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+# Common descriptions
+
+This page provides translations of commonly used descriptions to simplify maintaining pages in foreign languages.  
+The best way to edit this file is by using [tableconvert.com](https://tableconvert.com/markdown-to-markdown).  
+There, the old table can be **imported**, **edited** in a WYSIWYG editor and **exported** again.  
+Only the left-alignment of the header gets lost and has to be re-added again (`|----` → `|:---`).
+
+| en    | Display help | Display version |
+|-------|--------------|-----------------|
+| bn    |              |                 |
+| bs    |              |                 |
+| ca    |              |                 |
+| cs    |              |                 |
+| da    |              |                 |
+| de    |              |                 |
+| es    |              |                 |
+| fi    |              |                 |
+| fr    |              |                 |
+| hi    |              |                 |
+| id    |              |                 |
+| it    |              |                 |
+| ja    |              |                 |
+| ko    |              |                 |
+| ml    |              |                 |
+| ne    |              |                 |
+| nl    |              |                 |
+| no    |              |                 |
+| pl    |              |                 |
+| pt_BR |              |                 |
+| pt_PT |              |                 |
+| ro    |              |                 |
+| ru    |              |                 |
+| sh    |              |                 |
+| sr    |              |                 |
+| sv    |              |                 |
+| ta    |              |                 |
+| th    |              |                 |
+| tr    |              |                 |
+| uk    |              |                 |
+| uz    |              |                 |
+| zh    |              |                 |
+| zh_TW |              |                 |