This document provides information about localization efforts at Mozilla in 2016. It discusses Mozilla's mission to ensure an open and accessible Internet. It then outlines areas for community contribution, including helping users, testing, coding, marketing, translation, and localization. The document defines localization and translation, explaining that localization goes beyond translation to adapt content for specific cultures. It also lists some of Mozilla's products available for localization, such as Firefox, Firefox for Android, and Mozilla websites. Finally, it provides information on localization tools like Pontoon and style guides, and invites participation in the Tagalog Developer Edition and MozillaPH Slack group.

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