Revision of Software Localisation Wiki from Mon, 10/08/2009 - 14:22

Tech Team roles

Localisation Process

Glossmaster

• Single file per language
• On Pootle server (check with IT+46)
• Encourage to use PO

Pootle

• Just an account on the Pootle server
• Testing while translating

OR

• Download PO file from the Pootle server
• Translate with Virtaal/POEdit
• Upload when they are done
• Join translate-pootle mailling list

Virtaal

• 3 files: virtaal.po, 1 for GTK (<200 words), 1 for gtkspell (12 words)
• Locales are necessary to work (check with Martin)
• Encourage teams to submit their GTK translation through to GNOME project
• Translate over Pootle server
• Download and upload/email
• join the mailing list

Firefox

• Localised copy is a different version
• Language pack: FF extension that has different version with different languages
• Build the language pack

Jargon

• Official release
  • Available on main web-site
  • Localised installer
  • Localised search engines/bookmarks
  • Per language
  • Translated web-pages
• Language pack
  • On AMO (addons.mozilla.org) site
  • Install "Locale switcher"
  • Search engine, bookmarks, etc. in original language (en-US)
  • Distribute it on ANLoc website for testing
• Productisation
  • Non-translation localisation (search engines and bookmarks)

Translation timeline

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(Translate ~ 5k words?)	Register language team on Mozilla's wiki Sign Mozilla contributors' agreement (required for VCS access)
1st language pack
Put on ANLoc site for testing
(Translate ~ 10k words?)	Create Mozilla bugzilla account Report bug to request VCS access, attach translation files Report bug to request language to be added to product (FF) First commit by Mozilla
Language pack on addons.mozilla.org sandbox (experimental on AMO)
(Translate ~ (close to) 100% done)
	(Mozilla is in control from this point onward)
Do productisation (needed to be in Beta?)
	Beta
Fixes
Snippets
Official release

Fennec

• 244 string/1076 words
• Similar process to Firefox
• Mozilla is doing localised builds

Testing/Review/Validation

Infrastructure

• Interested languages must have a locale

Terminology

Priorities

Timeline

Marketing & distribution

Documentation of the process

Partial (end September)