{"id":278,"date":"2012-05-18T17:09:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T17:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/?p=278"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:02:51","slug":"awesome-l10n-contributor-peter-pin-guang-chen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/2012\/05\/18\/awesome-l10n-contributor-peter-pin-guang-chen\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome L10n Contributor: Peter Pin-Guang Chen"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>Part of a series similar to the Awesome L10n Communities series where individual contributors are spotlighted for their efforts.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Pin-Guang Chen
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Started with Mozilla project:<\/strong> End of April, 2010
\nNationality:<\/strong> Taiwan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Languages:<\/strong> Mandarin and Wu Chinese, Taiwanese, English
\nBackground:<\/strong> Graduated from dept. of information communication, I have been an amateur software developer\/localizer for ~10 years and also a FreeBSD system admin for ~6 years.
\nRole in L10n community:<\/strong> L10n Owner
\nProjects you’re currently working on:<\/strong> Localizing all Mozilla software and most web projects (see https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/L10n:Teams:zh-TW<\/a>).<\/a><\/p>\n

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How did you get started with the Mozilla project?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

I organized a school-wide activity and asked Bob (@BobChao), MozTW\u2019s former Community Liaison, to give a talk about free culture, Mozilla, and MozTW. Then Bob asked me to attend some gatherings and meet-ups held by MozTW and I began to take care of some community affairs, also promoting and localizing.<\/p>\n

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What is your approach to overcoming blocks and bugs in your L10n work?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

I take some time to test and be careful when new functions or strings are landed (usually when the status in dashboard turns red). I also use central channel in daily life as my default browser to spot the issues early.<\/p>\n

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How do you find new contributors for your community?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

We have multiple ways to reach people from online mailing list and forums to offline weekly meet-ups. Usually I\u2019d ask those who are interested to make a small self-introduction on mailing list to let everybody know who they are, see what they want to contribute and encourage them to dig in and get hands dirty.<\/p>\n

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How do you go about mentoring new contributors?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Thanks to our former L10n owners, we already have a bridging server with Narro installed so there are not much technical problems for new contributors. I usually just tell new contributors some special issues or customs we have first, let them try for a short time, and then improve (no matter these contributors or myself).<\/p>\n

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If you could identify several best practices that have helped you to become a successful Mozilla localizer, what would they be?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Well, as of my time becoming a Mozilla localizer, there were not many documents or HOWTOs to help freshmen. I just learnt the skills from former owners and peers via L10n workshops and try myself. But now I have seen useful MDN articles and guides for L10n, I believe this can help new L10n teams to get started faster and easier.<\/p>\n

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What are you most looking forward to accomplishing this year?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

We have pretty much community members, but I\u2019m looking forward to having more people volunteering in L10n continuously, not only sharing my load but we need some more stable localizers.<\/p>\n

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What projects are you most looking forward to working on this year?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Applications: Thunderbird and Seamonkey.
\nOthers: BrowserID, B2G, and Marketplace<\/p>\n

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Few things you may not know about me:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

1) I was born in 1989, learned to use a computer at age of 5 for the first time, and went online at 7, but I\u2019m not the youngest member in MozTW \ud83d\ude1b
\n2) I\u2019m still a student, just got my BA degree last summer and studying for Masters in Digital Content now.
\n3) I love travelling and finding something delicious. Although I have been to only a few countries, going to Malaysia for MozCamp KL was also my first time to go abroad (thanks Mozilla!)
\n4) My hobby is transportation. From Shinkansen to TGV and ICE, I really love anything about railways; I follow news for air crafts, buses, and roads as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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