Agile localization, as a new type of localization is promising to be fast, flexible and free of any severe errors (Phrase 2020). Such claims need to be tested. The present article looks at a software product that was agile-localized....
moreAgile localization, as a new type of localization is promising to be fast, flexible and free of any severe errors (Phrase 2020). Such claims need to be tested. The present article looks at a software product that was agile-localized. After an introduction of basic terminology (e.g. agile, waterfall) and a presentation of positives and negatives of agile localisation, the results of a comparative analysis of the English original and the Slovak localization of Pinterest app for Android. The analysis focuses on the factor of time, which plays the key role in agile localization. Based on the results of the analysis, it can be said that even agile localization is not without errors, since the human factor is present in this process as well.
