Application maintenance process

Consider these points when planning for the maintenance of a multilingual application.

• The running code must be maintained separately from the textual data. These separate components must be fully synchronized. A redesign in one component might cause a redesign to be made in another.
• Whenever textual data is changed, be sure that it is incorporated in all the languages to which your textual data was translated. In this way, you can ensure a single maintenance level for the complete product.
• Be sure to test the running code for each textual data change that you distribute.