443646 - Request for localization in divehi (div, dv)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Mozilla Localizations :: Registration & Management, enhancement)

Description

[Mohamed Aiman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

I would like to open a localization request for firefox in divehi language. It is the written/spoken language in the Maldives. Presently, no teams are registered in the i18n groups. I'd like to register such a group and start translating.

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1

[Seth Bindernagel]

Hi Mohammed:

Hope you are doing well.  I am not sure where you are in your localization effort at this time.  Have you started translating Firefox 3?  If you have begun work on FF3, thank you for all of your work at localizing.  We're at the unique point of determining if you should localize for Firefox 3 or move onto localizing for Firefox 3.1, depending on your availability and interest.

If you are interested in working on *something* that is stable, you can continue to focus on localizing Firefox 3.  We can get stable builds going for you.  However, we will eventually ship your work in Firefox 3.1 and you will need to update the effort you are putting into Firefox 3 right now.  The good news is that the string changes from Fx 3 --> Fx 3.1 are presently small in number (~30), so the update should not be too much too handle.  

However, if you are interested in moving your effort toward localizing Firefox 3.1, then you can read the following documentation on working with Mercurial and getting a local environment set up on your machine.

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/L10n_on_Mercurial

or learn the basics about Mercurial here:

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mercurial

Thanks so much for your hard work.  As always, ping us with any questions, we are ready to help.

Kind regards,
Sethb

Comment 2

[aiman_m]

Hiya Sethb,

Yes, unfortunately, its a lot of gruelling work considering that some of the literal translations are a bit too complex. But yes, work is being done, and I will follow up on the guide to migrate the existing work-in-progress to FF 3.1.

I will keep you posted and see how the mercurial effort goes.

Many thanks,
Aiman

Comment 3

[Seth Bindernagel]

Thank you Aiman.

We look forward to hearing your questions as you get closer.  Please just ask!  :)  Good luck with the work.

-sethb

Comment 4

[Seth Bindernagel]

There has been a long time with no activity here.  I am resolving this incomplete.  You may reopen later if you have made progress.