STEPin- Chennai- Globalization Testing Demystified - V2

8/2/2019 STEPin- Chennai- Globalization Testing Demystified - V2

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Demystifying Globalization Testing

Anuj MagazineCitrix R&D India Pvt. Ltd.http://anujmagazine.blogspot.com

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Overall AgendaPart #1: Globalization Testing Introduction and Basics

Part #2: Understanding different components of Globalization Testing

Part #3: Globalization Test Planning- The finer points

Part #4: Uncovering some myths about Globalization testing


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Part-1: Globalization Testing Introduction andBasics


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Do you want your Software product to Interact

with Global customers like any of these Images ?


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Globalization eras


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Growing Language support for Windows OS

Citrix Confidential - Do Not Distribute

Windows 98: 30 languages

Windows XP: 42 languages

Windows Vista: 97 languages

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/hi-in/goglobal/dd218459(en-us).aspx?ppud=4#FundamentalconceptsofMUI


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No. of Countries in the world= 193

Known living Languages= 6900

English speaking = 8.5% of world population (1st or 2nd language)

Languages with atleast 1 million speakers= 347


Some Interesting Statistics



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Language Matters!

Non-English

Speakers91.5%Native English

Speakers5.1%

Other EnglishSpeakers

3.4%


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Overview of Software Globalization


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Globalization(G11N)

Parts of Globalization testing

Internationalization(I18N)

Localization (L10N)


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Jan Scherpenhuizen = Jan S12N


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About I18N

Internationalization, or I18N, is the process of generalizing a product so that it can handlemultiple languages and cultural conventions without the need for re-design.

Internationalization takes place at the level of program design.


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Internationalization(I18N)

Locale Awareness

Localizability

Multilingual UserInterface (MUI)

Parts of I18N testing

Unicode Clean

Input / Output Process

Single Base Binary (SBB)


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About L10N

Localization, L10N, involves taking a product and making it linguistically and culturallyappropriate to the target locale (country/region and language) where it will be used andsold.


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Localization(L10N)

Parts of L10N testing

Translation

UI Layout


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ABC.....no KBC of Globalization Testing

Can Localization exist successfully in a Softwareproduct without Internationalization in place ?

A. YesB. NoC. May beD. None of the above

B. No


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Can Internationalization exist successfully in aSoftware product without Localization in place ?

A. YesB. NoC. May beD. None of the above

A. Yes


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The activity of translation of Documentationgets broadly categorized under-

A. I18NB. L10NC. L20ND. None of the above

B. L10N


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The activity of Unicode implementation getsclassified under-

A. I18NB. L10NC. I19ND. None of the above

A. I18N


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Part-2: Understanding different components ofGlobalization Testing


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#1. Testing Unicode implementation


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Unicode Clean- The Basics Unicode provides a unique number for every character,

no matter what the platform,no matter what the program,no matter what the language.

Journey from Code Pages to Unicode.

Unicode numbers are given in four hex digits preceded by U+, so A; is U+0041 (internalrepresentation).

Tibetan Om

U+0F00

DEVANAGARILETTER JHA

U+091D

HIRAGANA LETTERNU

U+306C


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Questions to clarify before testing Unicode Which languages does your Application Support ?

Is there a requirement to test the localized characters beyond the languages that arealready supported ?

Is the Application Unicode Clean ?

If the Application is not Unicode Clean, then what parts of the Application are non-Unicode

? How is the Unicode data stored in Byte Sequences in the Computer ? Is it UTF-8, UTF-16 or

other representation ?

Does the product support any pre-Unicode code pages ?


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Test Ideas specific to Unicode Does the Application support all possible extended characters and text scripts. Specifically

in multi-byte languages like Korean, Japanese and Chinese ?

Are multi-byte file and fonder names. File contents and other such data parsed, processed,viewed and Saved correctly ?

Multi Byte Characters handling- Overlapping Characters Text Selection Text Deletion

Filtering and Searching


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Double Byte characters handling-O

verlappingcharacters (legacy Applications)- Special consideration to double byte languages.

