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* Add yourself to a [[L10n:Teams]] wiki page that identifies you and what you're working on so people can find you.
* Add yourself to a [[L10n:Teams]] wiki page that identifies you and what you're working on so people can find you.
* If you haven't already you should also get onto the IRC Channel, [http://irc.mozilla.org/ #l10n]. You will be able to get real-time help from other localizers and members of the L10n-driver team. You can also post questions or suggestions to [http://www.mozilla.org/community/developer-forums.html#dev-l10n m.d.l10n], available as newsgroup or on Google groups. In addition, you would want to have a bugzilla account as the majority of our work is started and tracked to completion in this way.
* If you haven't already you should also get onto the IRC Channel, [http://irc.mozilla.org/ #l10n]. You will be able to get real-time help from other localizers and members of the L10n-driver team. You can also post questions or suggestions to [http://www.mozilla.org/community/developer-forums.html#dev-l10n m.d.l10n], available as newsgroup or on Google groups. In addition, you would want to have a bugzilla account as the majority of our work is started and tracked to completion in this way.
* Set up a communication channel for your language. You can use mailing lists or newsgroups, which many open source hosting partners [is there a link we can insert here] offer, or simply open a Google or Yahoo group. You should leave a link to this forum on the wiki page for your language, so that new volunteers and members of the Mozilla community can find it. That's important because building your localization team and a community around it, is something that will stay on your "to-do" list forever. It's the essential part of being an open source project.
* Set up a communication channel for your language. You can use mailing lists or newsgroups, which many open source hosting partners offer, or simply open a Google or Yahoo group. You should leave a link to this forum on the wiki page for your language, so that new volunteers and members of the Mozilla community can find it. That's important because building your localization team and a community around it, is something that will stay on your "to-do" list forever. It's the essential part of being an open source project.


= Localization work =
= Localization work =
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