Make Sure Your Software Works Internationally

Localization and Internalization Testing checks a solution's interface and the precision of its work within a localized country and language-specific environment. When your software is localized, your customers buy the product and can choose their native language and see the date, currency, paper size, etc. in the format to which they are accustomed. With A1QA's localization and internalization testing service you can increase your market share and win over international audiences. 

Internationalization is the process of developing a software application so that it can be changed to meet the requirements of different languages and cultures, without modifying any part of its design. Internalization takes place before the product is localized.

Localization is the process of linguistic and cultural adaptation of a software solution to regional standards and language(s) in a specific locale.

At A1QA, we check the following aspects during localization and internationalization testing:

• Compliance of the application with native (localized) environment (Windows, MS Office, etc.)
• Compliance of the application with GUI guidelines
• Compatibility with different regional standards (e.g., date/time, time zone, and currency format, postal codes, telephone numbers, paper format, etc.)
• Regulatory compliance
• Help files and documentation
• Absence of untranslated messages
• Alphabetic sorting order

All the tests are conducted on the required local operating systems, i.e. the end-user's "real world" working environment. In most cases, localization and internationalization testing are performed together with functional testing.

A1QA benefits:

• A1QA has its own laboratory of localization environments, eliminating the need to build your own and to spend additional time and money.
• We create test conditions that are close to real life - we use localized software (Windows, MS Office, etc.), not MUI (multilingual user interface).
• A1QA relies on great expertise in localization testing and uses industry standards and best practices.
• We provide localization testing according to a customer's specific requirements (corporate identity, standards and regulations).
• We use a test automation approach to optimize costs and reduce testing time.
• A1QA's specialists can carry out professional proofreading to check the quality of localization. Contact A1QA for available languages.