Use approved terminology for key terms, technical terms, product names.
App: use instead of application or program.
Pick, choose: use pick in more fun, less formal or light-weight situations (pick a color, not choose a color) and choose for more formal situations. Do not use select unless the UI requires it.
Drive: for general reference to any drive type. Use the specific drive type if necessary.
Get: fine as a synonym for obtain or come into possession of. Avoid it for other general meanings.
Info: use in most situations unless information fits the context better. Use info when you point the reader elsewhere (for more info, see <link>).
PC: use for personal computing devices. Use computer for situations about PCs and Macs.
You: address the user as you, directly or indirectly through first- and second-person pronouns. Avoid third-person references such as user; they sound formal and impersonal.
The password isn’t correct, so please try again. Passwords are case-sensitive. -> رمز عبور صحیح نیست، لطفا دوباره امتحان کنید. رمزهای عبور به بزرگی و کوچکی حروف حساس هستند.
This product key didn’t work. Please check it and try again. -> این کلید محصول کار نکرد. آن را بررسی کنید و دوباره امتحان کنید.
All ready to go -> همه چیز آماده است
Would you like to continue? -> میخواهید ادامه دهید؟ Use the second-person pronoun you.
Give your PC a name—any name you want. If you want to change the background color, turn high contrast off in PC settings. -> هر نامی را که مایلید برای رایانهتان وارد کنید. اگر میخواهید رنگ پسزمینه را تغییر دهید، حالت «کنتراست بالا» را در تنظیمات رایانه غیرفعال کنید. Address the user directly with the second-person pronoun.
Picture password is a new way to help you protect your touchscreen PC. You choose the picture—and the gestures you use with it—to create a password that’s uniquely yours. -> رمز عبور تصو یری روشی جدید است که به شما کمک میکند از رایانه دارای صفحه لمسیتان محافظت کنید. تصویر را -همراه با حرکت اشارهای مورد استفاده در آن- انتخاب کنید تا رمز عبوری مختص شما ایجاد شود.
Let apps give you personalized content based on your PC’s location, name, account picture, and other domain info. -> به برنامهها امکان میدهد تا بر اساس مکان رایانه، نام، تصویر حساب و سایر اطلاعات دامنه، محتواهای شخصی شدهای را به شما ارائه دهند. Depending on context, add familiarity with everyday words such as PC.
To go back and save your work, click Cancel and finish what you need to. -> برای بازگشت به عقب و ذخیره کار، روی لغو کلیک کنید و کار مورد نیازتان را تکمیل کنید.
To confirm your current picture password, just watch the replay and trace the example gestures shown on your picture. -> برای تأیید رمز عبور تصویری فعلی، کافی است پخش مجدد را مشاهده کرده و حرکت اشاره ای نمونه را که در تصویر نشان داده می شود، دنبال کنید.
It’s time to enter the product key. When you connect to the Internet, we’ll activate Windows for you. -> اکنون زمان وارد کردن کلید محصول است. پس از اتصال به اینترنت Windows را برای شما فعال میکنیم.
The updates are installed, but Windows Setup needs to restart for them to work. After it restarts, we’ll keep going from where we left off. -> به روز رسانیها نصب شدهاند اما برنامه نصب Windows لازم است که راهاندازی مجدد شود تا کار کند. پس از راهاندازی مجدد، از جایی که کار متوقف شده بود، ادامه میدهیم. Use we for a personal feel.
If you restart now, you and any other people using this PC could lose unsaved work. -> اگر اکنون راهاندازی مجدد کنید، شما و سایر افرادی که از این رایانه استفاده میکنید، ممکن است کارهای ذخیره نشده خود را از دست بدهید.
This document will be automatically moved to the right library and folder after you correct invalid or missing properties. -> پس از اینکه مشخصات اشتباه را تصحیح یا مشخصات وارد نشده را وارد کردید، این سند بهصورت خودکار به کتابخانه و پوشه صحیح منتقل میشود.
Something bad happened! Unable to locate downloaded files to create your bootable USB flash drive. -> مشکلی پیش آمد! فایلهای بارگیری شده برای ایجاد درایو فلش USB قابل بوت پیدا نشد.
Use plain language: straightforward, concrete, familiar words. Prefer two syllables over three. Prefer several clear words over one complicated term.
Name only cities, countries and regions that are not politically disputed. With several regions, use equivalent references. Do not mix countries with states or continents.
Show diverse people, professions, educational settings, locales and economic settings in text and images.
No generalization or stereotyping by region, culture, age or gender, not even positive. For job roles, use names reflecting varied gender identities and cultural backgrounds.
