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We pride ourselves on our localization skills! Our growing, volunteer, community of localizers is expert at taking a project and adapting it to suit the needs of their region's user base and target audience. The L10n community is very active, highly organized, and super dedicated to spreading Mozilla's mission throughout the world. That being said, our community requires a lot of planning, design, infrastructure, and organization to take a project and spread it around the globe.
If you're visiting this page, you are interested in getting your particular project localized and are wondering where to even begin. Don't worry, take a deep breathe, and know that we, the l10n-drivers, are here to help and answer your questions. Here we'll walk you through the process of starting your project's successful L10n program. We'll identify some considerations to keep in mind when submitting your L10n request. We'll also point out some resources that could be valuable to you as you prepare for localizing your project.
 
If you're visiting this page, you are interested in getting your particular project localized and are wondering where to even begin. Don't worry, take a deep breathe, and know that we, the l10n-drivers, are here to help and answer your questions. Here we'll walk you through the process of starting your project's successful L10n program. We'll identify some considerations to keep in mind when submitting your L10n request. We'll also include a wiki template which is to be used as a form to fill out and submit to have your project included in the wide array of Mozilla L10n projects. Finally, we'll point out some resources that could be valuable to you as you prepare for localizing your project.


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# If your project is a web project, file a bug under the web project's Bugzilla component and add Pascal Chevrel, Peiying Mo, Francesco Lodolo, and web@localization.bugs to the bug.
#If your project is a web-based project, file a bug under the web project's Bugzilla component and add Pascal Chevrel, Peiying Mo, Francesco Lodolo, and web@localization.bugs to the bug. Be sure that your bug description contains the following information:
# If your project is a product, file a bug under the Mozilla Localizations/Other Bugzilla component and CC Pike on the bug.
#*Project owner:
# If your project is neither a product nor a web project, file a bug under the Mozilla Localizations/Other Bugzilla component, include the URL to your completed L10n request form, & CC Pascal. Be sure that your bug description contains the following information:
#*Length of project (in number of source strings or words):
*Project owner:
#*Description of target audience:
*Length of project (in number of source strings or words):
#*Where the source project will live:
*Description of target audience:
#*Target locales for first iteration:
*Where the source project will live:
#*Rate of adding new locales per quarter:
*Target locales for first iteration:
#*Resources available for L10n drivers and localizers (can include personnel):
*Rate of adding new locales per quarter:
#*Identify project's life-cycle:
*Resources available for L10n drivers and localizers (can include personnel):
#*Project's release schedule (URL preferred):
*Identify project's life-cycle:
#*Project's target release date:
*Project's release schedule (URL preferred):
#If your project is a not a web-based project, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?alias=&assigned_to=nobody%40mozilla.org&attach_text=&blocked=&bug_file_loc=http%3A%2F%2F&bug_ignored=0&bug_severity=normal&bug_status=NEW&cc=l10n%40mozilla.com&cc=pascalc%40gmail.com&cf_blocking_b2g=---&cf_blocking_fennec=---&cf_crash_signature=&cf_status_b2g18=---&cf_status_b2g_1_1_hd=---&cf_status_b2g_1_2=---&cf_status_b2g_1_3=---&cf_status_b2g_1_3t=---&cf_status_b2g_1_4=---&cf_status_firefox28=---&cf_status_firefox29=---&cf_status_firefox30=---&cf_status_firefox31=---&cf_status_firefox_esr24=---&cf_status_seamonkey224=---&cf_status_seamonkey225=---&cf_status_seamonkey226=---&cf_status_seamonkey227=---&cf_tracking_b2g18=---&cf_tracking_b2g_v1_2=---&cf_tracking_b2g_v1_3=---&cf_tracking_firefox28=---&cf_tracking_firefox29=---&cf_tracking_firefox30=---&cf_tracking_firefox31=---&cf_tracking_firefox_esr24=---&cf_tracking_firefox_relnote=---&cf_tracking_relnote_b2g=---&cf_tracking_seamonkey224=---&cf_tracking_seamonkey225=---&cf_tracking_seamonkey226=---&cf_tracking_seamonkey227=---&comment=Project%20owner%3A%0D%0ALength%20of%20project%20%28in%20number%20of%20source%20strings%20or%20words%29%3A%0D%0ADescription%20of%20target%20audience%3A%0D%0AWhere%20the%20source%20project%20will%20live%3A%0D%0ATarget%20locales%20for%20first%20iteration%3A%0D%0ARate%20of%20adding%20new%20locales%20per%20quarter%3A%0D%0AResources%20available%20for%20L10n%20drivers%20and%20localizers%20%28can%20include%20personnel%29%3A%0D%0AIdentify%20project%27s%20life-cycle%3A%0D%0AProject%27s%20release%20schedule%20%28URL%20preferred%29%3A%0D%0AProject%27s%20target%20release%20date%3A%20&component=Other&contenttypeentry=&contenttypemethod=autodetect&contenttypeselection=text%2Fplain&data=&dependson=&description=&flag_type-37=X&flag_type-4=X&flag_type-607=X&flag_type-730=X&flag_type-733=X&flag_type-746=X&flag_type-781=X&flag_type-787=X&flag_type-791=X&flag_type-800=X&flag_type-803=X&form_name=enter_bug&keywords=&maketemplate=Remember%20values%20as%20bookmarkable%20template&op_sys=Mac%20OS%20X&priority=--&product=Mozilla%20Localizations&qa_contact=&rep_platform=x86&requestee_type-4=&requestee_type-607=&requestee_type-781=&requestee_type-787=&requestee_type-791=&requestee_type-800=&short_desc=&status_whiteboard=%5Btracking%5D&target_milestone=---&version=unspecified file a bug under using this bugzilla template.] The bug template's description will contain the project scope details that you'll need provide for us to efficiently execute your project.
*Project's target release date:
# Your request will then be reviewed by us, the L10n-drivers. Anticipate being contacted for all of the following:  
# Your request will then be reviewed by us, the L10n-drivers. Anticipate being contacted for all of the following:  
#* asking questions
#* asking questions
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