RE: New FAQ choice

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>I would like to understand which principles are being applied 
>here. We seem to be asking about text and then working back to 
>advice that applies to any element that requires localization. 
>e.g. font, color, images, etc.

L10n of font, color, images could be part of "By the way..." section.
>
>style sheet content whether translatable text or anything else 
>is best if it is repetitive, context-insensitive, etc. 
>(context-sensitive isnt quite the right wording, since clearly 
>headers, footers, classes, etc. are context...)
>
>The benefits are the same whether text or other.
>
>conditions-are the same.

Embedding text in style sheets has more implication/risks on the overall
Translation and Localisation process than other localizable data.
The logic would be to warn reader of the FAQ about potential issue coming
down the pipe of the T&L process. As such, the association of text within
style sheet carries a specific risk...

The corresponding extra condition on text (compared to other localizable
data) would be the "linguistic independence" (do not know how to call it):
the text needs to be transalte-able isolated from the main text...

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>GEO should have some discussion about localization of style 
>sheets and what is really involved. Also I have been grappling 
>lately with whether language or culture sensitive information 
>should be in one style sheet with some way of distinguishing 
>which contents is used with which language, or just different 
>sheets for different languages.
>
>So I guess I am asking, is there a presumption of an overall 
>methodology for localizing styles, if so what is it, or should 
>we be describing approaches and what is involved in their 
>localization first, and then get to the finer point of 
>translatable text, and how translatable text is different than 
>other aspects of CSS?
>
>François, I hope this doesn't read like I am criticizing the 
>question. The question is a good one. I am unaware if there is 
>any agreement or presumption of what to do with style sheets 
>in the context of localization, and maybe I just need some 
>orientation first.
>
>What references are there on this subject? I am aware of Yves 
>Savourel book, and R. Ishida and others have done some 
>presentations about L10n of XML, DTD and the like (I don't 
>recall if they covered CSS.)

I did not checked yet. But the ones you mentioned are important for sure. Do
not know if CSS have been covered.
/Francois

Received on Friday, 19 December 2003 06:02:07 UTC