Localization at Mozilla SF All Hands
Hello from sunny Northern California! This week was Mozilla’s bi-annual All Hands, a gathering that brings Mozilla employees and community together for a week to hack on key Mozilla objectives. … Read more
Jeff Beatty
Localizing Firefox in Barcelona
We were thrilled to start the year’s localization (l10n) community workshops in Barcelona at the end of March 2017! Thanks to the help of the ever dedicated Alba and Benny … Read more
Localizing Nightly by Default
One of our goals for 2017 is to implement a continuous localization system at Mozilla for Firefox and other projects. The idea is to expose new strings to localizers earlier … Read more
New Firefox, continuous l10n, and l10n community workshops in 2017
There’s a certain excitement growing within Mozilla. We’ve spent the last year strengthening our core, making Firefox and other projects competitive, and eliminating pain points in the localization process. We … Read more
Goals and vision for Mozilla l10n 2016
A lot of improvements to Mozilla l10n tools and process have come throughout 2016. We’ve deeply enjoyed connecting with members of the community to learn what other improvements you would … Read more
MozLondon Localization Sessions
Twice per year, Mozillians from around the world are invited to attend the All Hands work week. All Hands is an opportunity for both paid and volunteer staff from all … Read more
New directions for the Mozilla l10n-drivers
Many teams change and evolve over time. These changes involve organization changes as well as reorienting the team’s focus, mission, and function. I’m excited to announce that we’ve been experiencing … Read more
Moving the needle on translation quality
Identifying translation issues is hard Trying to measure translation quality is like asking someone to tell you if a cake they’ve made tastes good. It may taste very good to … Read more
Localization hackathon in Dublin
This year’s Mozilla Celtic l10n hackathon was held in the heart of Dublin in an Irish language school near Trinity College Dublin called Gaelchultúr. We were thrilled to bring the … Read more
Localization hackathon in Brazil
The first of the 2016 l10n hackathons took place in beautiful Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Our very generous hosts were our friends at ThoughtWorks. Take a look at the amazing view … Read more
L10n invitations to Mozilla All Hands
Twice per year, Mozillians from around the world meet together for a week to work closely on projects that have a high-level impact. We also learn about new directions in … Read more
Mozilla localization hackathons in 2016
In 2015 the l10n-drivers sought out to re-unite localization communities that hadn’t had an opportunity to gather and hack on localization challenges in person in years. We created a three … Read more