Globalization Testing

Testing the application for different languages and different country format is known as globalization testing.

Types of globalization testing:

1. Internationalization or I18N Testing
   
2. Localization or L1ON
   

I18N Testing

Testing the application for different languages is known as I18N testing.
Any application which supports multiple languages we can opt for I18N testing.The code for any application is by default written in english language, so to convert the content/codes of english language into another language, the coversion of content/code is done by the language experts.
The language expert must have the required knowledge of those languages from which he is converting the content and also known the language to which he is converting it into.The job of language expert is to convert the content from one language to another.

How to do I18N testing?

Test engineer performs I18N testing with the help of pseudo translation i.e, access the property files in the server(properties files are devloped by the devlopers which has some content inside it and it looks like a notepad or a textpad) and do the necessary changes according to the testing requirement.But Test engineer never checks the meaning of the content since he do not know the languages.

I18N testing can only be done for applications which supports multiple languages..

Things need to be tested for I18N Testing:

1. Correct language.
2. Correct pages.
3. UI issues.
4. Broken links.

L10N Testing

Testing the application for different-diferrent country format is known as L10N testing.

L10N testing can only be done for different country formats, so to do L10N testing the country option should be mandatory in the application.