Current Internationalization, Localization and Quality Assurance Practices in Open Source Software: A Case Study on Image Editors

Diplôme Master Current Internationalization, Localization and Quality Assurance Practices in Open Source Software: A Case Study on Image Editors eng 2022 author Nedungadi Anupama 836195 director Morado Vazquez Lucia 0000-0002-0834-0734 792640 This thesis primarily aims to identify the current internationalization, localization and quality assurance practices in multilingual open source software. A secondary research objective is to determine the reasons why developers might choose not to localize their (monolingual) software. The data was gathered through a questionnaire targeted at developers of image editing software specifically. There were 61 participants, out of which 32 were developers of localized software and 29 were developers of monolingual software. It was observed that current practices in open source internationalization and localization have not evolved much in recent years and that they still differ significantly from the best practices in this field. Furthermore, quality assurance and planning in particular are usually assigned low priority. Lastly, there seems to be a lack of awareness of localization in the open source community. Open source Localization Internationalization Quality assurance Image editor Dewey 410.2 Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en traduction et technologies Mention localisation et traduction automatique 111 Département de traduction 91 112 Département de traitement informatique multilingue 92 false 555563e0-e975-48f2-a678-d50d54bc2014 Master thesis Public Nedungadi_Masters thesis.pdf 1573304 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traduction Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traitement informatique multilingue

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