No profane or derogatory terms. No slang that could be cultural appropriation.
No terms with unconscious racial bias. No terms tied to military actions, politics, or controversial historical events and eras.
master/slave -> primary/subordinate; ارباب/برده -> اصلی / فرع ی.
guru -> expert; مرشد -> متخصص.
guys, ladies and gentlemen -> colleagues, everyone, all; مردان؛ خانمها و آقا ی ان -> همکاران؛ همگان؛ همه.
mother or father -> parent; مادر ی ا پدر -> یکی از والدین.
Abbreviate in the UI (mainly buttons, options) only for lack of space.
To shorten a phrase, remove unnecessary parts, use an infinitive instead of a complete verb, use the singular instead of the plural, or keep only the main noun.
Info. -> اطلا.; PM -> ب.ظ.; AM -> ق.ظ.; page -> ص.; PO box. -> ص.پ.; St. (street). -> خ.; Postal Code -> ک.پ.
Persian has no abbreviations for measurement units. Use the English abbreviation when the value stands alone outside text. Within text, prefer the full form (کیلوگرم»، «کیلومتر»، «اینچ«).
Always use units in the singular in Persian. Never follow the English source on this.
KB: standalone KB, within text کیلوبایت.
MB, GB: standalone MB, GB, within text مگابایت، گیگابایت.
kb/s: standalone kb/s, within text کیلوبایت در ثانیه.
Mb: standalone Mb, within text مگابایت.
Mb/s: standalone Mb/s, within text مگابایت در ثانیه.
MHz: standalone MHz, within text مگاهرتز.
°C: standalone °C, within text درجه سانتیگراد.
Leave a space between the number and the measurement: 5KB, avoid 5 KB, better 5KB; 64MB RAM, avoid 64MBRAM, better 64MB RAM; The maximum video is {0}MB ., avoid حداکثر حجم ویدیو\ { MB } 0است., better حداکثر حجم و یدیو {0} مگابایت است.
numeral+noun combinations are always singular too. This matters most for time units such as {0} sec, {1} mins (minutes), {2} days: the translation of day is the same for 1 day and 100 days. It applies to any numeral+noun combination, such as {0} users, {1} groups, {2} files.
Your internet connection will automatically disconnect in {0} minutes., avoid ارتباط اینترنتی شما ظرف {0}دقیقهها به طور خودکار قطع خواهد شد., better ارتباط اینترنتی شما ظرف {0}دقیقه به طور خودکار قطع خواهد شد.
Acronyms use initial letters of the major parts of a compound term: WYSIWYG, DNS, HTML.
Spell the acronym out in parentheses the first time it occurs. Use the English acronym for all the rest.
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) -> OLE (پیوند و جاسازی شی)
Transliterate well-known acronyms such as PIN for a more fluent text. For terms with a Persian translation, such as Computer and SMS, use the translation.
Quality adjectives: after the noun, in predicate position.
Numerical adjectives: before the noun.
Demonstrative adjectives: before the noun.
Possessive adjectives: after the noun. Too many possessives in one sentence is not appropriate in Persian; omit the unnecessary ones.
Your device needs to communicate with Microsoft servers to set up your account.: not دستگاه شما برای راهاندازی حساب شما باید به سرورهای Microsoft متصل شود., use دستگاه برای راهاندازی حساب شما باید به سرورهای Microsoft متصل شود.
Indefinite article is یک/ی: یک before the noun, ی after the noun. Definite article: either no article or این before the noun.
Do not use ی after the noun in two cases. First, when the text states the number of the noun, for example one email not two or more ones. Second, when adding ی turns the noun into another valid noun, such as شخص vs شخصی (person vs privacy), سبز vs سبزی (green vs vegetables), صورت vs صورتی (face vs pink). Take special care with شخص and شخصی, which are common in this context.
Untranslated product and feature names take no definite or indefinite article. Leave product names untranslated, following English rules.
Install Windows Platform Update -> را نصب کنید Windows Platform Update
Translated feature names are handled like a Persian term, with Persian grammar. Media Player -> پخش کننده رسانه
For an English loan word, choose the article by motivation (formally motivated features allowing integration into the Persian noun class system), analogy (an equivalent Persian term whose article can be used), and frequency (the article used most often in other technical documentation). Confirm a new loan word and its article to avoid inconsistencies.
Internet -> اینترنت; Internet call -> تماس اینترنتی (noun converted to adjective by adding ی)
Use conjunctions to convey a conversational tone. Starting a sentence with a conjunction conveys an informal tone and style.
en old As <product> gains features, there is a risk that older content may not display correctly. -> en new But because of these features older content may not display correctly.
