In the spring of 2022, we – Ewa Dacko and Marta Bartnicka – started a new workshop on testing localization. The workshop premiered on test:fest in Wrocław, with participants being QA practitioners, „the real testers” who wanted to learn how to test localization. Then, with exactly the same exercises, the training was held on Translating Europe Workshop in Warszawa for students of applied linguistics who wanted to learn testing as another skill in their translation and localization portfolio.
Running the workshop twice has inspired me to draw some conclusions about how QA approach the testing of localization vs. how linguists do it. Spoiler alert: there will be no clear answer as to who are the ultimate best testers, but rather observations about the strengths of the two groups.
Tag: qa
Localization testing: QA or linguists?
