mozillaph localization in 2016

MozillaPHLocalization

in 2016

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!

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What is Mozilla?

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History of Mozilla

On 23 Feb 1998, Netscape Communications Corp.

created a project called Mozilla (Mosaic + Godzilla).

Mozilla was launched 31 Mar 1998.

The Mozilla Manifesto

Mozilla’s Mission

To ensure the Internet is a global public resource, open & accessible to all.

Get involved …

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Internship at Mozilla

https://careers.mozilla.org/university/

Some stuff that we are working on …

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How to be part of MozillaPH?

Areas of Contribution

ü Helping Users (Support)

ü Testing & QAü Codingü Marketingü Translation &

Localizationü Web Development

ü Firefox Marketplaceü Add-onsü Visual Designü Documentation &

Writingü Education

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Co-work from MozSpaceMNL

http://mozspacemnl.org

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What is Localization?

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.

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.

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.

Why localize websites & products?

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.

Greetings from Ben Hearsum…

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Mozilla Products for Localization

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

L10n Tools

Pontoon

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

MozillaPH L10n Style Guide

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

Tagalog Developer Edition

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/all/

https://mozphl10n.slack.com

To request an invite:https://mozillaphl10n.herokuapp.com

Q&A

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Thank you!

Maraming salamat po!

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