Mozilla Tamil Localization

Who am I?

• A.Mohammed Adam

• Activist in Free SoftwareFoundation Tamilnadu

• Activism and Spearding Information to the World about Mozilla

Where do we Begin?

• Getting Started

• Requirements

• Joining Mozilla l10n in Six easy Steps

Getting Started ● What is Localization? the process of translating a product into different languages or adapting a product for a specific country or region.

● What is L10n?Localization represented as a numeronym as L10n.

●Who can be a Localizer? Anyone who possess skills in (reading, writing and speaking ) their regional language can be a localizer.

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Requirements

Requirements.... ● Good Command over Language.

● Understanding

● Typing Skills(KeyBoards)

● Teamwork

● Communication

Step 1• Introduce yourself in the L10n newsgroup.

● Languages you speak,

● Country where you reside,

● Professional and technical background,

● Why you want to join Mozilla L10n.

Step 2● Find your L10n team

● Create a Team Or Join Existing localizers

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Category:L10n_Teams

Step 3● Download your L10n team's localized build of Firefox

Developer Edition

●Link URL :

●(https://www.mozilla.org/en US/firefox/developer/all/)

Firefox Developer Edition

Step 4●Create a bugzilla account●filling bugs for your team's localized products.

Step 5●Using Pootle

●Pootle is an online translation management tool with translation interface.

Register On Pootlehttp://mozilla.locamotion.org/a

ccounts/register/

Login

Choose your Project

Configure Your System(So Im Using GNU/Linux)

For Windows

Choose Your Keyboard Layout

Start Translations

Step 6● More Opportunities ● There are so many ways you can get involved. Once you feel

comfortable with how we localize,consider adding these opportunities to your reporsitories:

● Join in the discussion!● Help localize Mozilla products, like Firefox.● Help localize Mozilla Web Sites, Services, and Marketing

Campaigns.● Join Project NeMo(News Mozilla) / SuMo (Support

Mozilla).● Localize wiki pages related to localization on the Mozilla

Developer Network wiki (MDN).● Contribute articles to the l10n topic on the MDN wiki.

Mohammed Adam

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