Open Library/Website — Japanese @ Open Library Translations

Translation status

2,042	Strings	93%	Browse Translate
9,767	Words	85%
63,136	Characters	82%

Strings status

Strings Words Characters
2,042 9,767 63,136	All strings	Browse Translate Zen
2,001 9,668 62,539	Translated strings	Browse Translate Zen
41 99 597	Unfinished strings	Browse Translate Zen
24 55 294	Untranslated strings	Browse Translate Zen
17 44 303	Strings marked for edit	Browse Translate Zen
2 4 28	Strings with suggestions	Browse Translate Zen
40 96 579	Unfinished strings without suggestions	Browse Translate Zen
100 1,284 10,469	Strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
97 1,275 10,411	Translated strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
15 25 168	Failing check: Unchanged translation	Browse Translate Zen
3 46 274	Failing check: Trailing space	Browse Translate Zen
5 82 674	Failing check: Mismatched full stop	Browse Translate Zen
1 7 38	Failing check: Mismatched question mark	Browse Translate Zen
2 6 42	Failing check: Mismatched ellipsis	Browse Translate Zen
2 5 25	Failing check: Multiple capitals	Browse Translate Zen
1 5 31	Failing check: XML markup	Browse Translate Zen
74 1,214 10,038	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/ja/messages.po`
Last change	Oct. 16, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Last change made by	James the Cat
Language	Japanese
Language code	ja
Text direction	Left to right
Case sensitivity	Case-insensitive
Number of speakers	117,608,755
Number of plurals	1
Plural type	None
Plurals
Plural formula	`0`

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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	97%	2,001	98%	9,668	99%	62,539
Needs editing	1%	17	1%	44	1%	303
Read-only	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Failing checks	4%	100	13%	1,284	16%	10,469
Strings with suggestions	1%	2	1%	4	1%	28
Untranslated strings	1%	24	1%	55	1%	294

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

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