Difference between revisions of "Automating Translation QA"
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Tools such as Alchemy Catalyst support checking if there are duplicate mnemonics for UI elements. Implementing such a function in a translation tool such as [https://open-language-tools.dev.java.net/ Open Language Tools] doesn't seem difficult as it is possible to encode all the required parameters in the XLIFF format. Additional checks that can be done using CATs are: | Tools such as Alchemy Catalyst support checking if there are duplicate mnemonics for UI elements. Implementing such a function in a translation tool such as [https://open-language-tools.dev.java.net/ Open Language Tools] doesn't seem difficult as it is possible to encode all the required parameters in the XLIFF format. Additional checks that can be done using CATs are: | ||
| − | * Checking for completeness of numbers & tag translation (Are numbers transfered to target? Are numbers in the correct format? Is the number, order and/or type of tags unchanged?) | + | * Checking for '''completeness''' of numbers & tag translation (Are numbers transfered to target? Are numbers in the correct format? Is the number, order and/or type of tags unchanged?) |
* Checking for blacklisted keywords (like checking for "Package Manager" after changing the terminology to "Extension Manager) | * Checking for blacklisted keywords (like checking for "Package Manager" after changing the terminology to "Extension Manager) | ||
| − | * Terminology check using an approved glossary | + | * Terminology check using an approved glossary (This could discover simple '''omissions''', like omitting keystroke names in the translation, i.e., for the translation of a sentence in English with "Ctrl-F4", the string "Ctrl-F4" must occur also in the Polish target, and '''consistency problems''' as well) |
* Spell-checking | * Spell-checking | ||
* Style, grammar-checking (for controlled vocabulary, punctuation etc.) | * Style, grammar-checking (for controlled vocabulary, punctuation etc.) | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 19 December 2006
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Automation tools
There are various ways in which CATs (computer-aided translation tools) provide more automation for quality control. Some of that can be reused for automated quality control of OOo translations.
Support in translation tools
Tools such as Alchemy Catalyst support checking if there are duplicate mnemonics for UI elements. Implementing such a function in a translation tool such as Open Language Tools doesn't seem difficult as it is possible to encode all the required parameters in the XLIFF format. Additional checks that can be done using CATs are:
- Checking for completeness of numbers & tag translation (Are numbers transfered to target? Are numbers in the correct format? Is the number, order and/or type of tags unchanged?)
- Checking for blacklisted keywords (like checking for "Package Manager" after changing the terminology to "Extension Manager)
- Terminology check using an approved glossary (This could discover simple omissions, like omitting keystroke names in the translation, i.e., for the translation of a sentence in English with "Ctrl-F4", the string "Ctrl-F4" must occur also in the Polish target, and consistency problems as well)
- Spell-checking
- Style, grammar-checking (for controlled vocabulary, punctuation etc.)
Note that agreeing on a single translation tool and standard translation format (XLIFF) and shared translation memory format would be an additional advantage.
Support in testtool scripts
The automated scripts in testtool can and probably should duplicate some of the functionalities covered by CATs, especially mnemonics uniqueness check, and probably other checks as well.
A spell-check (using OOo spelling dictionary for the build language) of the translation could discover possible encoding problems. This could be automated as well.
Support in standalone tools
Some specialised tests can be developed using standalone grammar checkers like LanguageTool that can be customized for many of Sun-supported languages and others.
