l10n

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They all speak your native language!

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Internationalization (i18n)Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes.

Localization (l10n)Localization is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text.

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Why Localization ?• Native language support to reduce the digital divide

Language will not be a barrier anymore to anyone to reach, explore and use the technology

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.po GNOME, OOo, KDE

.propertiesFirefox, Thunderbird

Common File formats

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Who’s doing all these ? O_oIt’s the community

Community ?IT’S YOU!

How to contribute ?laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…!

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Localization in progress…‘Sinhala’ examples…

Desktop apps:FirefoxThunderbirdPidginOpenOffice

Web apps:WordpressJoomlaMoodleGoogle

Linux desktop env’s:GNOMEKDE

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Thank You!