Translation Notes

• To edit resource files in Mozilla software and extensions, you need an appropriate editor that supports the following:
  • Support UTF-8 file format.
  • Option for leaving out Unicode signature, BOM (Byte Order Mark, U+FEFF).
  • Support escaped Unicode (\uXXXX). this appears not to be needed with current mozilla/firefox versions.
  Further information on using unicode editors can be found at: http://www.mozdev.org/notes/l10n/unicode/editors-en.html
• You will need to retrieve three files from the flashblock project:
  - contents.rdf
  - flashblock.dtd
  - flashblock.properties

  These can be obtained via the CVS Web interface from: http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/flashblock/source/locale/en-US/flashblock/

• In contents.rdf change all occurences of "en-US" to the appropriate locale code. For example: "la-VA" for Vatican/Latin.
• Edit the other two files and change the english text to the appropriate language.
• Further information on how these files are structured and what you can and cannot do with these files can be found at these webpages:
  http://www.mozdev.org/notes/l10n/howto-en.html#editing
  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp_chrome.html#text

E-Mail the translated files to the Flashblock Team

Remember to tell us the name you want to use in the Flashblock translators' credits.

Other Resources:

• The BabelZilla forums are a good starting resource for people interested in translating extensions.
• http://www.babelzilla.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=14 "How to localize an extension" from BabelZilla.
• http://heygom.com/extensions/?p=26 Localite Mod is an extension for Mozilla/Firefox that is designed to make it easier for people to translate other Mozilla/Firefox extensions into different languages
• http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/switch-locales/ The locale-switcher extension provides simple menu to switch between languages.