‘Localization’ Archives
Improving Mozilla Web Localization, Part 3: Challenges for Tools
This is the final post in a series of three posts on Next-Generation Web Localization at Mozilla. If you haven’t read it, please start with the first post. Again, this is a discussion starter and nowhere close to a final decision. Your opinion on the issue is very valuable, so please leave comments. In part 2 of the series, I explained some organizational challenges when growing a web localization team healthily. In this post, I want to outline some of issues localization tools are facing on the web. Note: In this article, the term localization tools ... Read More »
Improving Mozilla Web Localization, Part 2: Organizational Challenges
This is the second post in a series of three posts on Next-Generation Web Localization at Mozilla. If you haven't read it, please start with the first post. Again, this is a discussion starter and nowhere close to a final decision. Your opinion on the issue is very valuable, so please leave comments. In yesterday's post, I described the problem we are facing with an increasing amount of localizable websites under the roof of the Mozilla project. In short, I concluded that getting more possible localizers involved is a way to solve this -- ... Read More »
Improving Mozilla Web Localization, Part 1: What’s Wrong?
Last week I had the chance to travel to Berlin, Germany, and discuss "Localization on the Web" with our Localization (L10n)-drivers team. In a small series of three blog posts, I would like to point out what the "pain points" are for Web L10n at Mozilla, and start a discussion on how to fix them. Please note that none of this is authoritative -- it's a complicated topic and making mistakes is easy. If you feel something is misrepresented, please leave a comment and speak your mind. The status quo Here at Mozilla, we are very ... Read More »
