📖 Support localized Bible book names in custom Bible translations

[a-lotysh]

Hi team and community,

First of all, thanks for building and maintaining FreeShow — it’s a great application!

I’m currently using the Bible feature and importing custom translations. While the verses are correctly translated, I noticed that the names of the books of the Bible (e.g., Genesis, John, etc.) are always displayed in English, regardless of the translation language.

This creates an inconsistency, especially when displaying Scripture in churches or events where the audience expects everything to be fully localized — including the book names.

✅ Current behavior:
• Verses are correctly translated when using custom Bibles.
• Book names remain in English (e.g., “John 3:16” instead of localized equivalent).

💡 Suggested solutions:

•	Use the app’s UI language to localize book names
	This would be the simplest and most effective first step. If the user sets the app to Ukrainian, Spanish, or any other supported language, the book names should automatically appear in that language. This removes the need for every custom Bible file to include book name mappings.

•	(Optional/Advanced) Support book name overrides per translation
	In the future, the app could support optional mappings of book names inside the Bible file or a separate JSON file, allowing full control over formatting.

Looking forward to your thoughts!

Blessings, Andrii

[a-lotysh]

It seems that it’s possible to include the localized book names directly in the custom Bible translation JSON. By adding the book name along with each verse reference, the correct name is displayed in the desired language.

[vassbo]

Looks like you figured it out. The names are based on the names in the original XML!
ChurchApps/FreeShow#581 (comment)