Post on 13-Feb-2017
Introduction to Localization (L10N)
Arky <arky@mozilla.com>Mozilla Community Manager
National School of Business Management (NSBM),Colombo, Sri Lanka
1 April, 2016
About
Mozilla Community Manager
Living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Creating, connecting and supporting
New localization teams world-wide
This talk gets you started with Mozilla localization process.
What is localization(l10n)?
Process of translating software into another language, includes translating text and date, number, currency formating
Let's take a look!
Download the Firefox Sinhala for you OShttps://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#si
Sign up to begin
Choose a project
Translation UI
Using filters
Can you translate this?
Testing Firefox Sinhala
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/all/?q=si
Found a translation problem?
Report the bug here https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
Q & A
Task 1: Contact your L10N Team
Task 2: Download and use localized software
Task 3: Sign up on pontoon.mozilla.org
Task 4: Install keyboards and start translations
Task 5: Test Firefox developer version, report problems using Bugzilla