# Style Guides **URL:** https://localize.proton.me/c/style-guides/11.md [Latest](https://localize.proton.me/latest.md) · [Categories](https://localize.proton.me/categories.md) · [Tags](https://localize.proton.me/tags.md) --- ## [About the Style Guides category](https://localize.proton.me/t/about-the-style-guides-category/61)
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All there is to know to localize all together, in a consistent way, with the Proton style. We have two types of Style Guide: A general Style Guide for all languages: Guidance for all languages Specific Style Guides fo… --- ## [Guidance for all languages](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-all-languages/72)
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Last update: May 2, 2023 1. Introduction 1.1 Proton’s tone and voice Inspiring, community-focused, user-centric Approachable, conversational, clear, concise, simple: wherever possible, let’s use human-centric words G… --- ## [Guidance for Kabyle](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-kabyle/3432)
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Guidance for Kabyle Capitalization • Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and proper names (people, products, places). Examples: o Capitalize: Proton Mail, Proton VPN, NetShield; first word in a sentence, tit… --- ## [Guidance for Ukrainian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-ukrainian/3430)
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Guidance for Ukrainian Capitalization • Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. • Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. •… --- ## [Guidance for Swedish](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-swedish/3428)
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Guidance for Swedish Capitalization • Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. • Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. • W… --- ## [Guidance for Slovenian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-slovenian/3426)
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Guidance for Slovenian Capitalization • Capitalize the first letter of a sentence. • Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. Capitalize • Proper names … --- ## [Guidance for Chinese Simplified](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-chinese-simplified/3424)
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Guidance for Chinese Simplified Capitalization • In case of capitalized letter for a name, a person, a product, or any similar scenario, do not translate it but leave it as it is. • Please do not follow the English capi… --- ## [Guidance for Romanian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-romanian/3422)
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Guidance for Romanian Capitalization • Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. • Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. • … --- ## [Guidance for Portuguese](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-portuguese/3420)
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Guidance for Portuguese Capitalization • Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. • Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. … --- ## [Guidance for Indonesian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-indonesian/3417)
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Gudance for Indonesian Capitalization • Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. • Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. •… --- ## [Guidance for Hungarian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-hungarian/3412)
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Guidance for Hungarian Capitalization • Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. • Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. C… --- ## [Guidance for Greek](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-greek/3410)
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Guidance for Greek Capitalization The use of capital letters in Greek follows specific rules and is far less common than in English, therefore source capitalization should not be blindly followed. Please use sentence cas… --- ## [Guidance for Georgian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-georgian/3404)
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Guidance for Georgian Capitalization In Georgian, capitalization is not used at all. Unlike some other languages, Georgian does not capitalize the first letter of sentences, proper nouns, days of the week, months, or tit… --- ## [Guidance for Czech](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-czech/3402)
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Guidance for Czech Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and titles, the names of people, products or places (proper names) and UIs (only first letter of the first word). Always apply your langua… --- ## [Guidance for Croatian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-croatian/3398)
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Guidance for Croatian 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. Whe… --- ## [Guidance for Vietnamese](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-vietnamese/3345)
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Guidance for Vietnamese 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. For names of organizations, government agencies, or companies, capitalize the first l… --- ## [Guidance for Thai](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-thai/3343)
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Guidance for Thai Guidance for Thai 1. Capitalization For DNTs and untranslated foreign words, please mirror the capitalization from the source. Capitalize Proper names: Proton Mail, Proton VPN, NetShield 2. Abbrevi… --- ## [Guidance for Filipino](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-filipino/3341)
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Guidance for Filipino 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. Example: I-download ang naka-pause. Always apply your language conventions rather than … --- ## [Guidance for Arabic](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-arabic/3339)
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Guidance for Arabic 1. Gender We want to be as inclusive as possible, so we try to be neutral, but we use gender-specific nouns and verbs if remaining neutral goes against writing best practices for Arabic. Basic princi… --- ## [Guidance for French](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-french/75)
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Guidance for French 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. When t… --- ## [Guidance for Slovak](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-slovak/2843)
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Guidance for Slovak 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people or products. Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. Capitalize P… --- ## [Guidance for Japanese](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-japanese/2784)
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Guidance for Japanese Proton Localization Style Guide for Japanese. 1. Capitalization - 大文字の使用 Please do Capitalize Proper names and leave as they are. such as follow: Proton Mail(No プロトンメール) Proton VPN(No プロトンVPN) Pro… --- ## [Guidance for Danish](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-danish/995)
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Guidance for Danish 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. When … --- ## [Proton 正體中文化準則手冊](https://localize.proton.me/t/proton/2181)
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Your language @gag247 gathered some important linguistic information for your language! Enjoy! 一般標準 正確性 內容必須正確地被翻譯，不能有錯譯、漏譯等。翻譯後的內容須經過審閱。 特別注意專有技術詞彙之譯法，例如網路中的 Noise 通常翻為雜訊，而 Traffic 則翻成流量等等。 內文交互參照的指示（包括頁碼及標題），必須完全正確… --- ## [Guidance for Korean](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-korean/1027)
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Guidance for Korean 1. Capitalization Hangul has no capitalization, so this topic only applies for English words. Please do capitalize Proper names, such as for instance: :point\_right: Proton Mail :point\_right: Proton… --- ## [Guidance for Russian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-russian/115)
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Guidance for Russian 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. Always apply your language conventions rather than adhering to the English source. When … --- ## [Guidance for Spanish (Latin America)](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-spanish-latin-america/112)
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Guidance for Spanish (Latin America) 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places ; unless you capitalize a whole word or sentence for emphasis. Always app… --- ## [Guidance for Spanish](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-spanish/114)
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Guidance for Spanish 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places ; unless you capitalize a whole word or a sentence for emphasis. Always apply your langua… --- ## [Guidance for Norwegian](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-norwegian/1743)
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Guidance for Norwegian 1. Capitalization Capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and the names of people, products or places. Always apply the Norwegian conventions rather than adhering to the English source. For… --- ## [Guidance for Catalan](https://localize.proton.me/t/guidance-for-catalan/1337)
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Guidance for Catalan 1. Capitalization In general, we capitalize only the first letter of a sentence and of proper names. Capitalize First word of a sentence, title or subtitle. :point\_right: Heu tancat la sessió. … [Next page](https://localize.proton.me/c/style-guides/11.md?page=1)