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Modern Chinese's writing is the same as English. But ancient Chinese is written top-down, right-left. Probably most Asian languages do the same. Lisa --- Alan Kennedy <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm generating some HTML from XML, using everybodys > favourite language > (well, here anyway), XSLT. I'm currently only > generating English, but > will be localisaing soon into a variety of > languages. > > Doing European languages is easy, I just have to be > able to deal with > iso-8859-1. > > However, I'm not sure what's involved in > localisation to Asian > languages. Aside from the obvious character set > issues, there are > rendering issues which I am not sure if I need to > address. For example, > I think that Asian languages such as Chinese are > written top-down, > right-to-left. Am I right in saying that? > > Anyway, what I'm seeking is a good reference that > explains the ins and > outs of generating Asian language HTML from Asian > language XML, for > Japanese, Chinese, Thai, etc. There are general > references to Asian > localisation out there, but I'm really looking for > something that is > XML/XSLT specific. > > TIA for any help offered. > > Sincerely, > > Alan Kennedy. > > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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