Hello,
What would be nice for a first take would be if, from
translatewiki,
one could click a link that would take one to a list of screens that
show the message in question, with the text highlighted even.
Even if the only thing we had to work from was a display of the English
language texts in context, that would still be a big step up from where
we are now.
I think, Selenium provides a screenschot feature. So if we can get Selenium to dump
screens and name them according to a sensible scheme, that could produce the material you
ask for. This could then be done for the English language as a kind of template screen set
and also for the target language, at certain points, e.g. before a new minor release comes
out.
Cheers,
Markus
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[mailto:wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Ariel T. Glenn
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. März 2011 07:04
An: Wikimedia developers
Betreff: Re: [Wikitech-l] testing of localization
Στις 23-03-2011, ημέρα Τετ, και ώρα 02:03 +0100, ο/η Platonides έγραψε:
Marcin Cieslak wrote:
So having a possibility to have a pre-flight test
of the translation
(or even watch the demo of the original in action) is something
Selenium could deinitely help. In many cases, translators do not
have permission to experience some interface in the live environment
(CheckUser, AbuseFilter, etc.). Could Selenium solve this problem as
well? Is it just mocking up the interface or do I need a instance
behind that is somehow setup somewhere?
//Marcin
It needs a tests instance.
I've been beating this drum for years (that translators need to be able to see their
message(s) in context). But having to watch an automated test suite exercise all of the
features of an extension in order to check the 5 new messages you are translating, seems
less than efficient.
What would be nice for a first take would be if, from translatewiki, one could click a
link that would take one to a list of screens that show the message in question, with the
text highlighted even. Even if the only thing we had to work from was a display of the
English language texts in context, that would still be a big step up from where we are
now.
Ariel
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