Course: Agile and Continuous Workflows in Localization

When designing or refining your localization processes, there are some key considerations to take into account. You have to balance cost and timing so that you can release an acceptable …

The localization technology used is important in enabling a continuous development workflow, especially when considering automations and integrations that are key to your processes. Humans will always be a part …

Value creation starts with the first release, which is why it can be helpful to release early. Benefits include a quicker return on the initial investment spotting of errors earlier …

In a way the basic workflow in a continuous environment is similar to that of a standard workflow, in that we still have to complete all the steps that we …

Understanding a standard, or linear, localization workflow is helpful in moving to a continuous development workflow. While the two concepts are similar, a continuous development workflow will allow you to …

The basic localization process involves taking resource files out of the code base and sending a file that is suitable for translation to the translation team. This team is often …

Computer-assisted translation tools, also called CAT tools, operate by storing translations in a so-called translation memory. When we then want to translate a file, the CAT tool retrieves previous translations …

Advantages: With automation we can optimize the resources we have and free up humans to do more creative work or the work that is needed to deal with edge cases …

Types of tasks As we have already discussed, automation is especially helpful for boring and repetitive tasks whereas creative tasks that require complex thinking can be more suited for human …

What is automation? Automation is the process of replacing manual activities with automatic ones. This can either happen for individual tasks or for an entire workflow. Automation helps us with …

Further improvement to shortening of lead times involves considering your development processes. Central to the development process, with the stages of design, development, translation and test in mind, is the …

Designing a solid communication process for localization and development teams involves a balance of who needs to know what information. Much of the information communicated among development teams might be …

Who is responsible for localization? Is the product done when the development team has handed it over to the localization team or when it is fully localized and tested? Clarifying …

The big problems with putting localization at the end of the development process, like in the waterfall approach, is a slower return on investment as you wait for everything to …

In partnership with Tabea De Wille from the University of Limerick’s Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, Lokalise Academy is excited to bring you this course on agile and …