Appendix B: Translations of the Term “Free Software”

The following is a list of recommended unambiguous translations of the term “free software” into various languages:

• - Afrikaans: vrye sagteware
• - Albanian: software i lirë
• - Arabic: @lower 2.7pt @hbox{}
• - Belarusian: @lower 3pt @hbox{}
• - Bulgarian: @lower 3pt @hbox{}
• - Catalan: programari lliure
• - Chinese: @lower 0.9pt @hbox{} @kern -2pt (simplified), @lower 0.9pt @hbox{} @kern -2pt (traditional)
• - Czech: svobodný software
• - Croatian/Serbian: slobodni softver
• - Danish: fri software or frit programmel
• - Dutch: vrije software
• - Esperanto: libera programaro
• - Estonian: vaba tarkvara
• - Farsi: @lower 4.6pt @hbox{}
• - Finnish: vapaa ohjelmisto
• - French: logiciel libre
• - German: freie Software
• - Greek: @lower 3pt @hbox{}
• - Hungarian: szabad szoftver
• - Icelandic: frjáls hugbúna@dh{}ur
• - Ido: libera programaro
• - Indonesian: perangkat lunak bebas
• - Interlingua: libere programmage or libere programmario
• - Irish: bog earraí saoire
• - Italian: software libero
• - Japanese: @kern -0.5pt @lower 1.1pt @hbox{} or @kern -0.5pt @lower 1.1pt @hbox{}
• - Lithuanian: laisva programinė įranga
• - Malay: perisian bebas
• - Norwegian: fri programvare
• - Polish: wolne oprogramowanie
• - Portuguese: software livre
• - Romanian: software liber
• - Russian: @lower 3pt @hbox{}
• - Sardinian: software liberu
• - Serbian/Croatian: @lower 3pt @hbox{}
• - Slovak: slobodný softvér
• - Slovenian: prosto programje
• - Spanish: software libre
• - Swahili: Programu huru za Kompyuta
• - Swedish: fri programvara, fri mjukvara
• - Tagalog: malayang software
• - Tamil: @lower 3.5pt @hbox{}
• - Turkish: özgür yazilim
• - Ukrainian: @kern -1pt @lower 3.1pt @hbox{}
• - Welsh: meddalwedd rydd
• - Zulu: Isoftware Ekhululekile

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