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 Posted - 10 April 2002 : 11:16:49
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Hi,
I've been away from here for quite some time, so I'm not fully updated.
I was wondering where does the language direction comes into play,
I mean some languages (Hebrew ,Arabic) needs the "dir=RTL" command in several places to work properly.
And yet , I couldn't find that parameter in the "langnnnn.asp" file.
Strum
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Posted - 11 April 2002 : 09:46:24
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The functionality will be included in v4b04. Can you tell me what other changes are needed generally (except the BODY tag)?
Think Pink
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Posted - 14 April 2002 : 11:34:35
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The easiest thing by far is to put the dir=rtl in the <body> (or <html>) tag , but from my experience (I translated v3.3.03 to Hebrew)
the results are not good(look and usability).
What I did was to go through each and every page and insert the command into <td> tags and so forth .
yes, it is a LOT of work but the results are much better and you keep the snitzy look.
if you'll direct me to the current version I'll download it and start on it.
Strum
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Posted - 14 April 2002 : 12:39:40
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The easiest thing by far is to put the dir=rtl in the <body> (or <html>) tag , but from my experience (I translated v3.3.03 to Hebrew)
the results are not good(look and usability).
What I did was to go through each and every page and insert the command into <td> tags and so forth .
yes, it is a LOT of work but the results are much better and you keep the snitzy look.
if you'll direct me to the current version I'll download it and start on it.
Strum
The latest downloadable code is not worth to work on this topic. After v3.4 comes out, I'll prepare v4b04, which will take care of these. There will be no need to put the direction related info into the language file, but I will use the info in http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/nlsweb/default.asp to form a DB table for defaults and selectable options etc.
There was a document on this topic. I'll post it here whenever I find it.
Think Pink
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Posted - 14 April 2002 : 14:31:27
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Some more info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmind99/html/localize1099.asp
Here it is stated:
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Six Rules to Make Your Life Easier
To summarize, here is a list of general rules that can help ease the translation and text reversal process.
Avoid specifying align=left unnecessarily.
Apply CSS attributes symmetrically.
Avoid inline styles.
Avoid CSS positioning.
Use tables for robust reversibility.
Avoid MsgBox, alert, prompt, and confirm.
While these won't remove all of the challenges a developer faces when creating a globally diverse Web site, they should provide a baseline on which to construct sites which gracefully translate into Arabic and Hebrew without putting undue burden on translators.
Edited by - bozden on 14 April 2002 14:35:29< |
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