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ravikumar

2005-10-25, 7:59 am


Hi any body can give me some breif description abt localization
testing.....
Thanks
Ravi


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raja

2005-10-25, 7:05 pm

hi Ravi,

Localization translates the product UI and occasionally changes some
initial settings to make it suitable for another region. Localization
testing checks the quality of a product's localization for a particular
target culture/locale. This test is based on the results of
globalization testing, which verifies the functional support for that
particular culture/locale. Localization testing can be executed only on
the localized version of a product. Localizability testing does not
test for localization quality.

The test effort during localization testing focuses on:

Areas affected by localization, such as UI and content
Culture/locale-specific, language-specific, and region-specific areas
In addition, localization testing should include:

Basic functionality tests
Setup and upgrade tests run in the localized environment
Plan application and hardware compatibility tests according to the
product's target region.

@raja.

Phlip

2005-10-25, 9:58 pm

raja wrote:

> Localization translates the product UI and occasionally changes some
> initial settings to make it suitable for another region. Localization
> testing checks the quality of a product's localization for a particular
> target culture/locale.


I put a big, rad paper on localization testing here:

http://www.zeroplayer.com/cgi-bin/w...tUserInterfaces

I would appreciate anyone checking my Sanskrit grammar - for some reason
they didn't dwell on that subject in school ;-)

--
Phlip
[url]http://www.greencheese.org/ZLand[/url] <-- NOT a blog!!!


Shrinik

2005-10-26, 4:02 am

Just search on MSDN - you will get some good intro to this topic in a
simple terms.

Shrini

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