List of common translations and figures of speech

Important: Most of these are suggestions that work in most contexts. In situations where you need more or less precision, obviously use what fits best. For example, if you need to tell apart an icon and a full image, you might want to use "sitelen lukin lili" and "sitelen lukin suli" to clear up the difference; while most of the time, "sitelen lukin" or even "sitelen" gets the point across.

A
Application	ilo (pali)
Archive	poki awen
Association	see With
Attention!	ni li suli a! / o kute!
Automatic	... la (tenpo) jan ala / ... la ilo taso li pali
B
Brightness	wawa suno
Browser	ilo (pi lukin e/kepeken) linluwi
C
Change	ante
Choose	see Select
Computer	ilo sona
D
Data	ijo
Default	meso
Delete	weka
Desktop	poki Desktop
Directory	see Folder
Disk	poki suli
Document	see File
E
Error	pakala
F
File	lipu
Folder	poki
Format	nasin (lipu)
G
Game	ilo musi
Group	kulupu
H
Hide	weka lukin (Do not just use "weka" as that might be confused with deletion)
I
Icon	sitelen lukin (lili)
ID	ID (do not translate)
Image	sitelen lukin
Include	kan
Info/Information	sona
Input-	(... pi) pana insa
Internet	see Network
J
K
Kind	see Type
L
Link (as in link to another file)	lipu kan lipu ante
Link (as in hyperlink)	toki kan lipu ante
Load	kama jo / lanpan
Load panel/window	lupa lanpan
Logo	see Icon
M
Media	musi
Media server	ilo linluwi pi pana musi
Modify	see Change
Mount	(kama) lon
Move	tawa
N
Network	linluwi
New	sin/namako
Next	kama
No	ala
O
OK	pona
Okay	see OK
Online	see Network
Output-	... kama / ... pana / ... pi pana tawa ante
Open (with)	open/lukin (kan) or: kepeken lon
Options	see Preferences
P
Parameter	ijo insa
Password	nimi open/nimi awen
Plain	meso or pona >> Exception: "plain text" is not "toki pona" to avoid confusion. Use "toki pi pona" or "nasin toki meso" instead.
Preferences	wile
Previous	pini
Q
Quality	nanpa pona ala pona/nasin pona ala pona
R
Raw	see Plain
Read-only	lukin/oko taso
Rectangle	leko
Remove	see Delete if permanent, see Hide if temporary
Regular Expression/RegEx	ijo RegEx/nasin RegEx/toki RegEx
Replace (with ...)	ante (tawa ...)
S
Save (to ...)	awen (tawa ...)
Save panel/window	lupa awen
Screen saver	musi pi lape ilo/musi lape
Search	alasa
Select	wile
Server	ilo linluwi
Show	lukin/oko/weka ala (the latter only if it was previously hidden)
Size	nanpa suli
Sort	(nasin) pona
System	ilo insa/ilo suli
T
Translator (as in you and me)	jan pi ante toki
Translator (as in a converter)	ilo pi ante nasin
Trash	poki jaki
Type	nasin
U
Unknown	sona ala
V
Value (as in valuable)	mani
Value (as in a variable)	ijo insa/nanpa
Version	nanpa
Volume (as in storage)	poki suli
Volume (as in sound)	wawa kalama
W
Window	lupa
Window title	nimi lupa
With	kan
Write (to)	see Save (to)
X
Y
Yes	lon/pona (depending on context; is the action good or merely confirmed?)
Z