L10n:Localization Process

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End to End Firefox Localization Process Overview

Our L10n objective is to help you get a community formed in your country and launch as many new languages/locales as we can, our current goal is to get to 100. This wiki page is meant to give you, as a new volunteer, an overview of what’s involved from start to finish of a new build and then ongoing releases. We try to keep it short and sweet, (10 minutes of reading or less ;-).

Very simple overview

The 5 step process to localizing Firefox. Click on the links to get the more detailed view:

1 Volunteer appears and community STARTs to form

• realization that Firefox needs a new language
• if we form a community we can solve this problem
• get ready to turn our will into action and be reviewed by team

2 Preparation for creating your language begins and effectively you've entered the MIDDLE of the process

• review skills required (help building your team)

3 Localizations gets plugged into our build/release process for automation

• automation happens here

4 Builds are prepared for final release and testing (what we refer to as Beta)

• fix bugs, get ready for many reviews, get plugged in and prepare yourself
• daily builds start happening and this is an iterative process to get a candidate for final release

5 "Releases happens" for your locale - the END

• offered automatically to people coming to our site
• celebration/party
• tell other people about your experience