> Merlin,
>
> You are wrong. You CAN simply type chinese characters in the address bar.
So what's new :-) - but yes, I know it's fine when
> both native Japanese and Korean systems (our company is in Tokyo, Japan)
> and I (and any other person using japanese, korean, or chinese IE5) can
> just type in a Far East language url in the address bar.
such systems are in use. I had them set up myself a while back.
I was actually originally making a comment on the lack of such ability in the
"English" language versions of such things.
I was looking at the problems people (will) have when trying to work across language
boundaries in the registration areas and the
like. The .nu folk have gone to some lengths to solve it at one level, and it seems
like a very elegant solution
(http://www.worldnames.net/ and http://www.whats.nu) although it kind of forces you to
have a few extra layers in your plan. But
like they say . If it works - it works. I'd like to see how they impliment that. It's
maybe worth looking at. hmmm. but it is still
a problem, when I remember that there is no way to resolve a dns call to one of the
encoded com/net/org domains.
I've no doubt a global solution will be found before too long. DoubleByte encoding is
almost a reality for the mainstream, and
people are working on the DNS solution. Some talk of it taking another year, but I
can't see it taking that long. A year in the
internet world is like a dog year!
> The dictionary is only for helping people select a name who cannot read the
> native languages. Like you.
Well, I can read Chinese - but the others remain a mystery - and for that a dictionary
is good. But beware the many meanings a
single character can have!
Indeed, I find the business of language facinating, and struggle on and off to learn a
cross section of them. Including Japanese and
Korean and Russian. Even though tempted to just leave it at Chinese...
Interesting area.
cheers
Robert
>
> I saw this thread yesterday. I checked out worldnames and registered one of
> their .nu sites in Japanese (free for 3 months).
>
> The way their system works is that it places the dns on their server and
> also places a framed html page. The top frame is on their server with the
> japanese language url and the depth is set to 0. The other frame is set to
> a url you define when you register. A basic URL forward. I registered it and
> 10 minutes later I could type it in the browser window and it linked strait
> to my OpenSRS enabled registration site.
>
> The reason YOU cannot type in chinese characters in the url address bar is
> probably because YOU are using an english language version of IE5. I have
> both native Japanese and Korean systems (our company is in Tokyo, Japan)
> and I (and any other person using japanese, korean, or chinese IE5) can
> just type in a Far East language url in the address bar.
>
> It does work!!!!
>
> The dictionary is only for helping people select a name who cannot read the
> native languages. Like you.
>
> John Spohr
> President
> I.S. International, Inc.
> Tokyo, Japan
> www.isinternational.com
>
>
> P.S. If you type the url into a Japanese language word processor and then
> paste it into the browser window of IE5 english version, it loses the native
> character set and gives you what looks like a lot of weird characters, but
> when you hit return it does go to the correct site. Again it does work. You
> just have to be able to type in one of those languages to begin with.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Merlin
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 7:54 AM
> To: opensrs-discuss
> Subject: Re: Another on Multilingual Registrations
>
>
> Worldnames for eg is simply using online dictionaries - which seem to be
> from places like SunRain.net- in the front end. Pretty
> neat, but hardly reveloutionary.
> OpenSRS doesn't provide a translation because the RACE thing (MLDNS) is
> based on the person entering their domain name in the native
> language. That is, type in the Chinese characters, having selected say
> Simplified Chinese as the encoding, and away it goes and
> registers it.
> It's only where your language isn't the one you are trying to register a
> domain in that you are going to need an online dictionary.
>
> The major problem with any of these things though is the browsers. You
> simply can't type Chinese characters into the [address] bar
> in IE for example.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Carey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Merlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 5:47 AM
> Subject: RE: Another on Multilingual Registrations
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > think it's a little more tnan that - it will actually translate the word
> > into the language and then display the word in the appropriate form (eg
> > Kanji) ready to register - quite nice - don't think opensrs code provides
> > the translation
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Jim Carey
> > www.OZbcoz.com
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Merlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, 14 December 2000 12:23 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Another on Multilingual Registrations
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Jim,
> > > It's just the OpenSRS interface prettied up. looks nice though.
> > >
> > > bob
> > > ---
> > > Robert Chalmers
> > > http://www.quantum-radio.net.au Quantum Radio
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.inexpensivewebsites.com Domain Name Registrations
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jim Carey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:11 PM
> > > Subject: Another on Multilingual Registrations
> > >
> > >
> > > > There is a company
> > > > http://www.registrars.com/mlprereg/mtld-intro.shtml#translate
> > > that is doing
> > > > multilingual registrations that has a really neat translation
> > > facility built
> > > > into the site. Does anyone here know of a public domain system
> > > that can do
> > > > what they are doing ?
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > >
> > > > Jim Carey
> > > > www.OZbcoz.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
