This file lists all the changes that have been applied to the en-US translation of rufus.loc since its original version. To edit a translation, please make sure to follow: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/Localization#Editing_an_existing_translation Or simply download https://files.akeo.ie/pollock/pollock-1.8.exe and follow its directions. o v4.14 (2026.??.??) // NB: I used Google translate to update the following message, so please check for accuracy! - *UPDATED* MSG_337 "An additional file ('diskcopy.dll') must be downloaded from Microsoft to install MS-DOS:" -> "An additional file ('%s') must be downloaded from Microsoft to use this feature:" // From the WUE dialog with tooltip at MSG_369. Indicates that once installed, Windows will copy a file (SkuSiPolicy.p7b) to the EFI partition. KB5042562 refers to https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5042562. // NB: WUE refers to the "Windows User Experience" dialog that Rufus displays after you select a Windows 11 ISO and press START. - *NEW* MSG_323 "Apply SkuSiPolicy.p7b on installation (See KB5042562)" // From the WUE dialog with tooltip at MSG_370. Please do NOT translate "QoL" or "Copilot, OneDrive, Outlook, Fast Startup". - *NEW* MSG_324 "QoL improvements (Don't force Copilot, OneDrive, Outlook, Fast Startup, etc.)" // From the WUE dialog with tooltip at MSG_368. 'Windows CA 2023' refers to the new Windows security certificate https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2239776 which is a binary digital signature certificate used for Secure Boot. - *NEW* MSG_350 "Use 'Windows CA 2023' signed bootloaders (Requires a compatible target PC)" // The following 4 messages refer to Secure Boot revocation updates, such as the ones provided at https://uefi.org/revocationlistfile. 'DBX' is the main UEFI revocation database and should not be translated. - *NEW* MSG_351 "Checking for UEFI bootloader revocation..." - *NEW* MSG_352 "Checking for UEFI DBX updates..." - *NEW* MSG_353 "DBX update available" - *NEW* MSG_354 "Rufus has found an updated version of the DBX files used to perform UEFI Secure Boot revocation checks..." // From the WUE dialog with tooltip at MSG_371 and further description at MSG_356. This basically allows a fully unattended Windows installation, that will not prompt the user at all and therefore automatically (and SILENTLY) // erase all data on the first found disk on the PC on which the media is booted, before partitioning it and installing Windows. Because the media does not prompt before erasing all data on the first disk, it is obvioulsy a // very DANGEROUS option, hence the ⚠ signs and the extra dialog that shows for it, in MSG_356, to ensure that the user accepts the consequences of selecting it. // In case it matters, the implied tense for the verb is FUTURE and indicates what the media/installer will do once booted. It does not indicate what Rufus itself does. - *NEW* MSG_355 "⚠SILENTLY⚠ erase disk and install:" - *NEW* MSG_356 "You have selected to use the \"silent\" Windows installation option (...)" // The following two messages can be tested if you select an image (e.g. ISO) that is located on the drive you are trying to create // If not directly relatable, the "saw the branch you are sitting on" idiom should be translated into a similar popular metaphor (for something that is so illogically bad that it will obviously end in disaster) in your language. - *NEW* MSG_358 "Unsupported image location" - *NEW* MSG_359 "You cannot use an image that is located on the target drive, since that drive is going to be completely erased. It's the same thing as trying to saw the branch you are sitting on (...)" // Tooltip for WUE MSG_329 - *NEW* MSG_360 "It is safe to leave this option enabled even if you have a TPM or more RAM, as this option only bypasses the setup requirements and does not actually prevent Windows from using all the hardware available." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_330 - *NEW* MSG_361 "For this option to work, network/Internet MUST be disconnected during installation!" // Tooltip for WUE MSG_331 - *NEW* MSG_362 "Automatically answer 'no' to the Windows setup questions relating to the sharing of data with Microsoft, instead of prompting the user." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_332. Please avoid translating 'Windows To Go'. - *NEW* MSG_363 "You should leave this option enabled, unless you are okay with 'Windows To Go' accessing internal disks and silently performing irreversible file system upgrades." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_333 - *NEW* MSG_364 "Automatically create a local account with the specified user name, using an empty password that will need to be changed on next logon." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_334 - *NEW* MSG_365 "Duplicate the regional settings from this PC (keyboard, timezone, currency), instead of prompting the user." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_335 - *NEW* MSG_366 "Don't encrypt the system disk, unless explicitly requested by the user." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_346 (that requires "Expert Mode" to first be enabled with Ctrl-Alt-E) - *NEW* MSG_367 "Use this option only if you know what S-Mode is and understand that your system may be locked into S-Mode even after you completely erase and reinstall Windows." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_350. Mosby refers to https://github.com/pbatard/Mosby. - *NEW* MSG_368 "Use this option if the system you plan to install Windows on is using fully up-to-date Secure Boot certificates. If needed, you can look into using 'Mosby' to update your system." