Automation in G11n end to end process

What can be or should be automated in G11n end to end process? Here are some candidates:

1. File verification, both English source files and translated files can be verified or validated using some tools.

2. Leverage from previous translations, this can be done in software
workspace, using a message database or even a translation memory.

3. Translation process management or workflow, a tool to streamline, simplify or standardize the translation process.

4. Testing environment setup like machine reservation, OS installation, application installation, etc.

5. Test suites execution.

6. Reports or metrics generation.

7. Release engineering: workspace synchronization, package, patch generation and integration, product image download, etc.

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Posted at 08:33AM Nov 02, 2006 by byuan in Globalization  |  Comments[0]