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:
• - Belarusian:
• - Bulgarian:
• - Catalan: programari lliure
• - Chinese: (simplified), (traditional)
• - Czech: svobodný software
• - Croatian/Serbian: slobodni softver
• - Danish: fri software or frit programmel
• - Dutch: vrije software
• - Esperanto: libera programaro
• - Estonian: vaba tarkvara
• - Farsi:
• - Finnish: vapaa ohjelmisto
• - French: logiciel libre
• - German: freie Software
• - Greek:
• - 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: or
• - Lithuanian: laisva programinė įranga
• - Malay: perisian bebas
• - Norwegian: fri programvare
• - Polish: wolne oprogramowanie
• - Portuguese: software livre
• - Romanian: software liber
• - Russian:
• - Sardinian: software liberu
• - Serbian/Croatian:
• - Slovak: slobodný softvér
• - Slovenian: prosto programje
• - Spanish: software libre
• - Swahili: Programu huru za Kompyuta
• - Swedish: fri programvara, fri mjukvara
• - Tagalog: malayang software
• - Tamil:
• - Turkish: özgür yazilim
• - Ukrainian:
• - Welsh: meddalwedd rydd
• - Zulu: Isoftware Ekhululekile