Software Localization Testing. Presentation At Adobe HQ, San Jose. May 18, 2017

1. An Intro to Software
Localization Testing
Valeska van Vliet and Olga Melnikova
IMUG @Adobe
May 18, 2017

3. Setting the Stage: Quick Survey
Go to the IMUG webpage and use this link to answer two
questions:
http://imug.org/moravia1
> Have you ever done testing?
> If “Yes”, what kind of testing did you do?

4. Why Is Testing Important?

5. Why Is Localization Testing Important?
Ensures:
> Correct functionality on all platforms
> Consistent user experience across all
language versions
> Localized versions meet product
expectations

6. The Where, What,
and Who of Setting
Up a Testing Facility
(What we’ve learned from doing it.)

7. Where: Monterey
Language Capital of the World

8. Our Monterey Facility

9. Who: Testing Resources
>Challenges of hiring and training testers
>Qualifications
>Creating a training program

10. Monterey: Testers, Dogs, Bugs…
> Dog-friendly
> Bug-unfriendly

11. What: Types of Testing Projects
>Medical devices
>Home automation devices
>Websites
>Language Quality Assurance
>Desktop Publishing Quality Assurance

12. Testing Execution
and Best Practices

13. What is a Bug?

14. The Term “Bug”:
Often attributed to Grace Hopper

15. Localization Testing Workflow

16. Bug Tracking System

17. Bug Reporting Guidelines

18. Test Plans (Protocols)

19. Test Cases

20. Localization Testing Specifics

21. Different Reactions to a Single Word: Bug

22. Localization Testing
Testing requires:
> Efficiency
> Effectiveness
> Thoroughness

23. Issue Types

24. Bug Types
User Interface
Linguistic
Functional

25. Functional Issues

26. Functional Issues: Example
Uninstall

27. User Interface Issues

28. Truncation and Untranslated Text
User Interface Issues: Example

29. Credits: Moravia
Untranslated Icons
User Interface Issues: Example

30. Alignment
User Interface Issues: Example

31. Duplicate or Missing Hotkeys
User Interface Issues: Example

32. Layout
User Interface Issues: Example

33. Overlocalization
User Interface Issues: Example

34. Text Formatting
User Interface Issues: Example

35. Corrupted Characters
User Interface Issues: Example

36. Wrong Date / Time / Number Format
User Interface Issues: Example

37. Spacing
User Interface Issues: Example

38. Linguistic Issues: Example

39. Spelling and Grammar
Linguistic Issues: Example

40. Consistency
Credits: Moravia
Linguistic Issues: Example

41. Alphabetical Order
Credits: Ute Balsley
Linguistic Issues: Example

42. When Products Ship With Known Bugs

43. Conclusion

45. Quiz 1
1. Go to: http://imug.org/moravia2
2. Complete the quiz
3. 30 seconds per screen shot

46. Screenshot 1

47. Screenshot 2

48. Screenshot 3

49. Screenshot 4

50. Screenshot 5

51. Screenshot 6

52. Screenshot 7

53. Screenshot 8

54. Screenshot 9

55. Screenshot 10

56. Quiz 2
1. Go to: http://imug.org/moravia2
2. Complete the quiz

57. Questions and Answers