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  <h1 id="dev_page_title">Custom Languages, Instant View 2.0 and More</h1>
  
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<p>Telegram&#39;s <a href="https://translations.telegram.org/"><strong>Translations Platform</strong></a> allows you to suggest better wording for Telegram interfaces in any language. We&#39;ve recently rolled out support for most mainstream languages, and translations are already <a href="https://telegram.org/faq#q-can-i-translate-telegram">underway</a>.</p>
<p>Today&#39;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&#39;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 <a href="https://t.me/setlanguage/ca">t.me/setlanguage/ca</a> in Telegram to set your language to Catalan.</li>
<li>Check <a href="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>
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<p>Another unique feature of Telegram is the <a href="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&#39;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&#39;re reading this from one of our newly updated mobile apps, try <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore">this Wikipedia page</a> for an example.</p>
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<p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger&amp;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>
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<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>
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<p>The <strong>Settings screens</strong> were redesigned for a more streamlined experience:</p>
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<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 &gt; Notification and Sounds:</p>
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<p>We&#39;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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<p><em>December 10, 2018<br>The Telegram Team</em></p>
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