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Chinese (Simplified Han script)

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2,042	Strings		69%	Browse Translate
9,767	Words		68%
63,136	Characters		65%

Strings status

Strings Words Characters
2,042 9,767 63,136		All strings	Browse Translate Zen
1,559 8,165 52,711		Translated strings	Browse Translate Zen
483 1,602 10,425		Unfinished strings	Browse Translate Zen
5 54 646		Untranslated strings	Browse Translate Zen
478 1,548 9,779		Strings marked for edit	Browse Translate Zen
205 1,854 14,214		Strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
139 1,484 11,573		Translated strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
10 13 91		Failing check: Unchanged translation	Browse Translate Zen
1 2 12		Failing check: Starting spaces	Browse Translate Zen
2 39 235		Failing check: Trailing space	Browse Translate Zen
55 376 2,477		Failing check: Mismatched full stop	Browse Translate Zen
11 12 86		Failing check: Mismatched colon	Browse Translate Zen
15 65 330		Failing check: Mismatched question mark	Browse Translate Zen
3 34 202		Failing check: Mismatched exclamation mark	Browse Translate Zen
7 26 152		Failing check: Multiple capitals	Browse Translate Zen
35 242 1,859		Failing check: Same plurals	Browse Translate Zen
6 17 88		Failing check: Reused translation	Browse Translate Zen
3 68 585		Failing check: XML markup	Browse Translate Zen
80 1,185 9,825		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/zh/messages.po`
Last change	Oct. 5, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
Last change made by	None
Language	Chinese (Simplified Han script)
Language code	zh_Hans
Text direction	Left to right
Case sensitivity	Case-insensitive
Number of speakers	1,286,444,445
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	76%	1,559	83%	8,165	83%	52,711
Needs editing	23%	478	15%	1,548	15%	9,779
Read-only	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Failing checks	10%	205	18%	1,854	22%	14,214
Strings with suggestions	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Untranslated strings	1%	5	1%	54	1%	646

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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
483	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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