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(BOn Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:11:21 +0900
(BHiroaki KAWAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(Bby EdMax Ver2.85.5F :
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(B> > > for <phonetic> as I can't view correctly with IE on Windows, because of
(B> > > lack of phonetic fonts. I think large part of the users don't have
(B> > > phonetic fonts in the system.
(B> > I'd guess, a large part of the users don't even have Japanese fonts on their
(B> > system ;-).
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(Btry(I didn't try because my firefox can print then correctly.)
(Bhttp://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/phonetic.html
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(B> Anothoer point that came up to my mind is, how far should we translate
(B> the glossary index words. Refering the example, phonetic elements are
(B> to help only the words that are not familiar with newbie. This is
(B> reasonable. The point is, the indexes are localized ones.
(B> So, if we, Japanese staff, translate this glossary page into
(B> Japanese, how should we treat the phonetic elements?
(B> I think we should use 'katakana' for translated Japanese words,
(B> phonetic symbols for English words that still does not have a
(B> corresponding translations. Any ideas, yoshiki?
(B> We shall need a consensus on this point. ;-)
(B> # Japanese are very falimiar with phonetic symbols of English words.
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(BIf use katakana in Japanese docs, I prefer to use <ruby> element instead
(Bof <span title="XX>.
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