Open Library/Website — French @ Open Library Translations

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2,042	Strings	75%	Browse Translate
9,767	Words	81%
63,136	Characters	80%

Strings status

Strings Words Characters
2,042 9,767 63,136	All strings	Browse Translate Zen
1,577 8,143 52,118	Translated strings	Browse Translate Zen
465 1,624 11,018	Unfinished strings	Browse Translate Zen
45 301 2,731	Untranslated strings	Browse Translate Zen
420 1,323 8,287	Strings marked for edit	Browse Translate Zen
2 9 144	Strings with suggestions	Browse Translate Zen
463 1,615 10,874	Unfinished strings without suggestions	Browse Translate Zen
87 463 3,197	Strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
30 192 1,468	Translated strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
1 2 7	Translated strings with dismissed checks	Browse Translate Zen
17 25 178	Failing check: Unchanged translation	Browse Translate Zen
2 2 8	Failing check: Trailing space	Browse Translate Zen
26 151 905	Failing check: Mismatched full stop	Browse Translate Zen
13 19 130	Failing check: Mismatched colon	Browse Translate Zen
12 51 264	Failing check: Mismatched question mark	Browse Translate Zen
1 1 4	Failing check: Mismatched exclamation mark	Browse Translate Zen
3 11 70	Failing check: Multiple capitals	Browse Translate Zen
3 24 166	Failing check: Punctuation spacing	Browse Translate Zen
3 22 172	Failing check: Same plurals	Browse Translate Zen
3 18 113	Failing check: Reused translation	Browse Translate Zen
4 75 638	Failing check: XML markup	Browse Translate Zen
3 82 652	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/fr/messages.po`
Last change	Oct. 16, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Last change made by	Ezra Wingard
Language	French
Language code	fr
Text direction	Left to right
Case sensitivity	Case-sensitive
Number of speakers	332,956,350
Number of plurals	2
Plural type	One/other
Plurals	Singular	0, 1
Plurals	Plural	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, …
Plural formula	`n > 1`

10/16/2026

String statistics

	Strings percent	Hosted strings	Words percent	Hosted words	Characters percent	Hosted characters
Total		2,042		9,767		63,136
Translated	77%	1,577	83%	8,143	82%	52,118
Needs editing	20%	420	13%	1,323	13%	8,287
Read-only	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Failing checks	4%	87	4%	463	5%	3,197
Strings with suggestions	1%	2	1%	9	1%	144
Untranslated strings	2%	45	3%	301	4%	2,731

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File “locale/fr/messages.po” was added. 10/05/2026

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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
465	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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