Open Library

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Bengali

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2,042	Strings		77%	Browse Translate
9,767	Words		80%
63,136	Characters		79%

Strings status

Strings Words Characters
2,042 9,767 63,136		All strings	Browse Translate Zen
1,670 8,654 56,320		Translated strings	Browse Translate Zen
372 1,113 6,816		Unfinished strings	Browse Translate Zen
372 1,113 6,816		Strings marked for edit	Browse Translate Zen
138 1,024 7,400		Strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
83 788 5,955		Translated strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
19 48 310		Failing check: Unchanged translation	Browse Translate Zen
2 2 8		Failing check: Trailing space	Browse Translate Zen
1 12 71		Failing check: Double space	Browse Translate Zen
24 125 732		Failing check: Mismatched full stop	Browse Translate Zen
11 14 99		Failing check: Mismatched colon	Browse Translate Zen
8 37 190		Failing check: Mismatched question mark	Browse Translate Zen
1 1 4		Failing check: Mismatched exclamation mark	Browse Translate Zen
1 4 29		Failing check: Mismatched semicolon	Browse Translate Zen
8 31 192		Failing check: Multiple capitals	Browse Translate Zen
27 192 1,465		Failing check: Same plurals	Browse Translate Zen
2 10 61		Failing check: Reused translation	Browse Translate Zen
1 5 31		Failing check: XML markup	Browse Translate Zen
35 561 4,376		Failing check: Chars around XML tags	Browse Translate Zen

Summary

Project website	openlibrary.org
Translation process	Translations can be made directly. Translation suggestions can be made. Any authenticated user can contribute. The translation uses bilingual files. Reviews are disabled for this language. Review setting: Project settings. All translation states, including those needing editing, are eligible to be written to the translation file. Learn how to customize the workflow for this language.
Source code repository	`https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-i18n.git`
Repository branch	main
Last remote commit	fix(translate): fire checks on bot PRs + end the messages.pot collision (#151) (#158) `a15a214` mekarpeles authored 10/15/2026
Last commit in Weblate	i18n: AI translations — ar, as, az, bn, cs, de, es, fr, hi, hr, id, it, ja, ko, pl, pt, ro, ru, sc, te, tl, tr, uk, zh (2026-10-05) (#115) `3c5982b` Open Library Bot authored 10/04/2026
Weblate repository	`https://adware-alike-income-managing.trycloudflare.com/git/openlibrary/website/`
File mask	`locale/*/messages.po`
Translation file	Download `locale/bn/messages.po`
Last change	Oct. 5, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Last change made by	None
Language	Bengali
Language code	bn
Text direction	Left to right
Case sensitivity	Case-insensitive
Number of speakers	279,893,704
Number of plurals	2
Plural type	One/other
Plurals	Singular	1
Plurals	Plural	0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula	`(n != 1)`

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String statistics

	Strings percent	Hosted strings	Words percent	Hosted words	Characters percent	Hosted characters
Total		2,042		9,767		63,136
Translated	81%	1,670	88%	8,654	89%	56,320
Needs editing	18%	372	11%	1,113	10%	6,816
Read-only	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Failing checks	6%	138	10%	1,024	11%	7,400
Strings with suggestions	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Untranslated strings	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0

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2,042	File in original format as translated in the repository	gettext PO file
2,042	All strings, converted files enriched with comments; suitable for offline translation	CSV	gettext MO	gettext PO	TBX	TMX	XLIFF 1.1 with gettext extensions	XLIFF 1.1	XLSX
372	Unfinished strings, converted files enriched with comments; suitable for offline translation	CSV	gettext MO	gettext PO	TBX	TMX	XLIFF 1.1 with gettext extensions	XLIFF 1.1	XLSX

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