# Permission to display OFP text in a free Japanese-language reading tool **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [August 13, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/permission-to-display-ofp-text-in-a-free-japanese-language-reading-tool/24082 "2026-08-13T06:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toapapa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/toapapa/32/30216_2.png) [@toapapa](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/toapapa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/permission-to-display-ofp-text-in-a-free-japanese-language-reading-tool/24082/1 "2026-08-13T06:40:39Z")
Hello, I am Japanese and cannot speak English, so I am writing with translation software. I apologize if my wording is strange or impolite. I am not a software engineer and not a pilot, just a flight simulator fan in my 50s. I have been flying on PC since the PC-98 era and have used SimBrief for a long time. But I have to admit that even after all this time, I could not really read the OFP. Not the numbers, but the words: CONT, FINRES, EFOB, MORA. Machine translation does not work on abbreviations, and there is almost nothing about them in Japanese. So I built a small free web tool for myself. It shows the original OFP text on the left, and a plain Japanese explanation on the right, side by side. It never hides or replaces the original text. I have read the pinned topics before writing this. My tool uses the fetch endpoint with &json=v2, only when the user presses a button, one request per press. There is no polling and no background job. I also cache responses for 2 minutes so repeated presses do not reach your server. I would like to ask three things before I publish it. 1. To build the Japanese explanation, I read “text.plan\_html” and display its contents as the original text. I understand this is the OFP that SimBrief itself generates, so I want to be sure this is acceptable to you. If it is not, I will stop using it. 2. My tool draws two simple pictures from the OFP text: a vertical profile (altitude against distance) and a small wind/runway compass. They contain no map, no coastline, and no geographic accuracy, and they cannot be used for navigation. But I saw in the Navigraph FAQ that pictorial renditions are not encouraged, so I want to ask directly. I can remove them if you prefer. 3. Is there any wording you would like me to use? I will state clearly that the tool is unofficial, not made by Navigraph or SimBrief, free of charge, and for flight simulation use only. I have not published the tool yet. I would like to wait for your answer first. If it is easier for you, I am happy to send the details to [support@simbrief.com](mailto:support@simbrief.com) instead. Please just tell me. Thank you very much for your time. ![2026-08-13 072722](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/3X/8/8/88276dfc76399c0dc52a126d6a87a69024750624.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SimBrief](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/simbrief/32/4850_2.png) [@SimBrief](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/SimBrief)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/permission-to-display-ofp-text-in-a-free-japanese-language-reading-tool/24082/2 "2026-08-14T15:30:34Z")
Hi, thanks for the detailed description. All of this is perfectly fine: 1. `text.plan_html` is the correct data to read if you want to display the OFP. 2. Drawing the SimBrief route, vertical profile, and/or runway compass is fine. The restriction applies more to drawing charts or navigation data on a map. 3. These disclaimers are fine. 🙂 Best regards, ---
**Author:** ![toapapa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/toapapa/32/30216_2.png) [@toapapa](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/toapapa)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/permission-to-display-ofp-text-in-a-free-japanese-language-reading-tool/24082/3 "2026-08-15T12:10:21Z")
Thank you very much for the clear answers. This is exactly what I needed. Point 2 is especially helpful to understand — my diagrams have no map at all, so I will keep them as they are. I will publish the tool with the disclaimers as described, and I will keep it free and clearly unofficial. If SimBrief ever changes anything that affects how I read the OFP, I will follow it. Thank you for building SimBrief, and for taking the time to answer a hobby user like me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/1X/4cc83e90d70ab312b1bd2d7527bddad309607265.png) [@system](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/permission-to-display-ofp-text-in-a-free-japanese-language-reading-tool/24082/4 "2026-08-22T12:10:39Z")
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