- Overlapping characters are the values that can be mapped to more than onecharacters depending upon the context in the which they are used (Single byte or

Double byte).

- Example:- ASCII value 0x5C- The value 0x5C is mapped to backslash character in single byte context.- The value 0x5C is used in several Japanese characters (double byte) as a trailingbyte of a two-byte character.- Japanese representation of double byte text is Yen symbol.

- If a program recognizes the 0x5C value as a backslash, it may cause issues withdouble byte languages.


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Double Byte characters handling - Text selection(legacy Applications)

-Proper handling of double byte characters during the character selection operation. (see below)

-Improper handling of double byte characters during the character selection operation. (see below)

- When the cursor is moved to the left instead of moving to the beginning of the previous doublebyte character it is placed in between the lead and trail bytes.


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Double Byte characters handling - Text deletion

(legacy Applications)

- This is an example of incorrect handling of double byte characters during the process ofdeletion. Note that after deletion only trial byte is deleted and not the lead byte.

- Now with the delete key at the start of the string. The lead byte has beendeleted leaving the trail byte().

- Always treat the lead and trailing byte of a double-byte character code as one atomicunit


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Filtering and Searching

- Searching usually has to be performed manually each time. Filters are predefinedsearches within a program.

- Some times programs do not take care of accented characters properly e.g. whilesearch for word- Word the program might return- Wrd, Wrd as well.

- Filtering and Searching of a Localized program must take care of foreigntext/International characters properly.


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Unicode specific bugs


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#2. Testing the Input/Output processimplementation


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Input/Output process- The Basics Put simply, the users interact with an application using keyboard to enter data.

The application processes the data and displays them in a selected font, or outputs them ina file.

Input Processes- Support for Keyboards Support for IME

Output Processes- Font Independence

As a general rule for fonts, the application should not hard-code font names should not assume a given font is always installed on the system should not assume a selected font supports the desired language script


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Input/Output process- Enabling Keyboard- Windows 7


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What is IME (Input Method Editor) What is IME ?

An IME is a program that allows computer users to enter complex characters andsymbols, such as Japanese characters, using a standard keyboard.

Why we need IME ?

Each language of CCJK has lots of characters, we cannot mapping all of them onstandard keyboard.

Which languages need IME

CCJK (SC, TC, JA and KO)


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Questions to clarify before testing

Input/Output Process Input Process:

What are the input modes that an application supports ? Does application supports IME, Keyboard, Copy-Paste, Inputting text through Character maps etc. ?

Output Process: Is the font hard-coded or is externalized ? Are there any places in the Application where the dynamic text shows up ?


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Test Ideas specific to Input/Output process Input Process:

Can users Copy/Paste with Accented Characters ? For, Asian Languages, are all major Input Method Editors (IME) supported ?

Check all the text fields with Localized Keyboard ?

Output Process:

Test the entire Application User Interface for the consistency of UI look and feel/Font display. Get the error messages List and simulate the messages in the Application.

If there are some Locales in which product is not translated but important from business perspective,work to test the English version of the product on the Localized OS.

If the Application has different UI components may be Web based and Windows based, ensure to test therendering of text on all supported components.

Ensure that UIs of all the supported languages are tested independently in all supported OS/Browsercombinations.

If the Application has places where the UI dynamically shows data , such areas should be tested.


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Examples of Input/Output Process specific bugsCharacter corruption - Question marks- Sometimes Questions marks appear (?????) in the UI instead of displaying thecorrect text This generally indicates a problem in the Unicode to ANSI conversion.


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Character corruption- Random characters- Random High ANSI characters (, , , ) appear instead of readable text.- This generally indicates a problem with the use of the wrong code page.


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Character corruption- Font display- Vertical bars, boxes and tildes (, , ~) indicates that the selected font cannotdisplay some of the characters.


