How to Contribute to Mozilla LocalizationA Quick Start Guide

arky@mozilla.comGnunify 2012Pune, India

Mozilla Community ManagerLiving in Hanoi, Vietnam

Creating, connecting and supportingNew localization teams world-wide

Where do we start?

The Source

Mozilla Product Translations

Firefox Thunderbird

Firefox MobileSeamonkeyLightning

Mozilla Web Parts Translation

mozilla.org In-Product Pages

Support.mozilla.org (SUMO)Addons.mozilla.org (AMO)

Mozilla Engagement Campaigns

Pick an existing localization bug ...

Bugs on Web Dashboard

http://l10n.mozilla-community.org/webdashboard/?locale=hi-IN

Open bugs on bugzilla.mozilla.org

bugzilla.mozilla.org > Mozilla Localizations

Or File a bug!

Fixing bugs in Product Translations

Clone the l10n files

hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/l10n-central/hi-IN

Make your changes

Generate a patch

hg diff > ../changes.patch

Submit your patch on bugzilla.org

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Patching_a_Localization

Web Based Localization using Narro

http://a.maimult.ro/lmo/projects.php?l=hi-IN

Web Based Localization using Pootle

http://pootle.locamotion.org/hi/

Fixing bugs in Web Parts Translations

http://viewvc.svn.mozilla.org/vc/projects/mozilla.com/trunk/hi-IN/

Web Dashboard (lang files)

Download the Translation Files

Join a Mozilla Localization Team

https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Teams

Test the Beta/Aurora Builds

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all-aurora.html

Mozilla LocalizationQuick Start Guide

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Localization_Quick_Start_Guide