{"id":1789,"date":"2025-10-24T20:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:55:20","slug":"localizer-spotlight-bogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/2025\/10\/24\/localizer-spotlight-bogo\/","title":{"rendered":"Localizer spotlight: Bogo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My name is <a href=\"https:\/\/pontoon.mozilla.org\/contributors\/bogomil\/\">Bogomil<\/a> but people call me Bogo, and I am a translator for the Bulgarian locale. I think I got involved with the Mozilla project back in 2005 when I wrote a small search add-on\/script. I became more active around 2008-2009 and with just a few gaps until this day.<\/p>\n<p>I am European. I was born in Bulgaria, but I have been living for a long time in the Czech Republic. Bulgarian is my main language, but sometimes I contribute to localization projects in Turkish, Romanian, Macedonian and Czech.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/files\/2025\/10\/image2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1790 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/files\/2025\/10\/image2-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/files\/2025\/10\/image2-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/files\/2025\/10\/image2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/files\/2025\/10\/image2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/files\/2025\/10\/image2-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/files\/2025\/10\/image2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Q:<\/strong> What inspired you to join the Mozilla localization community?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> As I mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thunderbird.net\/participate\/\">here<\/a> I decided to start localizing software because I knew some people had trouble using it in other languages. I believe everyone deserves the right to use software in a language they understand which helps them to get the maximum value out of it. As for Mozilla in particular I believe in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/mission\/\">the mission<\/a> and this is the most efficient way for me to contribute.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Q:<\/strong> How do you solve challenges like bugs or workflow hiccups, especially when collaborating virtually?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Since we are a small team for the Bulgarian localizations we are almost always in sync on how to translate the strings. <span class=\"notranslate\">We are following some basic rules, such as using a common dictionary and instructions on how to localize software in Bulgarian (shared across multiple FOSS projects),<\/span> set 15+ years ago and that are still relevant. When we have a conflict, I usually count on the team managers to share their wisdom, because they have a bit more knowledge than the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Q:<\/strong> Which projects or new product features were you most excited about this year, and why?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> In the last year I contributed mainly to the Thunderbird project. The items that are most exciting to me are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That finally we decided to remove the word \u201cJunk\u201d and replace it with \u201cSpam\u201d, I think this is self-explanatory \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thunderbird.net\/2025\/04\/video-the-new-account-hub\/\">Account Hub<\/a> which improves significantly the consumer\u2019s experience and their onboarding into the beautiful world of the free email. Free as in Freedom.<\/li>\n<li>I am also excited about all the things in the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.thunderbird.net\/planning\/roadmap\">roadmap<\/a> to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Q:<\/strong> What tips, tools, or habits help you succeed as a localizer?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> If you look at my Pontoon <a href=\"https:\/\/pontoon.mozilla.org\/contributors\/bogomil\/\">profile<\/a>, you will see that for the last 2 months I contributed every day. I find this habit very useful for me, because it keeps me focused on my goal for consistently improving the localized experience.<\/p>\n<p>Another item is that I like to provide a better experience to the mobile users. I often test and fix labels in <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=net.thunderbird.android\">Thunderbird for Android<\/a> which, even translated correctly, are too long for a mobile phone UI.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, I love to engage with the community and ask them for help when we finish a section or a product. Last year we asked the Bulgarian community to help us validate a localization available in the beta version and we got some very helpful feedback.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something fun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Q:<\/strong> Could you share a few fun or unexpected facts about yourself that people might not know?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I ran for the European Parliament in 2009 with the intention to fight for our digital rights.<\/li>\n<li>I was on almost every media in the world in 2012 when I bought the data of millions of users for $5! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andygreenberg\/2012\/10\/25\/facebook-investigating-how-bulgarian-man-bought-1-1-million-users-email-addresses-for-five-dollars\/\">This<\/a> is the Forbes article.<\/li>\n<li>I am a heavy metal fan and you can find me in underground clubs, enjoying bands you have never heard of.<\/li>\n<li>Apart from technology I am an artist &#8211; I produced and performed my own theater play and shot a movie in Prague.<\/li>\n<li>I realized my dream to have an opening talk at <a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/\">FOSDEM<\/a>. I was opening the Sunday session&#8230; but still!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About you My name is Bogomil but people call me Bogo, and I am a translator for the Bulgarian locale. I think I got involved with the Mozilla project back &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/2025\/10\/24\/localizer-spotlight-bogo\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1262,"featured_media":1791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467029,12683,137],"tags":[199],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}