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#3. Testing the Locale Awarenessimplementation


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Locale Awareness-The Basics The application has to be aware of the locale of the underlying operation system to correct

format the locale sensitive data.

Different countries use different formatting for their calendar, date, time, currency,numbers and so on

Locale Awareness- Key Aspects Consistent Locale Model Locale based Calendar

Locale based Formatting Locale based Sorting


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Locale Awareness Does the product support different regional settings, such as date/time and currency

formats, calendar standards, decimal separators, paper size standards, measurement, andaddress and telephone number format ?

Which areas of the Application displays Locale specific information such as Date/Time,Numbers, Currency, Calendar etc. ?

Are there any areas in the Application where the data is sorted ? What are the language specific sorting rules followed in the Application logic ?

Are there any places in the Application where the Address format is used ? Is the formatexternalized ?

If there is a place in Application where one can define App specific Regional settings, doesit take precedent over OS specific Regional settings ?


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Test ideas specific to Locale Awareness Ensuring different components of the Application follows consistent Locale.

Do regional settings, such as paper size, date/time, number and currency formats, reflectthe language of localized product by default ?

Does the Localized application automatically default to regional settings specified in theOperating System ?


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Locale awareness: Date and Time Different Countries use different Date/Time formats.Country Short Date Before Noon After Noon

United States Month/Day/Year 11:45 AM 1:30 PM

France Day/Month/Year 11:45 13:30

Germany Day.Month.Year 11:45 Uhr 13:30 Uhr

Japan Year/Month/Day 11:45 13:30

Sweden Year/Month/Day 11.45 13.30

Testing needs to ensure that appropriate Date/Time formats are followed.

Testing needs to ensure that appropriate format of Calendars are followed.

Examples: In United States, as Sunday is first day of the week- it appears in left most column in

the Calendar. Many other countries consider Monday as first day of the week- So, Mondayshould appear in Left most column in the Calendar.


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Locale awareness: Date and Time


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Locale awareness: Currency Different Countries have different currencies and Monetary Symbols.

Test your program to ensure that all the currencies and their symbols are accepted byInput fields and are displayed properly.

Euro Symbol is a Special case. (Rupee Symbol as well)


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Testing should ensure that any numerical or Currency value is written correctly as perstandards followed in locale under test.

Examples1. In United States, a period is used to represent decimal and a comma is used as

thousands separator. E.g. 1,000,000.002. In Germany, it is other way around i.e. a comma is used to represent decimal anda period is used as thousands separator. E.g. 1.000.000,00

Locale awareness:N

umbers


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Locale awareness: Addresses, Postal Codes, Phone#

Different Countries have different ways of formatting their Addresses

Examples:Address format for United States-NameStreet NumberExtra Lines for apartment numbers, Suites, Buildings etc.City, State, Zip code

Address format for Japan-Postal CodePrefectureTown

Street NumberName

Address format for Germany-Street AddressPostal code CityCountry/Region


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Addresses can be represented in different ways in the UI. Special consideration for Zip codes.

Examples:US zip codes are either 5 to 9 digits long.Japanese postal codes are 7 digits long.China zip codes are 6 digits long.Taiwan zip codes are 3 digits long.

Korea zip codes are up to 6 digits often with a city name included.

Special consideration for Phone Numbers.Examples:

US has a 3 digit area code.India has a 2 digit area code.

In Chinese and Korean, there are no separate fields for First name and Last name.(and there is no space between First name and Last name).

International addresses should be stored in database properly and be displayedproperly.

Locale awareness: Addresses, Postal Codes and Phone No


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Locale awareness: Sorting Different Sorting rules exists for different countries

Examples- In German, the letters and o are sorted next to each other.- In Sweden, the letter is sorted at the very end; a couple of letters after z

Sometimes, there are different sort rules for the same language.

Examples Spanish language has 4 additional characters ( as compared to English). During

Sorting, there are separate sort rules (traditional and modern sort) that are used. German language also has multiple collation rules. Infact, there are 3 of them-

DIN1, DIN2 (used in phone books) and Austrian.

