Software Testing: Principles and Practices

Chapter 9

Internationalization [I₁₈n] Testing

In this chapter—

• Introduction

• Primer on internationalization

• Test phases for internationalization testing

• Enabling testing

• Locale testing

• Internationalization validation

• Fake language testing

• Language testing

• Localization testing

• Tools used for internationalization

• Challenges and issues

9.1 INTRODUCTION

The market for software is becoming truly global. The advent of Internet has removed some of the technology barriers on widespread usage of software products and has simplified the distribution of software products across the globe. However, the ability of a software product to be available and usable in the local languages of different countries will significantly influence its rate of adoption. ...