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<p>Telegram's <ahref="https://translations.telegram.org/"><strong>Translations Platform</strong></a> allows you to suggest better wording for Telegram interfaces in any language. We've recently rolled out support for most mainstream languages, and translations are already <ahref="https://telegram.org/faq#q-can-i-translate-telegram">underway</a>.</p>
<p>Today's update brings equal treatment to the smaller linguistic communities around the world. <strong>Anyone</strong> can now use the translation platform to create their own <strong>custom language packs</strong>– and translate Telegram into any minority language or local dialect, be that Māori, Scottish Gaelic or Transliterated Klingon.</p>
<p>We've made it easy to <strong>spread your translations</strong>. To translate the interface of your app, simply follow the <strong>dedicated sharing link</strong> of the desired language. Sharing links can be obtained in the translation panel.</p>
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<p>Each language also gets its own <strong>public group</strong> for discussions. Here are the links for the Catalan language, for example:</p>
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<li>Open <ahref="https://t.me/setlanguage/ca">t.me/setlanguage/ca</a> in Telegram to set your language to Catalan.</li>
<li>Check <ahref="https://t.me/translation_ca">t.me/translation_ca</a> for real-time discussions of the Catalan translation.</li>
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<p>Once a user switches to your translation, all changes you apply in the interface will be <strong>applied immediately</strong>. The days of waiting for the apps to update or passing around localization files are over.</p>
<p>Another unique feature of Telegram is the <ahref="https://instantview.telegram.org"><strong>Instant View</strong></a> technology that allows Telegram users to view web pages in a consistent way, with <strong>zero loading time</strong>.</p>
<p>Today we're expanding the platform with support for right-to-left languages, blocks of related articles, image links, tables, nested lists, horizontal scrolling, collapsible text blocks and much more. </p>
<p>Now you can get beautiful instant view pages for even very complex articles. If you're reading this from one of our newly updated mobile apps, try <ahref="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore">this Wikipedia page</a> for an example.</p>
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<p>Soon we will announce a new <strong>crowdsourcing contest</strong> to make Instant View pages available for an even larger part of the internet.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="the-great-ios-bug-hunt"href="#the-great-ios-bug-hunt"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>The Great iOS Bug Hunt</h3>
<p>We've made close to a thousand fixes and improvements to the iOS app since the <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/telegram-5-ios">major release</a> of version 5.0. The new <ahref="https://itunes.apple.com/ae/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807?mt=8">Telegram for iOS 5.1</a> features some 400 minor improvements.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="new-design-for-android"href="#new-design-for-android"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>New Design for Android</h3>
<p><ahref="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger&hl=en">Telegram for Android</a> has now reached version <strong>5.0</strong> and received a major overhaul in the design department. It is now much easier to <strong>access shared media</strong> from the profiles of users, groups and channels:</p>
<p>Shared media now offers high quality crisp previews, increased loading speed, more info in the links and files sections, and more efficient design.</p>
<p>Following in the footsteps of the iOS app, Android users can take advantage of the new detailed settings for the <strong>badge counter</strong> in Settings > Notification and Sounds:</p>
<p>We've upgraded the <strong>photo selector</strong> for profile pictures so that you can choose the correct head to be displayed on your profile:</p>
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<p>Last but not least, you can <strong>zoom videos</strong> during playback and <strong>browse full-resolution images</strong> sent as documents just like normal photos, by <strong>swiping</strong> left and right.</p>
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