Sorting works the same way in French as it does in English. Japanese language sorting is always based on phonetics.


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Examples of Locale Awareness specific bugs


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Date-Time formats


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Regional issues


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Locale Awareness demo- World Ready Application


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#4. Testing the Single Base Binaryimplementation


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Single Base Binary-The Basics Single base binary, or SBB, is a single set of functional core binaries for all language

versions of operation systems, there are no conditional compiling for different languageversions, there are no need to maintain separate source codes for development teams andlife cycle maintenance.

Single Base Binary- Key Aspects

Single Language Neutral Binary Application should functionally behave the same across all the supported languages.


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Single base binary Do the separate code paths specific to languages exist within the code ?

Is the code same/consistent for all the languages ?

Has all the UI text been externalized and placed in separate resource files ?

Is there any text which is still (on purpose) hard-code ?


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Test ideas specific to Single Base Binary Test for Application having only Localized text in the UI- No hard coding.

Test for Functionality in the different supported languages. Application functions shouldbehave the same way across the various supported languages.


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Example of Single base binary specific bugs


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Example of Single base binary specific bugs


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#5. Testing the Localizability implementation


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Localizability- The Basics Localizability:

In the application development phase, it is important to identify what needs to be localized and whatdoes not, and then put everything that needs to be localized into separate files, in this way the product islocalizable.

Localizability testing verifies that you can easily translate the user interface of the program to any targetlanguage without re-engineering or modifying code. Localizability testing catches bugs normally foundduring product localization, so localization of the program is required to complete this test.

Localizability- Key Aspects: GUI 30-percent Rule Localizable Image/Icons Mirroring


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What is Globalizationreally ?

Microsoft Word

Document


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Localizability Translatables- Have all translatable components been externalized from the source code ?

Regional Settings- Have any regional settings been hard-coded, such as time/date formats ?

Concetenations-Are there many concatenations that may cause problems for translators ?

Over- externationalzing- Do the resource files containing translatable text have any non-translatable items ?

Expansions- Do dialog boxes and forms allow for text expansion ?

Bitmap text- Does the application contain many bitmaps or icons with translatable text ?

Does the Application contain any graphics, colors , or other components that need to beadjusted for certain target locales ? Can these components be easily adapted to be moregeneric ?


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Test ideas specific to Localizability Pseudo Translation (will cover later in detail)


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Example of Localizability specific bugs


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Example of Localizability specific bugs


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Mirroring demo- World Ready Application


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#6. Testing the Multilingual User Interface

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MUI- The Basics


Separate Localizable resources from Source code

Dynamically load the appropriate language resources



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Multilingual Application

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Language neutral core binary (also SBB)

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Set of language specific localized resource files

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Logic to dynamically load language specific resources

+Language Fallback Logic


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Ancient era: Code and resources live together



G11N Process Maturity Indicator

Developing the Application

Servicing the Application

Adding New Languages


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Medieval era: Logically separating code and

localizable resources





Maintaining the Application

Adding New languages


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An Example




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Application containing multiple language resources








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Modern era: Physically separating code and resources








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Test Ideas specific to MUI


Testing for Language neutral core binary

Testing for single MUI Installation

Testing for switching language without Reinstallation

Testing for the logic of dynamically loading resources Testing for language Fallback mechanism

Testing for Single base binary


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Example of MUI specific bugs


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MUI demo- World Ready Application


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#7. Some more considerations


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Duplicate, Missing hotkeys


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Text in Graphics


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Look out for Acronyms- Are they represented properly ?


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Are there any Abbreviations ? Information written as Info Advertisement written as Ad


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The Problems with Concatenation The Code:strHello = ReadString("Welcome");strMsg = strHello + ", " + UserName;

English: Welcome, Anuj

Suitable for Japanese ?

