ICHB.ORG Representative Offices Worldwide
Your region — your language — your path to the stars
🌍 We Speak to You in Your Language
ICHB.ORG is represented in key global regions through a network of official partners.
Each of them has not only translated the website and the information system of the “International Catalogue of Heavenly Bodies”, but has also adapted them for their cultural environment, so you can reach for the stars in your native language.
≈ 4.5
billion people
55%
of the population
12
languages with human translation
✨ Fully Translated Versions (Human Translation by Our Representatives)
On these languages, the site is fully adapted by our official representatives — native speakers
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USA, UK, Europe
Language: English [English]
Population: ≈ 800 million (native) + 1.5 billion (as second)
English — the language of science and international communication
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Russia and CIS
Language: Russian [Русский]
Population: ≈ 200 million
The first satellite and Gagarin’s flight, the foundations of cosmonautics (Tsiolkovsky, Korolev), exploration of Venus and Mars, Mir orbital station, Eurasia’s largest telescope, theory of stellar evolution.
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China
Language: Chinese [中文]
Population: ≈ 1.4 billion
Earliest records of comets (over 4000 years)
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India
Language: Hindi [हिन्दी]
Population: ≈ 1.4 billion (Hindi + regional)
Ancient astronomical treatises (Surya Siddhanta)
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Spain
Language: Spanish (Spain) [Español]
Population: ≈ 48 million
Canary Islands — a world capital of astronomy
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🌎 The Spanish Language — United for All
We have united the Spanish-speaking world in a single language version to create the highest quality translation for over 500 million people on both sides of the Atlantic.
Our linguists have prepared a version that is equally well understood in Madrid, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires. We welcome everyone!
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Latin America
Language: Spanish (Latin America) [Español]
Population: ≈ 450 million
Ancient observatories of the Maya and Inca, Chile — the astronomical capital of the world
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Brazil
Language: Portuguese [Português]
Population: ≈ 215 million
Active participation in the Gemini project and studying the southern sky
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France
Language: French [Français]
Population: ≈ 150 million (including Francophone Africa)
Messier catalog, participation in exoplanet missions
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Germany
Language: German [Deutsch]
Population: ≈ 100 million
Johannes Kepler, laws of planetary motion
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Italy
Language: Italian [Italiano]
Population: ≈ 60 million
Galileo Galilei — father of observational astronomy
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Japan
Language: Japanese [日本語]
Population: ≈ 125 million
Earliest records of supernovae, JAXA missions
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Middle East and North Africa
Language: Arabic [العربية]
Population: ≈ 450 million
Golden age of Islamic astronomy, Al-Battani, Al-Sufi
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Israel
Language: Hebrew [עברית]
Population: ≈ 9 million
Ancient astronomical texts, gravitational wave research
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🌍 Countries where English is the second official language
For these countries, we are temporarily using the English version of the site, as English is an official or widely spoken language.
Our partners are actively working on human translation into the local languages. Right now, you can already use the English version of our site and system, which you understand.
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Pakistan
English — official (alongside Urdu)
Population: 240 million
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Philippines
English — official (alongside Filipino)
Population: 110 million
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Nigeria
English — official
Population: 220 million
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Kenya
English — official (alongside Swahili)
Population: 55 million
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Tanzania
English — second official
Population: 65 million
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Uganda
English — official
Population: 45 million
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Ghana
English — official
Population: 32 million
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Cameroon
English — official (alongside French)
Population: 27 million
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Malaysia
English — second language (widely used)
Population: 34 million
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Singapore
English — first official
Population: 6 million
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South Africa
English — one of 11 official
Population: 60 million
Over 1.5 billion people in these countries can use our English version while we prepare translations into their native languages.
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🌍 12 Languages — Over Half of Humanity
Our 12 human-translated languages cover billions of people worldwide — both native speakers and those for whom these languages are second languages.
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English
USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, Africa
1.5 billion
400 million native + 1.1 billion second language
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Chinese
China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia
1.12 billion
920 million native + 200 million second language
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Hindi
India, Nepal, Fiji
600 million
350 million native + 250 million second language
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Spanish
Spain, Latin America, USA
570 million
480 million native + 90 million second language
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Arabic
Middle East, North Africa
450 million
310 million native + 140 million second language
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French
France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Africa
280 million
80 million native + 200 million second language
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Portuguese
Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
260 million
230 million native + 30 million second language
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Russian
Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe
260 million
150 million native + 110 million second language
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German
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Europe
125 million
95 million native + 30 million second language
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Japanese
Japan
125 million
125 million native
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Italian
Italy, Switzerland
70 million
65 million native + 5 million second language
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Hebrew
Israel
11 million
9 million native + 2 million second language
📊 Our Coverage
🌍 We haven’t translated the site into all languages of the world yet.
About 3.7 billion people (45% of the world’s population) do not yet have a human-translated version in their native language.
But 1.5 billion of them can use the English version, and for the rest,
automatic translation works (button in the bottom left corner).
We are actively working to expand the list!
5.4
billion
total (including second language)
~4.5
billion
unique people
55%
of Earth’s population
can read the site in their native or second language
⭐ 12 languages with human translation — access to the stars for over 4.5 billion people! ⭐
* Data based on Ethnologue and UN statistics (2024-2025)
🔄 Countries whose languages are in the process of human translation
For the regions below, our partners have not yet been able to fully translate the website and the “International Catalogue of Heavenly Bodies” system, so only some sections are available. You can already use the site in your native language, and for untranslated pages, you can use the automatic translation service installed on our site (button in the bottom left corner). Our partners are actively working on human translation to present fully adapted versions of our system soon.
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Indonesia
Language: Indonesian [Bahasa Indonesia]
Population: ≈ 275 million
In development — version in Indonesian
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Bangladesh
Language: Bengali [বাংলা]
Population: ≈ 230 million
In development — version in Bengali
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Vietnam
Language: Vietnamese [Tiếng Việt]
Population: ≈ 100 million
In development — version in Vietnamese
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Thailand
Language: Thai [ไทย]
Population: ≈ 70 million
In development — version in Thai
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Republic of Korea
Language: Korean [한국어]
Population: ≈ 75 million
In development — version in Korean
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Turkey
Language: Turkish [Türkçe]
Population: ≈ 85 million
In development — version in Turkish
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Iran
Language: Persian [فارسی]
Population: ≈ 85 million
In development — version in Persian
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Afghanistan
Language: Pashto [پښتو]
Population: ≈ 50 million
In development — version in Pashto
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Pakistan
Language: Urdu [اردو]
Population: ≈ 240 million
In development — version in Urdu.
But since English is an official language of the country alongside Urdu, the English version is currently used for the country.
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Philippines
Language: Filipino
Population: ≈ 110 million
In development — version in Filipino.
But since English is an official language of the country alongside Filipino, the English version is currently used for the country.
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🌍 Our Goal — Stars for Everyone
20+
languages with human translation
95%
with auto-translation
⭐ 20+ languages with human translation — access to the stars for 5.2 billion people!
🔄 We are continuously expanding our partner network to soon offer fully translated versions in all major languages of the planet.
Choose your region and begin your journey to the stars
If your language is not listed, use the automatic translation in the bottom left corner — it supports over 100 languages.
It may not always be perfect, but it opens up the main opportunity: to explore the Universe together with ICHB.ORG and leave your name among the stars.