> Yes, the search can be conducted in Chinese, and the results are > displayed in Chinese. That's because the edit control and list are > "hand-drawn", so to speak. But it doesn't work on WIndows 95/98/ME, > only on 2k/XP. Even my own Chinese-English dictionary module doesn't > work for me :-) because the lookup also only works on 2k/XP. > > I'm not ruling out the possibility that Sword could be wholly > localized in future (including menus, butons etc.), but this is > something that needs to be tested first -- it'll be another release or > two before we see this, I guess.
My guess, being so-so in VC++5 programming and ignorant in BC++, is that the main sword windows is a multi-document interface which doesn't support unicode well, while the search dialog is "hand-drawn" dialog which can be hacked into utf-8 awareness. > >I wish someone is sure zh_cn.conf & zh_tw.conf work correctly in Chinese > >windows. > > I tried to find a Chinese version of Windows here in Singapore, but so > far had no luck. If it works with NJStar, it should work with a > Chinese version of Windows, though. I'll try harder to find a Chinese > Windows here and see what I can report. I'll be going to Hong Kong in > about three weeks; I'm quite confident I should find an opportunity to > test drive the locales there. :-) > > What is your concern? Do the files look weird to you in total, or is > it that some of the stuff looks right and some is wrong? If the > latter, what looks wrong? Bible book names only or menu translations > also? Can you give an example of wrong strings? > > The translator of the local files was somebody on this list, I > think. It would be helpful if he would speak up, I guess... ;-) The beta-released zh_??.conf files look suspecious to me, when I open them with a few editors and Chinese browsers I have in hand. The [Text] section looks fine, but at the end of [Books Abbrevs] section the book names seem to be corrupted. E.g. Genesis becomes 'creation-world-bowl', 1Kings becomes 'various-mourn-book-1'. I have had funny experiences with various Chinese systems, including Chinese Windows. So I won't say these files are indeed corrupted yet. Steve Tang...