Other languages have: different word orders (Japanese) different genders for different nouns (French, German, Spanish)

different punctuation marks (Spanish, German)

different requirements for indicating respect of the user (French and Japanese)

different requirements for plurality (all languages)


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The Problems with Concatenationcontd Indicating Plurals:

Similarly adding "st", "nd" and "th" to numbers will cause the same sort of problems.


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Excessive CapitalizationAs a Developer, you probably Write a Lot of Code, and you write Documentation for it, soyou're well able to write. This may be true, but you may not realise that because of yourJob, you've probably developed a peculiar writing Style that afflicts many Programmers,which while it is merely unsettling for Users, can cause serious Problems when your Softwareis Localised.

Very often translators will make assumptions about words that are capitalised and it canresult in both over translation and under translation depending on the context.

As a Developer, you probably Write a Lot ofCode, and you write Documentation for it, soyou're well able to write. This may be true, but you may not realise that because of yourJob, you've probably developed a peculiar writing Style that afflicts many Programmers,which while it is merely unsettling for Users, can cause serious Problems when your Softwareis Localised.


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Over-TranslationProduct Names, Registry Keys


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Legal Aspects Different Countries Different Laws

German unfair competition LawClaim of superior position My product is the fastest, best, first, #1, ... My company is the world leader in .

Claims about product quality 100% bug free Totally Secure

Should Copyright Symbol be Localized ?

Is = ( c ) ?


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Some Disputed GesturesThe seemingly innocent thumbs-up gesture C is offensive in Australia.

The thumbs-down gesture D is extremely rude to the locals of the Mexican islands.

Putting your thumb to the side may get you beaten up in Nigeria.

Showing your entire hand with the palm facing out I may mean stop to you but is considered a

serious insult in Greece.Putting your fingers in a circle to indicate O.K. may confuse a variety of people.


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Which feature of Internationalization deals with

Supporting characters from different languages ?

A. Multilingual userinterface

B. LocalizabilityC. UnicodeD. None of the aboveC. Unicode


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Which I18N feature deals with use case ofenabling user to change the Language at a run-time ?


B. LocalizabilityC. UnicodeD. None of the above



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Pseudo-Translation Technique can be used to tewhich I18N feature?


B. LocalizabilityC. UnicodeD. None of the above

B. Localizability


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Having a consistent Locale model is a key aspectof which I18N feature ?


B. Locale AwarenessC. UnicodeD. None of the above

B. Locale Awareness


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Using text in Graphics is

A. Good PracticeB. Not a Good PracticeC. Does not matterD. Should not matter

B. Not a Good Practice


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Input Method Editors (IME) are the preferred wayof inputting text in which languages ?

A. Only EuropeanB. Mostly USC. Mostly AsianD. Only MexicoC. Mostly Asian


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I18N feature by means of which Applicationfunctionally behave the same across all thesupported languages.

A. Locale awarenessB. LocalizabilityC. UnicodeD. Single base binaryD. Single base binary


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GUI 30 percent rule is applicable to which part

of Globalization ?

A. Locale awarenessB. LocalizabilityC. UnicodeD. None of the above

B. Localizability


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Part-3: Globalization Test Planning- Finer points


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#1. Localized Test data planning- Finer points


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Why is Localized Test data planning challenging ? Complexity involving the test data across many languages.

Each language in-turn may consist of literally many writing systems.

Different Languages can literally consist of thousands of characters leading to problem ofchoice.

Unicode can store data differently (UTF-8, UTF-16 etc.) which can add another layer ofcomplexity.

Localized test data depending upon the encoding being used may end up in varying sizes.

The Localized data can be inputted using different means.


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Why is Euro Language test data different than Asian ?


# of Characters: Asian Languages like Japanese, Chinese and Korean literally havethousands of characters than their more English-like European languages.

# of different Writing Systems: Asian Languages usually constitute of many Writing Systemsas against less complex European languages.

Presence of Symbols: Asian Languages has the presence of more Symbols and they getsused along with other characters.

Variety of Input modes: Asian languages makes use of Input method editors among othercommonly used methods.


