In-Context Testing & Defect Removal

Sinhala Linguistic QA (LQA) Services

Eliminate UI truncation, font corruption, and contextual blunders before your users see them. Rigorous in-context Sinhala localization quality assurance.

Domain Overview & Linguistic Strategy

A translation can be grammatically flawless in an Excel spreadsheet and yet look completely broken inside a live mobile app. Sinhala text frequently expands by up to 35% compared to English, leading to clipped headers, overlapping buttons, and broken line wraps.

Moreover, the Sinhala Unicode script requires correct handling of Zero Width Joiners (ZWJ) to render complex conjunct consonants (බැඳි අකුරු). If rendering fails, characters disintegrate into illegible dotted circles and isolated glyph fragments.

Sinhalaize provides dedicated in-context Linguistic Quality Assurance (LQA). We test your live software, staging websites, and mobile builds to catch visual, functional, and linguistic defects before your product ships to real users.

Core Service Highlights & Capabilities

In-Context UI Testing

Validating strings inside actual mobile viewports, responsive web layouts, and dialogs.

Zero Font Corruption

Catching ZWJ rendering failures, broken vowel diacritics, and font clipping early.

Placeholder & Variable QA

Ensuring tokens like `{name}`, `%d`, and currency variables populate seamlessly.

Jira / GitHub Ready Bugs

Detailed bug tickets with repro steps, device specs, screenshots, and exact string fixes.

Linguistic & Technical Challenges Solved

Sinhala localization presents unique morpho-syntactic and typography obstacles that standard automated translation tools fail to navigate:

Sinhala string expansion causing critical UI button truncation and layout breakage
Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) bugs resulting in broken conjunct glyphs (e.g. ප්‍ර, ශ්‍ර, ක්ව)
Incorrect pluralization logic when numbers are dynamically interpolated
Date, time, currency, and punctuation mismatch with Sri Lankan standards

Structured Project Delivery Workflow

Test Planning & Staging Access

Review of user journeys, staging credentials, and device matrices.

In-App Walkthrough

Native testers navigate every screen, menu, modal, error state, and tooltip.

Defect Logging & Triaging

Bugs logged with screenshots, severity ratings, and developer-ready fixes.

Regression Verification

Retesting fixed builds to guarantee full resolution before public release.

What You Receive: Verified Deliverables

Comprehensive LQA defect report with high-resolution visual evidence
Exact string replacement recommendations ready for engineering merge
Completed test matrix covering target browsers, screen sizes, and OS versions
Final sign-off certificate confirming release readiness

Frequently Asked Questions About This Service

What is the difference between linguistic review and LQA?

Linguistic review evaluates text in isolation (e.g., in CAT tools or spreadsheets) focusing on grammatical accuracy and tone. LQA evaluates the localized text in its final runtime environment (in-context on mobile or web), catching visual layout clipping, font rendering failures, and contextual disconnects.

What devices and operating systems do you test on?

We test across physical iOS devices (iPhone, iPad), physical Android handsets across multiple OS versions and vendor skins (Samsung, Xiaomi, Pixel), as well as modern desktop browsers (Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox).

Can your testers log bugs directly into our Jira or Linear workspace?

Yes. We can log defect tickets directly into your Jira, Linear, Asana, or GitHub repository according to your internal issue template.