Terminology¶

To reduce user confusion when switching between clients, it is good to use only recommended terms.

Historic/protocol terms	Recommended user-facing terms
MUC, Room, Chatroom, Conference	Group chat or Channel1 (see Multi-user Chats)
Occupant	Participant
JID	Address or XMPP address
Roster	Contact list
Avatar	Profile picture

Note: The recommendations only apply to user-facing text, such as application UIs and other content directed towards end users. There is no intent to change the language used by developers for discussing protocol elements². This is why you will still see terms such as "JID" used across the developer-oriented documentation of this project, for example.

Translation¶

Most XMPP Clients are distributed in multiple languages. In the process of translating a client, people with various backgrounds (not necessarily XMPP-related) are contributing translations. This table of terms (German, French and Spanish to begin with) aims to be a reference for recommended translations in the future.

At the moment, this table intends to support discussing the translation of key terms. Discuss with us!

English term	German	French	Spanish	Portuguese	Japanese
Group chat	Gruppenchat	Groupe	Grupo de chat	Grupo de conversa	グループチャット
Channel	Channel	Salon	Canal	Canal	チャンネル
Participant	Teilnehmer	Participant	Participantes	Participantes	参加者
Address or XMPP address	XMPP-Adresse	Adresse XMPP	Dirección XMPP	Endereço XMPP	XMPPアドレス
Contact list	Kontaktliste	Liste de contacts	Lista de contactos	Lista de contactos	連絡帳
Profile picture	Profilbild				プロフィーロ写真

You’ll find more terms in the term overview.

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