Revision of Software Localisation Wiki from Mon, 10/08/2009 - 17:37

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

TODO: Complete in Wednesday morning session

Infrastructure

TODO: Complete in Tuesday morning session

• Interested languages must have a locale
• How to handle verb-noun ambiguities

Terminology

• One file for Pootle and Virtaal
• One file for Firefox
• Convert from GlossMaster with new script (extend csv2po)
• Document tips
• Monitor terminology projects for each of the language teams
• Discuss with Martin on the best approach if people want to modify terms on the terminology list
• DIfferent starting points for languages that are part of the terminology project and those who are not
• Untranslated terms to appear as part of the terminology list in Pootle and Virtaal (suggestion)

Guidelines for documentation

• Do not add terms if you are not sure about it

Priorities

TODO: Complete in Wednesday afternoon session

Timeline

TODO: Complete in Thursday morning session

Marketing & distribution

TODO: Complete in Wednesday morning session

Documentation of the process

TODO: Complete in Thursday morning session

Terminology

• If you unsure of a term, do not add it
• Verb-noun ambiguities?
• How to add terms
• QA guidelines

Partial translations (end September)

TODO: Complete in Wednesday afternoon session