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Language specific Test data- An Approach


Generating the Classes of test data


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Example- Spanish Test data- Classes


Capitals:, , , ,,, (commas are only used as separators)

Lower case:,,,,,,

Punctuation:,,,, ,,:

Special Spanish representations:HTML entity codes (HTML entity codes are the codes which allow browsers and screen readers to process data as the appropriatelanguage) e.g. for the character , the HTML entity code is

English Lower case characters:a-z

English Upper case characters:A-Z

Numeric representations:

1,2,3,4....Special characters (EN):~`!@#$%^&*()_+-={}[]|\:;"'.?/


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Other Important Considerations


Bytes vs Characters discussion

A Short demo- String Decoder (Available at-http://www.testingmentor.com/tools/generaltools.htm)

Learnings:

Take into Account # of bytes your test data is using based on Encoding used. Very usefulconsideration in deciding Boundary value tests

Also Account for different ways the data can be inputted- Character maps, Copy Paste,Localized Keyboards etc.

Keep varying the Test data in every cycle of testing.


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Creation of Input field sheet- A good practice


An Example

Microsoft Excel

Worksheet


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Accessing and using Character Map


An Example


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Japanese Language Fundamentals The Japanese writing system is totally different from English, because it does not use

alphabets.

The modern Japanese writing system uses three main scripts: Kanji, Hiragana andKatakana

Kanji is nothing but the Ideographs from Chinese characters.

Roughly speaking, Kanji represents blocks of meaning (nouns, stems of adjectives andverbs) and hiragana expresses the grammatical relationship between them (endings ofadjectives and verbs, particles). Katakana is used for foreign names, the names offoreign places and words of foreign origin.


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Japanese Language Fundamentals Here is an example of a newspaper headline (from the Asahi Shimbun on 19 April 2004) that

uses all the scripts: (kanji (red), hiragana (blue), katakana (green)

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The same headline, transliterated to the Latin alphabet:

Radokurifu, Marason gorin daihy ni ichi-man mtoru shutsuj ni mo fukumi

The same headline, translated to English:

"Radcliffe to compete in Olympic marathon, also implied to appear in the 10,000 m"


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Input Japanese characters using IME IME- Input Method Editors

When an operating system is prepared for use in East Asia, it always has one or more IME'sbuilt in, to make it practical for users to input their characters. However, applicationssometimes provide their own input methods as well, which may provide alternative inputstrategies or which may be better suited to that particular application.


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Input Japanese characters using IME- Hiragana


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Input Japanese characters using IME- Katakana


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Input Japanese characters using IME- Kanji


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More exercises at- http://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanese801/howtotypejapanese.html


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Understanding some Problematic characters


ASCII Byte code Character set Characters Alt/IME type input

\ 5C S-JIS hyou, nou, juu, baku, chou,shin, so

~ 7E S-JIS

en, kashi, kyuu, kujira, kou,yoku, mi

^ 5E S-JIS un, kaeru, gi,seki@ 40 S-JIS hana[ 5B S-JIS hyou] 5D S-JIS hyou| 7C S-JIS fu

{ 7B S-JIS fu} 7D S-JIS fuunknown

9870,936B,8367 S-JIS wan, to, to


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Some Conclusions around Localized Test data planning Categorize Language specific Test data based on characters as much as possible.

Ensure to pay a special consideration to Byte and Character nuances.

Ensure to utilize all possible ways of Inputting while testing an Application.

Ensure to be aware of historical problematic test data across the languages. ButProblematic test data should be used keeping proper context in mind.

Encorporate Test data Randomization to ensure that adequate mix of test data getstested.

Imbibing variability in Localized test data is key to success in Globalization testing.


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#2. When is the ideal time to start Globalization ?


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#3. What does a typical Globalization Process look like ?


