Mozilla Localization Camp, Hanoi

Last week we organized the Mozilla Localization(L10n) sprint at iWay in Hanoi. The event is first in series of Mozilla Localization (L10n) sprints across Asia. The sprints try to increase contributions to mozilla localization and engage Mozilla Localization (L10n) contributors.

Few active contributors from various localization projects; Tuan(Fedora), Vu Hung(Mozilla), Yang (Ubuntu) and Dung (Sahana) joined the sprint. The small gathering of experienced contributors provided an interactive sessions. We expected more participant however those who confirmed their participation at Mozilla Localization coffee meetup didn't show up. The sprint lasted for more than 3 hours. Later we head to nearby Bia Hoi for round of beers and light lunch.

Narro is web based wiki-like collobrative translation tool. The participants of the sprint were happy with simple interface of Narro. They quickly understand the basics of Narro. I explained how to use commenting, review and voting options to do peer review of the localizations and pointed out feature that would speed up localization. Working with Narro with increasing connection time-outs. During the Narro downtime, Tuan and Vu Hung shared their translation workflow. Tuan found Narro easy to use than Pootle and Yang suggested numerous improvements to the Narro UI and workflow.

Clearly the positive response to the mozilla localization sprint. Tuan expressed interest to talk about Mozilla localiztion at SFD 2011 and having more community driven localization sprints. The goal of such sprints to generate interest and have more community driven localization events.

ICANN 41 Singapore 2011

The five day Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 41 meeting was held in Singapore on 19 – 24 June 2011. The ICANN meetings are held three times each year in different regions of the globe. The meeting has pre-meeting workshops, working group sessions and ICANN's annual general meeting. It is a good opportunity for NIXI fellows to have face-to-face discussions with various people dedicated to the guiding of the future of the Internet.

The ICANN 41 meeting is of particular significance to those concerned with the subject of Internet governance. The controversial new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) was approved by the ICANN board at this meeting. The internet pundits predicted before the event that "Internet is poised for potentially one of its biggest shakeups in years". Being part of this historic moment and to watch the ICANN board vote to expand TLD space was an experience that I will cherish. It really motivated me to play an active role in future ICANN activities.

Another important topic at ICANN 41 was Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). The ability to have country code top-level domain (ie. www.example.com) displayed in non-latin alphabet would bring the local language computing to full circle. We now have complete operating systems, word processors, web browsers and email clients available in local languages. With implementation of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) computer users can surf the web and email in their local language.

The Internationalized Domain Names(IDNs) implementation poses certain complex linguistic and technical problems. At ICANN 41 various IDN Variant TLD case studies were presented. Of particular interest was the Arabic and Devanagari language case studies. The problems faced by various IDN variants are similar however there seems no consensus on how to address them. Presentation and transcripts from these meetings are available here.

Jothan Frakes presentation on Universal Acceptability, The Public suffix & IDN Whitelist was really good. I never realized that Mozilla Firefox supported IDNs. Later I met up with Frakes to understand the internals of Mozilla Firefox IDN support.

Universal acceptability, The Public suffix & IDN Whitelist

James Galvin (Afilias) IDN e-mail solution was perhaps the most practical demonstration of IDN Email support. I hope to test Thunderbird Aurora with IDN email addresses with help of Afilias in the future.

In future, I would be participating in IDN working groups with special emphasis on IDN support for Mozilla Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client. Also work with various Indian language IDN variants groups. Document various technical solutions and provide support using existing workarounds.

Syafiq Mazli's Mozilla Localization Camp (Malaysia) Report

You can read Syafiq Mazli's report about the Mozilla Localization Camp at the Barcamp KL 2011 here.

Salam,
Good Morning,
Here the report for this event by chronology time.
There has two session, introduction talk session and sprint session
0700 Hours
- Wake up and prepare for out Me,@umarzuki and Arky @playingwithsid. From *Mozilla Base Camp* like Arky said, to MMU Cyberjaya.
0845 Hours
-Arrive at Faculty of Information Technology, MMU Cyberjaya.
0900 Hours
-Bring out bag of Mozilla Swag and straight to counter for registration. Surprisely, there are many crowd arrive before us. Haha. We quite late.

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Mozilla Localization Camp at Barcamp KL, Read the Storify Story

Traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week to organize Mozilla Localization Camp at the Barcamp KL 2011. Instead of doing a blog post I decided to use social media content storytelling tool Storify.

You can view "Mozilla Localization Camp (MozMY L10n Camp)" on Storify

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