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+/**
+* Copyright 2012-2018, Plotly, Inc.
+* All rights reserved.
+*
+* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+    moduleType: 'locale',
+    name: 'sw',
+    dictionary: {
+        'Autoscale': 'Kigezo - otomatiki',
+        'Box Select': 'Teua kisanduku',
+        'Click to enter Colorscale title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha Colorscale',
+        'Click to enter Component A title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha sehemu A',
+        'Click to enter Component B title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha sehemu B',
+        'Click to enter Component C title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha sehemu C',
+        'Click to enter Plot title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha Plot',
+        'Click to enter X axis title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha mhimili wa X',
+        'Click to enter Y axis title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha mhimili wa Y',
+        'Click to enter radial axis title': 'Bonyeza kuandika kichwa cha mhimili wa radial',
+        'Compare data on hover': 'Linganisha data kwa kuelea kielekezi',
+        'Double-click on legend to isolate one trace': 'Bonyeza mara mbili juu ya hadithi ili kutenganisha moja kwa moja',
+        'Double-click to zoom back out': 'Bonyeza mara mbili ili kuvuta nje',
+        'Download plot as a png': 'Pakua mpango kama png',
+        'Edit in Chart Studio': 'Hariri katika Chart studio',
+        'IE only supports svg.  Changing format to svg.': 'IE inatumia tu svg. Tunabadilisha muundo kuwa svg.',
+        'Lasso Select': 'Kuteua lasso',
+        'Orbital rotation': 'Mzunguko wa mazao',
+        'Pan': 'Tandaza',
+        'Produced with Plotly': 'Ilitengenezwa na Plotly',
+        'Reset': 'Weka upya',
+        'Reset axes': 'Weka upya axes',
+        'Reset camera to default': 'Rudisha kamera kwenye uhifadhi wa default',
+        'Reset camera to last save': 'Rudisha kamera kwenye uhifadhi wa mwisho',
+        'Reset view': 'Weka upya mtazamo',
+        'Reset views': 'Weka upya maoni',
+        'Show closest data on hover': 'Onyesha data iliyo karibu zaidi kielekezi kinapoelea',
+        'Snapshot succeeded': 'Snapshot ilifanikiwa',
+        'Sorry, there was a problem downloading your snapshot!': 'Samahani, kulikuwa na shida kupakua picha yako!',
+        'Taking snapshot - this may take a few seconds': 'Kuchukua snapshot - hii inaweza kuchukua sekunde chache',
+        'Toggle Spike Lines': 'Badilisha Mistari ya Spike',
+        'Toggle show closest data on hover': 'Badilisha mabadiliko ya karibu zaidi kwenye hover',
+        'Turntable rotation': 'Zunguka kwa mhimili wa Z',
+        'Zoom': 'Vuta',
+        'Zoom in': 'Vuta nje',
+        'Zoom out': 'Vuta ndani',
+        'close:': 'funga:',
+        'high:': 'juu:',
+        'incoming flow count:': 'hesabu ya mtiririko unaokuja:',
+        'kde:': 'kde:',
+        'lat:': 'lat:',
+        'lon:': 'lon:',
+        'low:': 'chini:',
+        'lower fence:': 'fensi ya chini:',
+        'max:': 'upeo:',
+        'mean ± σ:': 'maana ± σ:',
+        'mean:': 'maana:',
+        'median:': 'wastani:',
+        'min:': 'kidogo:',
+        'new text': 'nakala mpya',
+        'open:': 'fungua:',
+        'outgoing flow count:': 'hesabu ya mtiririko unaotoka:',
+        'q1:': 'q1:',
+        'q3:': 'q3:',
+        'source:': 'chanzo:',
+        'target:': 'lengo:',
+        'trace': 'fuatilia',
+        'upper fence:': 'Fensi ya juu:'
+    },
+    format: {
+        days: ['Jumapili', 'Jumatatu', 'Jumanne', 'Jumatano', 'Alhamisi', 'Ijumaa', 'Jumamosi'],
+        shortDays: ['Sun', 'Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat'],
+        months: ['Januari', 'Februari', 'Machi', 'Aprili', 'Mei', 'Juni', 'Julai', 'Agosti', 'Septemba', 'Oktoba', 'Novemba', 'Desemba'],
+        shortMonths: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'Mei', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Ago', 'Sep', 'Okt', 'Nov', 'Des'],
+        date: '%d/%m/%Y',
+        decimal: '.',
+        thousands: ','
+    }
+};