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Globalization Process- A Birds Eye view


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Design

G11n productassessment

G11n rqmtsanalysis

G11n workestimations

Design I18n architecture

Design intl specificfeatures

Consult to product team

Create g11n test plan

Internationalized testautomation

Intl lab procurement / setup

Code i18n arch, intlfeatures

Prepare build system

Prepare localization kit

International feature/functiontesting

Localizability testing

Internationalizationregression testing

Localization testing

IntegrateUI localization

Fix i18n and l10n issues

Create localizationplan

Terminology glossary

T9n automation prep

UI / online help translation

Fix linguistic UI issues

Doc T9n andpublishing

Translation vendor management

Linguistic Q/A

G11n

Dev

Loc

G11nTest

I18n

Complete

Offshore team management

Loc

Complete

Sim-ship

RTMIntl DocRTW

Requirements Design Implementation

FeatureComplete RTM

Integration/ClosedownProductTeam

Globalization Process- with a bit of detail


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#4. Globalization Assessment- The Why and How ?


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#4. Globalization Testing- How much is too much ?


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Re-use and customizeproduct teams test cases

Use matrices based onlanguage and code page

Globalization test optimization


Double byte language group Single byte language group

JA SC TC KO DE FR ES RU

Test Case A

Test Case B

Test Case C

Test Case D

Test Case E

25% 60% 15%

~1/3 size of EN

Core (English)

Test Project Size

Globalization

Test Project Size

Relative Test Project Sizes

L10N (UI) Testing

New Feature/Function I18N Testing

I18N Regression Testing


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Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana are the writingsystems pertaining to which languages?

A. Traditional ChineseB. KoreanC. Simplified ChineseD. JapaneseD. Japanese


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Character Maps and IME and the means to-

A. Input test dataB. Used only for Euro

languagesC. All of the above

D. None of the above

A. Input test data


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Part-4: Uncovering myths about Globalization Testing


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Myth- It is not possible to find the Localization

bugs before actual translation takes place.


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80%

T t T ti


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Text Truncation

C t l O l i


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Control Overlapping


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Pseudo translation - Example

Source Text = Enable Session reliability

Issues to look for :

Pseudo translated text = [ nbl Sssn rlblty ]

Hardcoding: Enable Session reliability

Probable Truncation : [ nbl Sssn rlblty

Character Corruption :[|| nbl Sssn rlblty |# ]


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Pseudo Translation In Action

Pseudo Translate


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Quick demo

World Ready Application Pseudo Translation example


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Myth -Security Testing is from Mars andGlobalization testing is from Venus


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Threats to International ApplicationsVisual ThreatsNon Visual threats

Visual Threats

Non-Visual ThreatsSecurity considerations based on Functional requirements

Security considerations based on Non-Functional requirements

Is http://www.pypal.com= http://www.paypal.comrn=m in Sanf Serif font


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Myth# 3- Globalization testing is only about testing

the UI

Unicode Clean


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Unicode Clean


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Myth- If a test case works fine in French language,it will work fine in German language as well


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Myth - A person who doesn't know French cannot

test the French version of the Software


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Myth- If i don't know French at all, i can stilleffectively test a French application


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Myth - Testing International applications using"Microsoft's MUI (Multilingual User Interface) Pack"or "Localized OS installation" means one and the

same thing


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Myth -The language verification of User Interfacecan be done by comparing the text on screen withtranslation outputs of any freely available Online

translator.


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Myth - The test scripts meant for English languageautomated tests cannot be reused for

Internationalization testing

Fi d th i ?


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Find the issue?

O t t f A t t d T t


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Output from Automated Test

Th hidd t l


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The hidden control


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Myth: If the Foreign text input in application textfields work fine by using the Soft keys, then it

means the data input through respective Foreign

language key board would also work fine.


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Myth: Globalization testing doesn't require thesame test setup as is required to do the Base

language testing. Globalization testing can be done

with a minimum test setup.


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Myth 12: There is no use testing the Englishversion of a product on Localized Operating

systems


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Testing the international applications usingMicrosoft MUI and Localized OS installationmeans one and the same thing ?

A. YesB. NoC. All of the aboveD. None of the above

B. No


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