Localization & Internationalization Testing

Every year, we deliver tens of thousands of man-hours of localization testing services to our global blue-chip clients. We provide the confidence that their products - localized into any of the more than 100 languages we routinely work with - meet the language and functionality requirements of their local users. Whatever software product or whatever language version you use, chances are that it, too, has been tested by Moravia in one of our global test centers.

Best of Both Worlds

Our leadership in the area of localization and internationalization testing is backed up by our dedicated translation and localization unit, which has made Moravia one of the largest language services companies in the world. Together, our combined language, testing and engineering expertise gives our clients an unparalleled advantage when it comes to preparing local or localized versions of their products before releasing them in international markets.

Major synergies are possible when product localization and testing are conducted by one cross-functional team spanning both areas. Managed by the same project manager, with in-country and in-house teams working hand-in-hand, costs can be reduced, duplicate activities eliminated, and the overall product quality increased as a result of such efficient cooperation.

Advanced Automation Solutions

We possess state-of-the art localization and internationalization test automation capabilities. With these, we can help clients minimize testing costs, reduce potential human errors, and accelerate the overall testing process.

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In addition, since we understand the language as well as the engineering aspects of product localization, we have developed specific processes and tools to make localization testing as efficient as is possible with today's technologies.

For instance, our Moravia FaultFinder inspects every dialog box for GUI defects (truncations, overlaps, misalignments, duplicated hotkeys, etc.) and highlights errors for testers, helping to increase the efficiency of this activity, and practically to eliminate the need for manual testing.

The key localization and internationalization testing services we provide are as follows:

• Localization Testing
• GUI Testing
• User Assistance Testing
• Internationalization Testing

Localization Testing

Localization testing follows after product localization and is performed to ensure that the localized product is fully functional, linguistically accurate, and that no issues have been introduced during the localization process. Localization testing involves testing of the localized product in accordance with national language standards, searching for un-translated text in the user interface, verifying consistency of formats (date formats, number formats, etc.), verifying accordance with capitalization rules and proper use of alphabets, verification of correct use of currencies, etc.

GUI Testing

Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing serves to ensure that the user interface of a product contains no defects such as truncated strings, overlapping controls, misaligned controls, duplicated hotkeys, etc. introduced during the localization phase. This is an area where automation plays a major role; most GUI testing can be automated, reducing significantly the cost and duration of this type of testing. Since GUI testing often needs to be performed in each UI update of software tested, these advantages multiply.

User Assistance Testing

User Assistance Testing consists mainly of technical QA of a product's user assistance and on-line help. Our testers ensure that user assistance documentation is completely localized, the original layout is kept intact and that all external and internal hyperlinks work as intended.

This testing step includes all the stages of compiling, engineering, bug fixing and script generation of the user assistance content, and has become a largely automated yet complex activity. It answers client questions such as: How can I be sure my local-language versions and locales are correct and functional? How can I meet daily change-of-content QA demands? How can I verify links in large-content volumes? We use the latest methodologies and tools for content verification.

Internationalization (I18N) Testing

Internationalization testing of products aims to uncover international functionality issues prior to the products' global release through product testing. This technique tests whether the product was correctly adapted to work under different languages and regional settings (ability to display accented characters, to run on non-English operating systems, to display the correct numbering system thousands and decimal separators, etc.).

This type of testing equally includes pseudo-localization testing on the internationalized build to identify potential localization user interface concerns. It also helps uncover issues that may increase the costs of localization and future product support later on.

Internationalization testing answers client questions such as: Does my product fully support Unicode? Is it fully localizable into Chinese and other Asian-language character sets? What about bi-directional languages such as Arabic or Hebrew? What are the different international market requirements and standards I must be aware of? Internationalization testing will uncover overlooked points and detect areas requiring improvement, and will allow for preparation for subsequent internationalization and localization.

To find out how our localization and internationalization testing solutions could help you ensure your products are ready for an international release, please complete the Request for Information form and we will get back to you shortly, or see other options for contacting us.