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The English version should be considered the most accurate, since translations are based on that version. Most of the translations are not complete, and contain English parts.
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English	html.gz Size: 5678Kb Date: 21 Dec 2024	tar.gz Size: 10555Kb Date: 21 Dec 2024	chm Size: 13812Kb Date: 20 Dec 2024	chm Size: 26210Kb Date: 20 Dec 2024
German	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm
Spanish	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm
French	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm
Italian	html.gz	tar.gz
Japanese	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm
Brazilian Portuguese	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm
Russian	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm
Turkish	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm
Ukrainian	html.gz	tar.gz
Chinese (Simplified)	html.gz	tar.gz	chm	chm