本文是對Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF) Specification Version 1.2的翻譯
工具介面標準(TIS)可執行連結格式(ELF)規範版本 1.2

翻譯以中英對照方式，英語水品有限，如有翻譯不當的地方，請諒解。

String Table
字串表
This section describes the default string table. String table sections hold null-terminated character sequences, commonly called strings. The object file uses these strings to represent symbol and section names. One references a string as an index into the string table section. The first byte, which is index zero, is defined to hold a null character. Likewise, a string table's last byte is defined to hold a null character, ensuring null termination for all strings. A string whose index is zero specifies either no name or a null name, depending on the context. An empty string table section is permitted; its section header's sh_size member would contain zero. Non-zero indexes are invalid for an empty string table.
本分節描述預設的字串表。字串表分節包含一終結符結束的字元序列，通常被稱為字串。物件檔案使用這些字串來表示符號和分節名。對字串的引用通過索引來定位到字串表節中。索引為0的第一個位元組被定義為終結符。同樣，字串表的最後一個位元組也被定義為終結符，確保所有字串都能夠被終結。索引為0的字串表示沒有名字或名字為空，依賴於內容一個空字串表分節是被允許的；其分節頭中的sh_size成員為0。對於空字串表，非0索引是無效的
A section header's sh_name member holds an index into the section header string table section, as designated by the e_shstrndx member of the ELF header. The following figures show a string table with 25 bytes and the strings associated with various indexes.
一個分節頭的sh_name成員包含一個位於分節頭字串表分節中的索引，分節頭字串表分節是ELF頭中e_shstrndx成員指定的分節。接下來的圖表示了一個25位元組的字串表以及關聯了不同索引的字串。

Index	+0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9
0	\0	n	a	m	e	.	\0	V	a	r
10	i	a	b	l	e	\0	a	b	l	e
20	\0	\0	x	x	\0

Figure 1-14. String Table Indexes
圖1-14.符號表索引

索引（Index）	字串（String）
0	none
1	name
7	Variable
11	able
16	able
24	null string

As the example shows, a string table index may refer to any byte in the section. A string may appear more than once; references to substrings may exist; and a single string may be referenced multiple times. Unreferenced strings also are allowed.
就像例子中顯示的，一個字串表索引可能涉及分節中的任何位元組。一個字串可能不止一次出現；可能存在引用子字串的情況；以及一個單獨字串可能被引用多次。未引用的字串也是被允許的。