Translations of the term “free software”
This is a list of recommended unambiguous translations for the term “free software” (free as in freedom) into various languages.
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- Arabic: برمجة حرة (Baramej Horrah)
- Belarusian: свабоднае праграмнае забесьпячэньне (svabodnaye pragramnaye zabespyachenne)
- Bulgarian: свободен софтуер (svoboden softuer)
- Catalan: programari lliure
- Chinese(Simplified): 自由软件 (zi-you ruan-jian)
- Chinese(Traditional): 自由軟體 (zih-yo)
- Czech: svobodný software
- Croatian: slobodni softver
- Danish: fri software OR frit programmel
- Dutch: vrije software
- Esperanto: libera softvaro
- Estonian: vaba tarkvara
- Farsi (= Persian): نرمافزارِ آزاد
- Finnish: vapaa ohjelmisto
- French: logiciel libre
- German: freie Software
- Greek: ελεύθερο λογισμικό (elefthero logismiko)
- Hebrew: תוכנה חופשית (tochna chofshit)
- Hindi: मुक्त सॉफ्टवेयर (mukt software)
- Hungarian: szabad szoftver
- Icelandic: frjáls hugbúnaður
- Indonesian: perangkat lunak bebas
- Irish: bog earraí saoire
- Italian: software libero
- Japanese: 自由なソフトウェア (フリーソフトウェア - jiyuu-na software)
- Korean: 자유 소프트웨어 (ja-yu software)
- Lithuanian: laisva programinė įranga
- Norwegian: fri programvare
- Malayalam: സ്വതന്ത്ര സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര്
- Persian (= Farsi): نرمافزارِ آزاد
- Polish: wolne oprogramowanie
- Portuguese: software livre
- Romanian: software liber
- Russian: свободное программное обеспечение
- Serbian: слободни софтвер
- Slovak: slobodny softver
- Slovenian: prosto programje
- Spanish: software libre
- Swedish: fri programvara
- Tagalog/Filipino: malayang software
- Tamil: கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள்
- Turkish: özgür yazılım
- Ukranian: вільне програмне забезпечення (vil'ne prohramne zabezpechennia)
- Vietnamese: phần mềm tự do
- Welsh: meddalwedd rydd
- Zulu: Isoftware Ekhululekile