A Comparative Study of Two FOSS Localisation Tools : Pootle and Virtaal

Diplôme Master A Comparative Study of Two FOSS Localisation Tools : Pootle and Virtaal eng 2015 author Siano Valeria 672215 director Morado Vazquez Lucia 0000-0002-0834-0734 792640 This thesis is focused on the analysis and comparison of two popular FOSS localisation tools: Pootle, a web-based system, and Virtaal, a stand-alone tool. As FOSS programs are not always localised by professionals, the main purpose of our study was to determine which tool would be better for a novice translator who wants to start collaborating on a project. By following the EAGLES final report, we evaluated three main characteristics (functionality, efficiency, usability) together with their sub-characteristics (suitability, accuracy, time behaviour, understandability, learnability, operability, attractiveness) by the means of a feature inspection, a scenario test and a task-specific questionnaire. Since we would also like to have the point of view of active users of the two tools, we subsequently performed an online survey. Results showed that Virtaal and Pootle scores were similar in both our study and online survey. Consequently, we can argue that both tools are appropriate for beginners. Dewey 418.02 Dewey 410.2 Maîtrise universitaire en traduction : mention technologies de la traduction 112 Département de traitement informatique multilingue 92 false 87ba1156-eef0-4fd8-a5c7-328ee8dd515f Master thesis Public SIANO_Valeria_MA_Thesis.pdf 2997310 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traitement informatique multilingue

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