How to conform to SC 3.1.2?

I would like to ask you the following question.

There are cases where the natural language for parts of content cannot be
specified in a format that is programmatically determined. Would a
multilingual content that are in a situation where the languages used cannot
be specified in a programmatically determinable way conform to SC 3.1.2?

For example, in the case of a p element, it is possible to specify the
language in programmatically determined way by writing HTML as below:

<p>He maintained that the DDR (German Democratic Republic) was just a '<span
lang="de" xml:lang="de">Treppenwitz der Weltgeschichte</span>'.</p>

(Example taken from
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/meaning-other-lang-id.html)

However, in elements such as title and img, it is not possible to do the
same as p element.

The examples below are not allowed as HTML Specification does not:

<title>He maintained that the DDR (German Democratic Republic) was just a
'<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Treppenwitz der
Weltgeschichte</span>'.</title>

<p><img src="headline.png" alt="He maintained that the DDR (German
Democratic Republic) was just a '<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Treppenwitz
der Weltgeschichte</span>'."></p>

Since the examples above are not allowed by HTML Specification, the
alternative approach would be to write as follows:

<title>He maintained that the DDR (German Democratic Republic) was just a
'Treppenwitz der Weltgeschichte'.</title>

<p><img src="headline.png" alt="He maintained that the DDR (German
Democratic Republic) was just a 'Treppenwitz der Weltgeschichte'."></p>

Would the approach presented above conform to SC 3.1.2?

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Azusa Uezu

Accessibility Engineer
Accessibility Division

Email : uezu-azusa@mitsue.co.jp

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Received on Wednesday, 14 December 2016 09:40:07 UTC