An introduction to MozillaPH Localization (L10n)

1. MozillaPH
Localization
in 2016

2. About Me …
• IT Consultant, Technopreneur &
Tech News Columnist.
• Mozilla Rep (ReMo) since Jun 2011.
• Educator, Pianist, Photographer,
Hobby Blogger, Gadgeteer & 101% Pinoy
• Dad of Robyn Andi Xeon & Bea Gaia Haswell
• Firefox user SINCE VERSION 1!

3. Check-in at Swarm &
Foursquare!

4. What is
Mozilla?

5. #MozillaPH

6. History of Mozilla
On 23 Feb 1998,
Netscape Communications Corp.
created a project called
Mozilla (Mosaic + Godzilla).
Mozilla was launched 31 Mar 1998.

7. The
Mozilla Manifesto

8. Mozilla’s Mission
To ensure the Internet
is a global public
resource, open &
accessible to all.

9. Get involved …
mozilla

10. Internship
at Mozilla
https://careers.mozilla.org/university/

11. Some stuff that we
are working on …
mozilla

13. #MozillaPH

15. How to be part of
MozillaPH?

16. Areas of Contribution
ü Helping Users
(Support)
ü Testing & QA
ü Coding
ü Marketing
ü Translation &
Localization
ü Web Development
ü Firefox Marketplace
ü Add-ons
ü Visual Design
ü Documentation &
Writing
ü Education
http://join.mozillaph.org

17. Join MozillaPH now!
http://join.mozillaph.org

18. Co-work from
MozSpaceMNL
http://mozspacemnl.org

20. #MozillaPH

21. What is
Localization?

22. What is Localization?
• L10n Goals:
• The object of localization is to translate an
application's menus, dialogue boxes, labels &
other settings (font, character encodings,
dictionaries, default search engine, etc.) for a
particular locale.

23. Basics of Localization
• The user interfaces (UIs) of Firefox, Thunderbird,
the Mozilla Application Suite & Sunbird/Calendar
are constructed using XML User Interface
Language (XUL).
• This is an eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
dialect & it allows the form (layout), function,
content (language) & appearance (theme) of the UI
to be described in separate files.

24. Localization vs Translation
• Translation is the process of changing an original
(source) language version of any content such as
text, multimedia, ebooks, or apps into a different
(target) language by simply substituting words
from one language to another—in context.
• Localization is a more specialized process of
adapting any content and applications for
regional—or local—consumption.
• Goes beyond translation to modify the source
language & other site elements to appeal to the
customer’s cultural preferences in their own
target language.

25. Why localize
websites &
products?

26. Why Localize?
• Most software nowadays are localized in order to
be available on larger markets.
• Grow the user base of a particular language or
locale.
• Preserve the language.
• National pride.

27. Greetings from
Ben Hearsum…

28. #MozillaPH #L10nPH

29. Mozilla Products
for Localization

30. Mozilla Products for L10n
• Products
• Firefox Aurora
• Firefox for Android Aurora
• Firefox for iOS
• Websites & Services
• Mozilla.org
• Mozillians.org
• Pontoon Intro
• Firefox Health Report
• Mozilla Learning Network

31. L10n Tools

32. Pontoon
https://pontoon.mozilla.org/tl/

33. MozillaPH L10n Style Guide
https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Teams:tl/Style_Guide

34. Tagalog Developer Edition
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/all/

35. https://mozphl10n.slack.com
To request an invite:
https://mozillaphl10n.herokuapp.com

36. Q&A

37. Group Photo

38. Thank you!
Maraming salamat po!
http://www.mozillaphilippines.org
bob@mozillaph.org