Analysis of common error patterns in German software localisation and automated detection tools
Abstract
In order to deal with high frequency errors in terms, grammar, and formatting in German software localisation, an automatic detection model is proposed, which integrates error classification and semantics.The model is constructed with 15,379 real error instances, which are combined with a bidirectional long short-term memory with conditional random field (BiLSTM-CRF) semantic recognition pathway.Combined with a customised grammar verification module and abnormal pattern statistic algorithm, a multi-channel cooperative recognition mechanism is formed.Experimental results show that the F1-score is 89.2% across UI strings, interactive prompts, and help documentation scenarios -an 11.3% improvement over single-rule engines and a 3.4% reduction in the false positive rate.The model achieves more than 90% consistency with human review results, showing superior localisation accuracy and processing stability when dealing with complex grammatical structures.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Natural Language Processing Techniques
Software Engineering Research
Translation Studies and Practices
Publication details
- Journal / source
- International Journal of Information and Communication Technology
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 22
- Pages
- 1–19
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN