Mozilla localizations

Mozilla localizations are localized versions of Mozilla products. This usually entails that a product has been both translated into a certain language and that language and region specific features have been added.

Localization is normally carried out by teams of volunteers.

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is the most heavily localized cross-platform web browser to date.[1] The first official release in November 2004 was available for 28 different locales including British English/American English, European Spanish/Argentine Spanish and Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters/Simplified Chinese characters. Firefox 4 initially shipped with over 80 locales and introduced 10 new locales, including 6 African languages.[2]

The following table lists releases of Firefox and its precursors for the Microsoft Windows operating system, listing all locales available at the end of each version's releases.[2]

Locale 1.0
2004
1.5
2005
2.0
2006
3.0
2008
3.5
2009
3.6
2010
4.0
2011
5.0-9.0
2011
10.0
2012
11.0-12.0
2012
13.0
2012
14.0-15.0
2012
16.0-28.0
2012-2014
29.0-30.0
2014
Acholi No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes
Afrikaans No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Akan No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Albanian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Arabic No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Armenian No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Assamese No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asturian Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Basque No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Belarusian No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bengali (Bangladesh) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bengali (India) No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bosnian No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Breton No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bulgarian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Catalan Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chinese (Simplified) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chinese (Traditional) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Croatian No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
English (UK) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
English (US) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
English (SAE) No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Esperanto No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Estonian No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Farsi (Persian) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frisian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fula No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Galician No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Georgian No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
German Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Greek Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gujarati No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hebrew Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hindi No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Icelandic No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indonesian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Irish No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kannada No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kashubian No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Khmer No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kazakh No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kurdish No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Latvian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ligurian No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lithuanian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Luganda (Ganda) No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Macedonian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maithili No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Malay No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
Malayalam No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Marathi No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mongolian No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Norwegian (Bokmål) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Norwegian (Nynorsk) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Occitan No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Oriya No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese (Brazilian) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese (European) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Punjabi No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Romanian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Romansh No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Scottish Gaelic No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Serbian No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sinhalese No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Slovak No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Slovenian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Songhai No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sotho No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish (Argentina) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish (Chile) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish (Mexico) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish (Spain) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tamil No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tamil (Sri Lanka) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Telugu No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Thai No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ukrainian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vietnamese No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Welsh No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zulu No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Total 28 38 43 59 75 76 82 83 85 86 87 88 89 90

Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird, the email application, has somewhat fewer localised releases. The initial release was in US English only but since then, it has been released in 45 languages and for 47 locales.[3]

Locale 1.0
2004
1.5
2006
2.0
2007
3.0
2009
3.1
2010
3.1-11.0
2011
(current)
2012
Afrikaans No No No Yes Yes No No
Albanian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Arabic No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Armenian No No No No No No Yes
Asturian No No No No No No Yes
Basque No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Belarusian No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bengali (Bangladesh) No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Breton No No No No No Yes Yes
Bulgarian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Catalan No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chinese (Simplified) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chinese (Traditional) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Croat No No No No No No Yes
Czech No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Danish No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dutch No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
English (UK) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
English (US) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Estonian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Finnish No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
French No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frisian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Galician No No No No Yes Yes Yes
German No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Greek No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hebrew No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hungarian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Icelandic No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indonesian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Irish No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lithuanian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Macedonian No Yes Yes No No No No
Norwegian (Bokmål) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Norwegian (Nynorsk) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese (Brazilian) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese (European) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Punjabi No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Romanian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rumantsch No No No No No Yes Yes
Russian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Scottish Gaelic No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Serbian No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Sinhalese No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Slovak No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Slovenian No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish (Argentina) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish (Spain) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Swedish No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tamil (Sri Lanka) No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Turkish No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ukrainian No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vietnamese No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Total 1 30 35 46 49 50 53

Mozilla Firefox OS

Locale 1.0
2013
1.1
2013
1.2
2013
Bengali (Bangladesh) No No Yes
Bulgarian No No Yes
Catalan No Yes Yes
Chinese (Simplified) No No Yes
Chinese (Traditional) No No Yes
Croatian Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes
Dutch No Yes Yes
English (US) Yes Yes Yes
French No No Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Greek No Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes Yes
Italian No Yes Yes
Macedonian No No Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese (Brazilian) Yes Yes Yes
Romanian Yes Yes Yes
Russian No Yes Yes
Serbian No Yes Yes
Serbian Latin No No Yes
Slovak No Yes Yes
Spanish (Spain) Yes Yes Yes
Turkish No Yes Yes
Total 9 17 24

Web content and legal info

Though much of the Mozilla web content can be localized, the extent of localization varies from locale to locale. For example, the Mozilla Firefox Privacy Policy is currently only available in English.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Survey of Gaelic Corpus Technology" (PDF). Bòrd na Gàidhlig. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  2. 1 2 "Mozilla Firefox release files". Mozilla. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  3. "Mozilla Thunderbird release files". Mozilla. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  4. "Mozilla Privacy Policies". Mozilla. Retrieved July 9, 2013.

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