Since this software is out of date, you are requested to update this at the earliest: classic از آنجایی که این نرم افزار به روز نیست، از شما خواسته میشود که آن را هرچه سریعتر به روز کنید, modern به دلیل قدیمیبودن این نرم افزار، سریعا آن را به روز کنید.
As you proceed, please refer to this document for further instructions: classic برای دستورالعملهای بیشتر، بعدا/بعد از ادامه کار، به این سند مراجعه کنید, modern در ادامه برای اطلاع از سایر دستورالعملها به این سند مراجعه کنید.
While connecting to the network, please do not insert the card: classic از وارد کردن کارت در هنگام اتصال به شبکه خودداری کنید, modern در حین اتصال به شبکه، کارت را وارد نکنید.
The genitive marker is either a short vowel added to the first noun, always ignored in writing, or the character ی after specific characters.
Untranslated product names are proper nouns. Never add a genitive sign to them. Microsoft products -> محصولات Microsoft
Translated feature names take a definite or indefinite article and are not proper names. They are handled like a Persian noun. use this Media Player to replay your video -> از این پخشکننده رسانه برای باز پخش ویدیوی خود استفاده کنید
Put the modifier after the main noun. Never translate a noun+modifier word by word. This matters most with a non-translatable product name as modifier.
Use prepositions correctly. Do not omit them or change word order under English influence.
One English preposition takes different Persian translations depending on the verb it goes with. Use the preposition specific to each verb. Do not translate prepositions from the source.
click on -> کلیک روی; on a web page -> در یک صفحه وب. On is translated differently by the noun or verb with it.
Starting or ending a sentence with a preposition is acceptable.
en old Developers can go to the application management site to find the apps for which they are looking. -> en new Developers can go to the application management site to find the apps they are looking for.
Modern smartphones are more powerful than the classic ones: old تلفنهای هوشمند در مقایسه با تلفنهای قدیمی از توان بالاتری برخوردار هستند., new تلفنهای هوشمند از تلفنهای قدیمی قدرتمندترند.
Before you can register the device, you need to activate it online.: old قبل از اینکه بتوانید دستگاه خود را ثبت کنید، باید آن را بصورت آنلاین فعال کنید., new قبل از ثبت دستگاه باید آن را به صورت آنلاین فعال کنید.
For the best performance of your device, always charge it fully: old به منظور دسترسی به بهترین حالت از عملکرد دستگاه، همیشه آن را بصورت کامل شارژ کنید, new برای بهتر ین کارآیی، همیشه دستگاه را کاملا شارژ کنید.
All Persian pronouns are neutral and never refer to a specific gender. Translate gendered source text as normal Persian. Never stress gender differences or reinforce stereotypical distinctions. Use language that is as neutral as possible.
She is working for Microsoft Corporation -> او برای شرکت Microsoft کار میکند.
Bulleted lists work as in English. Put the bullet symbol (usually •) at the start of the line, then a space or tab, then the Persian sentence.
Improvements in the new version: with Bug fixes -> بهبودها در نسخه جدید: with رفع اشکالها
Comma: the Persian comma is a different symbol. English comma ",", Persian comma "،". Convert English commas between Persian sentences to Persian commas. Put a space after commas and periods.
Colon: use colons to introduce a list, or before a long quotation or a speech. to install the software, follow these steps: -> برای نصب این نرم افزار مراحل زیر را انجام دهید:
Do not use a colon mid-sentence when the verb still has to come at the end. برای کسب اطلاعات بیشتر به این آدرس مراجعه کنید: www.microsoft.com
Hyphen: in English it divides words between syllables, links parts of a compound word, and connects parts of an inverted or imperative verb form. Hyphenation is rare in Persian. Do not use it at all.
The file-related commands cannot be executed at this level.: not دستورهای پرونده - مربوط را در این سطح نمیتوان اجرا کرد., use دستورهای مربوط به پرونده را در این سطح نمیتوان اجرا کرد.
En dash is the minus sign, usually with a number: –359 -> ۹۵۳-
En dash also marks number ranges, such as page numbers, with no spaces around it. In Persian replace it with تا; a dash is usually unnecessary.
8 am–6 pm: not 8 ق.ظ-6 ب.ظ, use 8 ق.ظ تا 6 ب.ظ.
Persian uses the same character for hyphen and en dash: the minus character -.
Em dash: only to emphasize an isolated element or introduce a non-essential element. In Persian use parentheses instead.
The software will be released on March 21—the first day of Iranian year—late in the afternoon. -> این نرم افزار در تاریخ ۱۲ مارس (اولین روز سال ایرانی) در پایان روز منتشر میشود.
