Free App & Software Localization test with certificate

The Science of Apps App & Software Localization Certificate is a free 25-minute online test of the skills behind shipping apps in many languages: internationalisation basics, text expansion and right-to-left layout, plurals, dates, numbers and currency, and cultural review and localisation QA. Score 70% to earn a verifiable certificate for your CV and LinkedIn. A free skills credential for your CV, LinkedIn and job applications. Not proctored, and not accepted for visas, immigration or university admission.

Yes. Taking the test, receiving your certificate as a PDF and by email, adding it to LinkedIn and having it verified are all free, with no sign-up. It has a credential ID and QR code anyone can check.

No. A free skills credential for your CV, LinkedIn and job applications. Not proctored, and not accepted for visas, immigration or university admission. If an embassy, university or regulator asks for a language test, take the one they name.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — in 25 minutes. You need 70% to pass and 90% for distinction.

i18n Basics, Text & Layout, Dates, Numbers & Currency and Culture & QA: i18n Basics (externalised strings and placeholders, locales and encoding, translation memory and glossaries); Text & Layout (text expansion, right-to-left mirroring, plurals and gender); Dates, Numbers & Currency (date and number formats, currency and time zones, names, addresses and phone numbers); Culture & QA (cultural review, language pickers and flags, linguistic qa and continuous localisation).

Yes. The bank holds 40 questions, so a retake draws questions you haven't seen. If you don't pass you can retake after 30 minutes.

Internationalisation (i18n) prepares code and design to support any language; localisation (l10n) adapts the product for one specific market: translation, formats, imagery and legal text.

Localisation specialists, translators moving into software, product managers, designers and developers working on multilingual apps.

Yes. The test and certificate are free.

No. It covers concepts that apply to any tool: string externalisation, ICU plurals, locale formats and QA.

70% to pass, 90% for distinction.

No. It is an independent skills credential, not proctored.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.