How to contribute to article localization
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I appreciate you taking the time to read this; it shows that you want to support Mozilla worldwide. More than half of Firefox users don't speak English as their first language, so we rely on contributors like you to make help available to users everywhere.
We are always excited to have new localizers join our team. Please check our list of available languages at https://support.mozilla.org/kb/locales to see whether your language has already been localised. If it isn't, we would be happy to collaborate with you to feature it on our site. You should be able to click a language's name to view the Locale Leader(s) working on it if you see it on the list. You can speak with them. You can contact them to learn more about localizing SUMO articles into your language.
I want to be a localizer. What should I do?
First things first:
- Create a Mozilla Support account/Firefox Account, which will allow you to write in our community l10n forum and localize any article you see in SUMO.
- Once you have an account, please visit our l10n community forum and introduce yourself. Our community can answer all your questions and help you get started.
What if there already are people localizing into my language?
In case you see your language listed on the list of available locales you should click on the name of a Locale Leader and send him or her a private message to get in touch. Don't be shy, they will be happy to hear from you - the more, the merrier!
If the Locale Leader doesn't answer after a reasonable amount of time (a few days at least - they could be on holidays or very busy), try another Locale Leader or get in touch with our team on Matrix, Discourse or contributor forum.
What if there is no content available in my language?
If you don't see your language listed on the list of available locales, please let us know in the contributor forum and we will figure out together what to do about this.
All articles
- How to contribute to article localization (you are here)
- How does support localization work?
- Translating an article
- How do I update articles after their first translation?
- L10N guidelines for reviewing translated articles
- How to be a SUMO Locale Leader
- Markup cheat sheet
If you think something is missing or should be added to this list, let us know in the contributor forum