Localisation Testing Process: Analysis and Proposal of an Error Coding Model (Bug Report) and Test Plan
Keywords:
testing, taxonomy of errors, error encoding, linguistic testing, functional testing, bug reportAbstract
The concept of translation error has been under discussion in Translation Studies since its beg innings. The technological advance in a globalised world like this implies an increase in the provision of localisation services; a process which includes a gre ater number of tasks other than translating text. The objectives of this research are to describ e and analyse theoretical concepts as a theoretical review; to determine the necessary parameters to carry out a testing task of localised products and to standardise and system atise the testing process. There is also a need to analyse the types of errors being made in a localisation process, as well as to conduct a taxonomy of these errors and propose an error encoding. In addition, a bug report model applicable in the revision phase of t he localisation process is created together with a set of instruction s for the localisers with the aim of unifying the process of revision and testing, increasing the quality of the final product.Downloads
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