types it imports today: SCORM packages, courses republished from XLIFF, subtitle files and PDF or PPTX job aids. You upload them the way you upload any course, so enrollments, tracking and reports stay as they are. Test one translated course in your LMS before you roll out every language.
It depends on how the course is packaged. With one multilingual SCORM package, the course has a single record in your LMS and learners pick their language, so check how your LMS presents that choice. With one package per language, each language is its own course, and your LMS assigns it by region or by the learner’s profile language. Test one translated course end to end before you load the full catalog.
Yes. Smartcat is ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant, encrypts content in transit and at rest, and isolates every workspace, with role-based access, SSO and audit trails on enterprise plans. Course files, internal procedures and compliance training are never used to train public AI models, and uploaded content is deleted or returned within 30 days of a written request. Details are on the Smartcat security page.
Smartcat charges by Smartwords, its single usage unit: one source word processed by an AI action, such as translation, uses one Smartword per target language. AI dubbing for course video uses 10 Smartwords per dubbed word, charged only when you download it. Plans include a Smartwords allowance shared by unlimited users, and 100%+ translation-memory matches are free on current plans. See plans and pricing.
No. Smartcat is an independent platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with Articulate Global, LLC. Articulate® and Rise® are trademarks of Articulate Global, LLC. All product names and trademarks on this page belong to their respective owners and are used only for identification.
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Trademark notice. Smartcat is an independent platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with Articulate Global, LLC. Articulate®, Articulate 360®, Rise®, and Storyline® are trademarks of Articulate Global, LLC. All product names, logos, and trademarks referenced on this page are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification and descriptive purposes only. Smartcat’s file-format support is built on publicly documented standards and does not imply any partnership or certification.
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