Localizer Spotlight: Selim
About You My name is Selim and I’m the Turkish localization manager. I’m from İstanbul, Türkiye. I’ve been contributing to Mozilla since 2010. Your Contributions Q: Over the years, do … Read more
Articles in “Languages & Cultures”
Reconnecting in Berlin: A Celebration of Mozilla’s Localization Community
Something we’ve long known at Mozilla is that our localization community thrives on personal connections. For years, regional meetups brought volunteers and staff together multiple times a year — forging … Read more
Localizer Spotlight: Meet Reza (Persian locale)
Welcome to our second localizer spotlight, presenting this time Reza from our Persian community. Q. What first drew you to want to volunteer with Mozilla’s localization program? The growing community … Read more
Localizer Spotlight: Victor Ibragimov (Tajik locale)
Hello World! My name is Victor Ibragimov, and I am from Dushanbe, Tajikistan (One of Five Central Asia Countries). On September 3, 2023, I celebrate my third year as a … Read more
Localization Workshop in Kolkata (November 2017)
In case you’re wondering “Uhm, what year are we in again?”, don’t worry: it’s April 2018, and this is a long overdue post that I owe to our large community … Read more
In Memoriam: Mamadou Niang, Fulah localizer
Guest post from Mozilla Fulah community leader, Ibrahima Saar. UPDATE: Added pictures and a PayPal link for donations to the Mamadou’s family. It is with deep pain that we announce … Read more
Taipei Localization Workshop
In discussing our plans for this years’ event, the city of Taipei was on a short list of preferred locations. Peter from our Taipei community helped us solidify the plan. … Read more
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
Localization Hackathon in Riga
Stas and I met in Riga with the Baltic and Polish l10n communities to do a hackathon. We gathered Latvian, Lithuanian, and Polish. Sadly, nobody from the Estonian community could … Read more
Localization Hackathon in Argentina
From May 20-23, l10n-drivers Jeff Beatty and Delphine Lebédel met with 11 participants from 4 different communities in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina) for 2 days of localization hacking. … Read more
Localization Hackathon in Stockholm
For the second year in a row the l10n-drivers team – represented by Jeff Beatty and I – met in Stockholm with several members of Mozilla’s Nordic communities, guests of … Read more
Localization Hackathon in Mexico
From April 9-10th 2016 we held a localization Hackathon in Oaxaca, Mexico. A total of 21 people gathered in this beautiful city for two days of work and fun. Eight … Read more