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_323 - *NEW* MSG_369 "Use this option if you want to revoke additional potentially unsafe Windows bootloaders, but with the potential of also preventing standard Windows media from booting." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_324. Do not translate "Quality of Life", since it must match the QoL abbreviation from MSG_324 and it is meant to be known by the user (and is clarified by the rest of the message anyway) - *NEW* MSG_370 "\"Quality of Life\" enhancements: Disable most of the unwanted features Microsoft is trying to force onto end users." // Tooltip for WUE MSG_355 - *NEW* MSG_371 "If you use this option, please make sure to disconnect every disk from the target PC, except the one you want to install Windows on, as well as not leave the media plugged into any PC you don't want to erase." o v4.5 (2024.05.22) - *UPDATED* IDC_RUFUS_MBR -> IDC_UEFI_MEDIA_VALIDATION "Enable runtime UEFI media validation" - *UPDATED* MSG_167 "Install a UEFI bootloader, that will perform MD5Sum file validation of the media" - *NEW* MSG_337 "An additional file ('diskcopy.dll') must be downloaded from Microsoft to install MS-DOS (...)" - *NEW* MSG_338 "Revoked UEFI bootloader detected" - *NEW* MSG_339 "Rufus detected that the ISO you have selected contains a UEFI bootloader that has been revoked (...)" - *NEW* MSG_340 "a \"Security Violation\" screen" - *NEW* MSG_341 "a Windows Recovery Screen (BSOD) with '%s'" - *NEW MSG_342 "Compressed VHDX Image" - *NEW* MSG_343 "Uncompressed VHD Image" - *NEW* MSG_344 "Full Flash Update Image" - *NEW* MSG_345 "Some additional data must be downloaded from Microsoft to use this functionality (...)" - *NEW* MSG_346 "Restrict Windows to S-Mode (INCOMPATIBLE with online account bypass)" - *NEW* MSG_347 "Expert Mode" - *NEW* MSG_348 "Extracting archive files: %s" - *NEW* MSG_349 "Use Rufus MBR" o v3.22 (2023.03.25) // MSG_144 is aimed the the ISO download feature - *UPDATED* MSG_144 "Temporarily banned by Microsoft for requesting too many downloads (...)" -> "Download of Windows ISOs is unavailable due to Microsoft having altered their website to prevent it." // MSG_199 will appear for the ISO download feature if running on Windows 7 - *NEW* MSG_199 "This feature is not available on this platform." // MSG_294 can be tested by launching Rufus from the commandline with option -z61 - *UPDATED* MSG_294 "This version of Windows is no longer supported by Rufus." -> added "\nThe last version of Rufus compatible with this platform is v%d.%d." - *NEW* MSG_322 "Unable to open or read '%s'" // MSG_325 appears on the status bar when creating a customized Windows 10 or Windows 11 media - *NEW* MSG_325 "Applying Windows customization: %s" // The following messages appear after selecting a Windows 11 ISO and pressing START - *NEW* MSG_326 "Applying user options..." - *NEW* MSG_327 "Windows User Experience" - *NEW* MSG_328 "Customize Windows installation?" - *NEW* MSG_329 "Remove requirement for 4GB+ RAM, Secure Boot and TPM 2.0" - *NEW* MSG_330 "Remove requirement for an online Microsoft account" - *NEW* MSG_331 "Disable data collection (Skip privacy questions)" - *NEW* MSG_332 "Prevent 'Windows To Go' from accessing internal disks" - *NEW* MSG_333 "Create a local account with username:" - *NEW* MSG_334 "Set regional options to the same values as this user's" - *NEW* MSG_335 "Disable BitLocker automatic device encryption" // MSG_336 can be tested with -

- *NEW* MSG_336 "Persistent log" // The following messages are used for the Windows Store listing at https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/rufus/9PC3H3V7Q9CH - *NEW* MSG_900 "Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc." - *NEW* MSG_901 "Official site: %s" - *NEW* MSG_902 "Source Code: %s" - *NEW* MSG_903 "ChangeLog: %s" // The gnu.org website has many translations of the GPL (such as https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.zh-cn.html, https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.fr.html) // Please make sure you try to locate the relevant https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0..html for your language and use it below. - *NEW* MSG_904 "This application is licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL) version 3.\nSee https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html for details" // Keyword for "boot" that can be used for search in the Windows Store - *NEW* MSG_905 "Boot" // This and subsequent messages will be listed in the 'Features' section of the Windows Store page - *NEW* MSG_910 "Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS/ext2/ext3" - *NEW* MSG_911 "Create FreeDOS bootable USB drives" - *NEW* MSG_912 "Create bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)" - *NEW* MSG_913 "Create bootable drives from bootable disk images, including compressed ones" - *NEW* MSG_914 "Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including UEFI bootable NTFS" - *NEW* MSG_915 "Create 'Windows To Go' drives" - *NEW* MSG_916 "Create Windows 11 installation drives for PCs that don't have TPM or Secure Boot" - *NEW* MSG_917 "Create persistent Linux partitions" - *NEW* MSG_918 "Create a VHD/DD image of a drive" - *NEW* MSG_919 "Compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums of the selected image" - *NEW* MSG_920 "Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of \"fake\" flash drives" - *NEW* MSG_921 "Download official Microsoft Windows retail ISOs" - *NEW* MSG_922 "Download UEFI Shell ISOs" o v3.14 (2021.03.31) - *UPDATED* MSG_068 "Error while partitioning drive." -> "Could not partition drive." - *UPDATED* MSG_274 "IsoHybrid image detected" -> "%s image detected" // MSG_308 can be tested with - - *NEW* MSG_308 "VHD detection" // MSG_309 can be seen in the file selection dialog *after* having selected an ISO (e.g. esp_test.iso below) // and pressing -