W3C Internationalization, i18n

New translation into Chinese:

HTTP标头、meta元素与语言信息 (HTTP headers, meta elements and language information)

www.w3.org/Internationa...

Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.

織田信長 features an upper-side ruby annotation "1534〜82" and a lower-side ruby annotation おだのぶなが

We just published a new W3C draft note from the Internationalization Activity: Text-to-Speech Rendering of Electronic Documents Containing Ruby: User Requirements

This explores diverse reading strategies across writing systems and defines essential user needs.

www.w3.org/TR/ruby-tts-...

Formatting dates and times for a user in Germany

Want your web app to feel local everywhere? New W3C guide walks through the most useful parts of JavaScript's Intl with simple, copy-paste examples you can use today.

www.w3.org/Internationa...

An address in Germany. The street name comes first, followed by the house number.

Addresses look completely different around the world.

New W3C article explains the differences & gives practical tips so your forms and databases don’t frustrate international users.

www.w3.org/Internationa...

Text size in translation | Why translated text breaks your layout YouTube video by W3C

Translation can drastically alter text length: English strings may expand by 200-300% in languages like German or French, or shrink in Asian languages. This video shows where long, unbreakable words can break layouts and cause design issues.

🎬 youtu.be/sgpZri88-qo

The hidden rules of wrapping text on the Web YouTube video by W3C

Have you ever resized your browser and seen text reflow? Behind that simple effect lies a world of linguistic and technical complexity: youtu.be/Pk2S2VXVFuI

FOR REVIEW: Number, currency, and unit formatting

w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/...

See the blog post at www.w3.org/blog/Interna...

New translation into Chinese:

字符编码：核心概念 (Character encodings: Essential concepts)
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New translations into Chinese:

在HTML中声明语言 (Declaring language in HTML)
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使用b和i元素 (Using b and i elements)
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New translations into Chinese:

如何用Unicode控制字符处理双向文本 (How to use Unicode controls for bidi text)
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HTML中的字节顺序标记（BOM） (The byte-order mark (BOM) in HTML)
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New translations into Chinese:

处理RTL文字的源代码和代码示例 (Working with source code markup and code examples for RTL scripts)
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双向文本空格丢失 (Bidi space loss)
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FOR REVIEW: Guide to the ECMAScript Internationalization API

The article Guide to the ECMAScript Internationalization API is out for wide review. We are looking for comments by Friday 26 December.

w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/...

See the blog post at www.w3.org/blog/Interna...

FOR REVIEW: Address formats around the world

The article Address formats around the world is out for wide review. We are looking for comments by Friday 5 December.

w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/...

See the blog post at www.w3.org/blog/Interna...

New translation into Chinese:

HTML中的行内标记和双向文本 (Inline markup and bidirectional text in HTML)
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New translation into Chinese:

HTML中的结构标记和从右向左的文本 (Structural markup and right-to-left text in HTML)
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New translation into Chinese:

CSS与标记语言对双向文本的支持 (CSS vs. markup for bidi support)
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New translation into Chinese:

对选项菜单进行排序 (Sorting select options)
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New translation into Chinese:

文本的视觉顺序与逻辑顺序 (Visual vs. logical ordering of text)
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New translation into Chinese:

Unicode双向文本算法基础 (Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm basics) www.w3.org/Internationa...

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New translation into Chinese:

在.htaccess中设置charset信息 (Setting charset information in .htaccess) www.w3.org/Internationa...

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New translation into Chinese:

什么是行间注？ (What is ruby?) www.w3.org/Internationa...

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New translation into Chinese:

Web国际化快速提示 (Internationalization Quick Tips for the Web) www.w3.org/Internationa...

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New translations into Italian:

La dimensione del testo nella traduzione (Text size in translation) www.w3.org/Internationa...

Siti web internazionali e multilingue (International & multilingual web sites) www.w3.org/Internationa...

Thanks to Alessia Bosio for providing this translation.

New translation into Chinese:

Apache MultiViews语言协商设置 (Apache MultiViews language negotiation set up) www.w3.org/Internationa...

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New translation into Persian:

چرا از ویژگی زبان استفاده کنیم؟
(Why use the language attribute?) www.w3.org/Internationa...

Thanks to Goudarz Jafari for providing this translation!

New translation into Italian:

Localizzazione vs. Internazionalizzazione (Localization vs. Internationalization) www.w3.org/Internationa...

Thanks to Alessia Bosio for providing this translation.

New translation into Italian:

Siti Web Monolingue vs Multilingue (Monolingual vs. multilingual Web sites) www.w3.org/Internationa...

Thanks to Alessia Bosio for providing this translation.

Greek text: ήσουν ή εγώ ή εσύ ΗΣΟΥΝ Ή ΕΓΩ Ή ΕΣΥ

- a disjunctive eta in a Greek sentence keeps its tonos diacritic

This behaviour is now interoperable across WebKit, Gecko, and Blink browsers.

More details: www.w3.org/TR/grek-gap/...

WEB I18N GAP FIXED: Greek case conversion

WebKit now supports Greek specific behaviours for text-transform: uppercase:
- words that are all uppercase lose tonos
- for diphthongs with tonos on the first character tonos is removed but a dialytika is added above the second character in the diphthong

Should `touch-action` support logical directions like `pan-inline` / `pan-block`? · Issue #289 · w3c/alreq This question was prompted by the Pointer Event issue at w3c/pointerevents#505 What is touch-action? Imagine you have an element on a webpage (like a map or a list) that you can interact with using...

QUESTION for UI experts in RTL and vertical scripts.

Should touch-action support logical directions?

See the discussion at github.com/w3c/alreq/is...