Ellipsis shows omitted material and marks interruptions in speech. to do things like add or remove programs, install a new software, etc… -> برای انجام کارهایی نظیر افزودن و حذف برنامهها، نصب نرم افزارهای جدید و غیره...
Sometimes ignore the ellipsis so the sentence can end with a verb. Never use an ellipsis mid-sentence.
this application is not working when you add, save, remove items,…: not این برنامه هنگامیکه شما به کارهایی نظیر افزودن، حذف یا ذخیره، یا ... موارد مشغولید کار نمیکند., use این برنامه هنگامیکه شما به کارهایی نظیر افزودن، حذف یا ذخیره موارد مشغولید کار نمیکند.
Period: always use a full stop at the end of a sentence. Avoid a full stop at the end of phrases, unless instructed to follow English punctuation. Place the period outside the brackets at the end of a sentence.
for more information, please refer to page 56 in the same manual. -> برای کسب اطلاعات بیشتر لطفا به صفحه ۶۵ در همان دفترچه راهنما مراجعه کنید.
Quotation marks: use them for a speech, a quotation, a phrase or a word, and to emphasize a term that is capitalized in the source or refers to a particular section of the system.
No single quotation marks in Persian.
The approved Persian quotation marks changed in keyboards from 2011. The new marks are «», available with Shift + K and Shift + L on the standard keyboard approved by the Iran National Standard Organization.
Open Settings in Windows 10, click/tap on the Accounts icon.: not “تنظیمات”را در Windows 11باز کنید و روی نماد “حسابها”کلیک کنید/ضربه بزنید., use «“تنظیمات» را در Windows 11باز کنید و روی نماد «حسابها» کلیک کنید/ضربه بزنید .
Follow the source punctuation but use Persian quotation marks instead of English ones, even when the reference is in English. Do not use '…' or “”.
Please go to "Language & Region" section in the settings to change the display language.: not لطفا برای تغییر زبان نمایش به "Language & Region" در تنظیمات برو ید., use لطفا برای تغییر زبان نمایش به «Language & Region» در تنظیمات برو ید.
Parentheses: no space between the parentheses and the text inside, as in English. Put the parenthetical text in the suitable place; do not just follow the English format.
You can use more than one email account (such as your home and work accounts).: not شما میتوانید بیش از یک حساب ایمیل را استفاده کنید (مانند حسابهای منزل و محیط کار)., use لطفا برای تغییر زبان نمایش به «Language & Region» در تنظیمات برو ید.
they created an application with the following features: -> آنها برنامهای با ویژگیهای زیر ایجاد کردند:
Translate an English gerund for a continuous operation as the Persian progressive tense. connecting…. -> در حال اتصال...
Use simple tenses. Avoid future tense unless the event really happens in the future and simple present cannot work. Use simple past for events that already happened. Simple present is the best choice.
en old After you are finished installing the tool, the icon will appear on your desktop. [present perfect] -> en new After you finish installing the tool, the icon appears on your desktop. [simple present]
You will need to contact the supplier for further details: old برای دریافت جزئیات بیشتر نیاز خواهید داشت که با فروشنده تماس برقرار کنید, new برای جزئیات بیشتر با فروشنده تماس بگیرید.
After you are finished installing the tool, the icon will appear on your desktop.: old پس از پایان نصب ابزار، این نماد بر روی دسک تاپ شما نمایش داده خواهد شد., new پس از نصب، این نماد بر روی دسک تاپ نمایش داده میشود.
Most product and feature names can be transliterated so Persian readers can read them easily. Read the instructions first and leave them in English if instructed.
Mistakes with product names and trademarking are Sev 1 accuracy errors.
Version numbers always contain a period: Version 4.2 -> نسخه ۲.۴
Apply the voice principles: natural, empathetic, not robot-like.
Something went wrong -> مشکلی پیش آمد
Not enough memory to process this command. -> حافظه کافی برای پردازش این دستور وجود نداشت.
Use consistent terminology and style. Do not translate as they appear in the US product.
Translate error messages in a declarative form. Always use خطا for error and اشکال for bug.
An error occurred in saving your settings. -> هنگام ذخیره تغییرات شما خطایی روی داد .
Standardize standard phrases. The English source sometimes uses different forms for the same thing.
cannot and could not depend on the main verb that follows and can be translated the same way. Prefer a sentence form for both.
