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title: Localização
slug: Glossary/Localization
translation_of: Glossary/Localization
original_slug: Localização
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<p><span id="result_box" lang="pt"><span class="hps atn">Localização (</span><span>L10n</span><span>) é o</span> <span class="hps">processo de tradução de</span> <span class="hps">interfaces</span> <span class="hps">de software</span> <span class="hps">a partir de</span> <span class="hps">uma língua para outra</span> <span class="hps">e</span> <span class="hps">adaptá-lo</span> <span class="hps">para atender a uma</span> <span class="hps">cultura estrangeira</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Esses recursos</span> <span class="hps">são para</span> <span class="hps">qualquer pessoa com interesse</span> <span class="hps">nos aspectos técnicos</span> <span class="hps">envolvidos na</span> <span class="hps">localização</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Eles são</span> <span class="hps">para os desenvolvedores e</span> <span class="hps">todos os</span> <span class="hps">colaboradores</span><span>.</span></span></p>
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    <h2 class="Documentation" id="Documentação">Documentação</h2>
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     <dt>
      <a href="/pt-BR/docs/Mozilla/Localization/Guia_rápido" title="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Localization_Quick_Start_Guide">Localização Guia Rápido</a></dt>
     <dd>
      First read for volunteers wanting to start localizing.</dd>
     <dt>
      <a href="/en-US/docs/XUL_Tutorial/Localization" title="en-US/docs/XUL_Tutorial/Localization">XUL Tutorial:Localization</a></dt>
     <dd>
      <a href="/en-US/docs/XUL_Tutorial" title="en-US/docs/XUL_Tutorial">XUL Tutorial</a> section on localizing XUL applications.</dd>
     <dt>
      <a href="/en-US/docs/Writing_localizable_code" title="en-US/docs/Writing_localizable_code">Writing localizable code</a></dt>
     <dd>
      Best practices and guidelines for programmers to play nicely with localization.</dd>
     <dt>
      <a class="external" href="http://wiki.babelzilla.org/index.php?title=Tutorials#How_to_localize_strings_from_the_help.html_file_of_an_extension">Localizing Help files</a></dt>
     <dd>
      How to separate content from HTML to make these files more easy to localize.</dd>
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      <a class="external" href="http://wiki.babelzilla.org/index.php?title=Tutorials#How_to_resize_a_xul_pref_dialog_according_to_every_language">Custom dialog size</a></dt>
     <dd>
      How to adjust window sizes to fit specific localizations.</dd>
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      <a href="/en-US/docs/Localizing_extension_descriptions" title="en-US/docs/Localizing_extension_descriptions">Localizing extension descriptions</a></dt>
     <dd>
      To localize the description of an extension (the string that shows up under extension's name in the Extensions window), you need to use a special preference key to override the description specified in your install.rdf file. This article contains instructions on how to modify this preference key.</dd>
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      <a href="/en-US/docs/Frequently_Asked_Localization_Questions" title="en-US/docs/Frequently_Asked_Localization_Questions">Frequently Asked Localization Questions</a></dt>
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      Frequently asked questions about localization.</dd>
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    <h2 class="Community" id="Comunidade"><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="pt"><span class="hps">Comunidade</span></span></h2>
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     <li>View Mozilla forums...</li>
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    <p>{{ DiscussionList("dev-l10n", "mozilla.dev.l10n") }}</p>
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     <li><a href="/Special:Tags?tag=Localization:Tools&amp;language=en" title="Special:Tags?tag=Localization:Tools&amp;language=en">Tools</a></li>
     <li><a class="link-https" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n">Community</a></li>
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    <h2 class="Related_Topics" id="Related_Topics" name="Related_Topics">Related Topics</h2>
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     <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Extensions" title="en-US/docs/Extensions">Extensions</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/XUL" title="en-US/docs/XUL">XUL</a></li>
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