Localization Testing

What is Localization Testing?

Localization testing is performed to verify the quality of a product's localization for a particular target culture/locale and is executed only on the localized version of the product.

Localization Testing - Characteristics:

• Modules affected by localization, such as UI and content

• Modules specific to Culture/locale-specific, language-specific, and region-specific

• Critical Business Scenarios Testing

• Installation and upgrading tests run in the localized environment

• Plan application and hardware compatibility tests according to the product's target region.

Localization Testing - UI Testing:

• Check for linguistic errors and resource attributes

• Typographical errors

• Verify the systems adherence to the input, and display environment standards

• Usability testing of the User interface

• Verify cultural appropriateness of UI such as colour, design, etc.