Cannot …, Could not …, Failed to …, Failure of …, Cannot find …, Could not find …, Unable to find …, Unable to locate … -> نمیشود، ..., انجام نشد ..., یافت نشد. Examples: File could not be found, File cannot be found, Failed to connect, Failure to connect, Cannot find driver software, Could not find driver software, Unable to find driver software, Unable to locate driver software.
Not enough memory, Insufficient memory, There is not enough memory, There is not enough memory available -> حافظه کافی موجود نیست
... is not available, ... is unavailable -> ... در دسترس نیست. Examples: The command is not available, The command is unavailable.
With placeholders, find out what replaces the placeholder so the sentence stays grammatical. %d, %ld, %u, %lu mean <number>; %c means <letter>; %s means <string>.
"Checking Web %1!d! of %2!d!" means "Checking Web <number> of <number>."; "INI file "%1!-.200s!" section" means "INI file "<string>" section."
Use correct grammatical format and word order with a placeholder. Number placeholders come before a singular noun.
Key names appear in normal text, not in small caps.
Use English keyboard button names as they appear on a Persian keyboard. Leave keys such as Enter, ESC, Shift in English. Translate terms such as right arrow, left arrow, spacebar.
Alt -> Alt; Backspace -> Backspace; Break -> Break; Caps Lock -> Caps Lock; Ctrl -> Control; Delete -> Delete; Down Arrow -> پیکان پایین; End -> End; Enter -> Enter; Esc -> Esc; Home -> Home; Insert -> Insert; Left Arrow -> پیکان چپ; Num Lock -> Num Lock; Page Down -> Page Down; Page Up -> Page Up; Pause -> Pause; Right Arrow -> پیکان راست; Scroll Lock -> Scroll Lock; Shift -> Shift; Spacebar -> کلید فاصله; Tab -> Tab; Up Arrow -> پیکان بالا; Windows key -> کلید Windows; Menu Key -> کلید منو; Print Screen -> Print Screen.
Underlined or highlighted letters in menu options, commands and dialog boxes are keyboard shortcuts. Examples: New, Cancel, Options.
Slim characters I, l, t, r, f as keyboard shortcuts: yes. Persian characters join, so a shortcut on a slim character may not be visible. Use it only if the character stands alone.
Characters with downstrokes g, j, y, p, q: yes. Not the first choice when other characters are available.
Extended characters: no.
An additional letter in brackets after the item name: yes.
A number in brackets after the item name: yes.
A punctuation sign in brackets after the item name: yes.
Duplicate keyboard shortcuts when no other character is available: no.
No keyboard shortcut when no more characters are available (minor options only): yes.
Avoid characters that need more than one key stroke (Shift plus another key) as a keyboard shortcut, such as آ، ژ، ء.
Access key: subtype of keyboard shortcut. A letter or number the user types to reach UI controls with text labels. Assigned to top-level controls. Example F in Alt+F. In UI localization: H&ome. Most access keys use Alt.
Key tip: the letter or number shown in the ribbon when Alt is pressed. In UI localization it is the last character after the ` character. Example: Home`H.
Shortcut key: subtype of keyboard shortcut. A key the user types to perform a common action without the UI. Not available for every command. Example Ctrl+N, Ctrl+V. Most shortcut keys use Ctrl. Ctrl+letter combinations and F1 through F12 are the best choices.
Pronounce unlocalized English terms and product names the English way.
Always pronounce English words with a US English accent. Never use other accents such as UK.
SecurID [sı’kjuər aı di:] -> ِسکیور آی دی
.NET [dot net] -> دات نِت
Skype [eskaip]: an epenthetic e is usually inserted before [sk]. Formal speaking avoids it, but it is common for general users and recommended here.
Acronyms are pronounced like real words, with a US English accent: RADIUS -> ]ری دی یوس[ ِ; RAS -> ]رس[ َ; ISA -> ]آی سا[; LAN -> ] َلن[; WAN -> ]ون[ َ; WAP -> ]وپ[ َ; IMAP -> ]آی مپ[ َ; POP -> ]پاپ[.
Other abbreviations are pronounced letter by letter: ICMP -> ]آی سی اِم پی[; IP -> ]آی پی[; TCP/IP -> ]تی سی پی آی پی[; XML -> ]ایکس اِم اِل[; HTML -> ]اِچ تی اِم اِل[; OWA -> ] ُا دبلیو آ[; SQL -> ]اِس کیو اِل[; URL -> ]یو آر اِل[.
URLs: leave out http://, read the rest entirely. www is pronounced double-u double-u double-u, in Persian دبلیو دبلیو دبلیو.
Read the dot aloud as نقطه. The dot before domain types such as .com, .net, .org is still pronounced the English way: دات کام, دات نت, دات اورگ.