Welcome to the third edition of Multilingual Gecko Status Update! In the previous update we covered the work which landed in Firefox 59 and Firefox 60. At the time, we’ve been finalizing the platform work to support Fluent localization system, … Continue reading
L20n is a new localization framework for Firefox and Gecko. Here’s what you need to know if you’re a Firefox front-end developer. Gecko’s current localization framework hasn’t changed in the last two decades. It is based on file formats which … Continue reading
We’re working on bringing L20n to Firefox and Gecko this summer. Here’s what you need to know if you’re a localizer. L20n was a big part of the MozLondon All Hands work week. Jeff’s write-up on the All Hands will … Continue reading
Language can be very difficult to capture within software localization. Each natural language in the world evolves at its own pace and in its own unique way, creating vibrant and rich means of expression. Sadly, simple static string translation is … Continue reading
As many of you know, Mozilla had the chance to attend and present sessions at one of the premiere localization industry events, Localization World Seattle (LocWorld). It was a great pleasure to participate in the conference and network with interesting … Continue reading
L20n’s JS lib is getting test cases and better documentation to make the code easier to work with and understand. The JavaScript implementation of L20n is composed of 4 main components: context (stas), which handles resource loading, locale fallback and … Continue reading
(This is a crosspost from my blog: http://informationisart.com/8/. Check it out for better code formatting and syntax highlighting.) With L20n’s DOM overlays, developers can amend localized strings with additional non-localizable HTML markup. This improves the separation of content and structure … Continue reading
While we do hope that most of the work around l20n installations will have visual, GUI web tools, we also recognize that it’s important to provide simple, robust command-line tools that will cover the entire workflow. For the l20n workflow … Continue reading
Recently the L20n doc on wiki.mozilla.org has undergone some radical changes. Here are some of the things we’ve added and improved: identified three information tracks: L20n’s existing design, easy L20n implementation, and L20n’s future development. made discussion platforms more visible … Continue reading
Localizers and developers alike are instructed on some of L20n’s basic syntactic elements. Both can learn how these changes in syntax will affect L10n on each side of the fence. Since the examples provided below may be complicated for some … Continue reading