Shopper and enterprise learners can now entry 4,000 programs and 55+ Skilled Certificates in languages together with French, Greek, and Thai
By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content material Officer, Coursera
In a world that’s quickly globalizing, language obstacles proceed to pose a big problem for learners seeking to develop new abilities to advance their careers and enter new fields. To assist tackle this hole, we’re happy to announce that we’re quickly increasing our AI-powered translation efforts, serving to extra learners all over the world entry training within the languages they’re most snug with.
All learners can now entry 4,000+ programs, 600+ Specializations, and 55+ Skilled Certificates from companions like IBM, Meta*, and Microsoft in as much as 17 languages, up from seven languages introduced for enterprise learners simply two months in the past. The translations cowl the total in-course expertise: lecture video subtitles, course readings, quizzes, assessments, assignments, directions, dialogue prompts, course descriptions, and syllabi.
Right now, learners can entry content material within the following languages:
- Arabic (at present obtainable for enterprise learners solely)
- Chinese language – Simplified (NEW!)
- Dutch (NEW!)
- French
- German
- Greek (NEW!)
- Indonesian
- Italian (NEW!)
- Kazakh (NEW!)
- Polish (NEW!)
- Portuguese – Brazil
- Russian (NEW!)
- Spanish
- Swedish (NEW!)
- Thai
- Turkish (NEW!)
- Ukrainian (NEW!)
Greater than 450,000 learners have already accessed translations within the preliminary seven languages and over 58 million registered learners on Coursera are primarily based in international locations with one in every of these 17 languages as their official language. In every course, learners can toggle between their native language or use subtitles for English programs to advance their English language proficiency.
This enlargement additionally spans 55+ Skilled Certificates – together with 19 certificates from IBM, 8 from Meta, and 6 from Microsoft – to assist learners throughout the globe break into or advance in high-demand careers.
“To proceed empowering people and scale back language obstacles, IBM Skilled Certificates on Coursera will now be supplied in a number of languages,” mentioned Nicole Borowski, IBM Studying communications lead. “Extra individuals can reap the benefits of this expanded entry to develop and remodel their abilities.”
“We’re thrilled to introduce our Skilled Certificates in quite a lot of new languages,” mentioned Amy Brooks, Director of Enterprise Training at Meta. “As a company that thrives on connection and breaking down obstacles, we’re wanting ahead to serving to much more learners of all backgrounds develop the abilities wanted to take part within the digital economic system.”
To entry translated programs, Specializations, and Skilled Certificates, head to coursera.org and filter by language within the search menu.
* Skilled Certificates from Meta are at present obtainable in Arabic, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Portuguese (Brazil), and Thai. All 17 languages will probably be obtainable in 2024.
