Using Mozilla Translator

Glossary

[user] → is your actual user on Linux: guillermo, father, matt...

[product] → the name of the product you are going to translate: firefox, thunderbird, sunbird, flock, songbird...

[version] → actual version: trunk, 3.0.x, 1.0, 0.x ...

Setting up the enviroment

Install Java

You need to download Java (from here) or install it from your repositories if you are using Linux:

sudo apt-get install java

(for Ubuntu or Debian OS, may vary for other systems)

Directory structure

Create a directory structure like this:

/home/[user]/bin/
                 |cvs-moz.sh (file, see bellow)
                 |cvs-moz-l10n.sh (file, see bellow)
                 |run-mt.sh (file, see bellow)
            /MT/
                |mt.jar (file, see bellow)
                |MT.sh (file, see bellow)
                |[product]/[version]/
                                    |cvs-moz.cfg (file, see bellow)
                                    |cvs-moz-l10n.cfg (file, see bellow)

Files and scripts

mt.jar: Download MT (not the sources!) from here. Extract MT5xx.jar to your /home/[user]/MT/ directory. Then, rename it from MT5xx.jar to mt.jar.

And then download this file. Extract in a temp folder (maybe on your desktop for example). And read:

cvs-moz.sh: Copy this file to /home/[user]/bin/

cvs-moz-l10n.sh: The same, copy to /home/[user]/bin/

run-mt.sh: Copy to /home/[user]/bin/

MT.sh: Copy the file to /home/[user]/MT/

cvs-moz.cfg: Copy the file to /home/[user]/MT/[product]/[version]/

cvs-moz-l10n.cfg: Copy the file to /home/[user]/MT/[product]/[version]/

Editing some files

You need to edit two files to get things working. They are used to download the exact version of product you want:

cvs-moz.cfg

You will find this file in /home/[user]/MT/[product]/[version]/.

Open it with an UTF-8 editor and change: