TEI Internationalisation - Revision history

Piotr Banski: local link

2007-09-25T20:10:08Z

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2007-09-25T12:02:23Z

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Rahtz at 17:18, 1 August 2005

2005-08-01T17:18:06Z

Rahtz at 16:58, 1 August 2005

2005-08-01T16:58:53Z

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The Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines have been adopted by
projects and institutions in
many countries and used for encoding texts in dozens of languages.
However, the complex encoding of texts at which the TEI excels
needs a close understanding of the 522 available elements, and
non-English speakers are at a considerable disadvantage.
Mistakes in using the TEI may come from misunderstanding the
explanations in English. The TEI needs to be made more accessible.

The TEI Council and Board are promoting an effort to do a limited translation
of the TEI.

Some work has already been undertaken on translating element and
attribute names; Alejandro Bia and Arno Mittelbach have prepared
translation sets of Catalan, Spanish, and German. This work is
integrated into the Roma ([http://www.tei-c.org.uk/Roma/]) application, allowing users
to create tailored schemas in one of the supported languages. However,
it is not necessarily the most effective way to proceed; this is
because many of the element names are in an abbreviated form of
English (eg <respStmt>) which are not easy to translate
sensibly, and because the abbreviated names are relatively easy to
recognize for people used to reading Latin script. Using
<infoResp> instead of <respStmt> is not as helpful as
translating <q> supplies a statement of responsibility for someone
responsible for the intellectual content of a text, edition,
recording, or series, where the specialized elements for authors,
editors, etc. do not suffice or do not apply.</q>

Study of the work described aboves suggests that translating the
reference descriptions, followed by translation of element names, is
likely to be the most effective way to promote the TEI in non-English
speaking communities.

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-[http://www.bjicp.com/zcfg.html 政策法规]
+The Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines have been adopted by
-[http://www.bjicp.com/bllc.html 代办流程]
+projects and institutions in
-[http://www.bjicp.com/icp.html 代办ICP证]
+many countries and used for encoding texts in dozens of languages.
-[http://www.bjicp.com/icpzl.html 代办ICP所需材料 ]
+However, the complex encoding of texts at which the TEI excels
-[http://www.bjicp.com/icpbbsht.html 北京地区ICP代理委托协议]
+needs a close understanding of the 522 available elements, and
-[http://www.bjicp.com/jsx.html 公司介绍信]
+non-English speakers are at a considerable disadvantage.
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qyzlb.html 企业资料表]
+Mistakes in using the TEI may come from misunderstanding the
-[http://www.bjicp.com/icpyb.html ICP许可证样本]
+explanations in English. The TEI needs to be made more accessible.
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwicpzl.html 全网ICP所需材料]
+The TEI Council and Board are promoting an effort to do a limited translation
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwicpxy.html 全网ICP代理委托协议]
+of the TEI.
-[http://www.bjicp.com/isp.html 代办ISP证]
+Some work has already been undertaken on translating element and
-[http://www.bjicp.com/ispzl.html 代办ISP所需材料]
+attribute names; Alejandro Bia and Arno Mittelbach have prepared
-[http://www.bjicp.com/ispht.html 北京地区ISP代理委托协议]
+translation sets of Catalan, Spanish, and German. This work is
-[http://www.bjicp.com/ispyb.html ISP许可证证件样本]
+integrated into the Roma ([http://www.tei-c.org.uk/Roma/]) application, allowing users
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwispzl.html 全网ISP所需材料]
+to create tailored schemas in one of the supported languages. However,
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwispxy.html 全网ISP代理委托协议]
+it is not necessarily the most effective way to proceed; this is
-[http://www.bjicp.com/bbs.html BBS审批]
+because many of the element names are in an abbreviated form of
-[http://www.bjicp.com/bbszl.html 代办BBS所需材料]
+English (eg <respStmt>) which are not easy to translate
-[http://www.bjicp.com/bbsht.html 北京地区BBS代理委托协议]
+Study of the work described aboves suggests that translating the
-[http://www.bjicp.com/icpbbsht.html BBS加ICP代理委托协议]
+reference descriptions, followed by translation of element names, is
-[http://www.bjicp.com/bbsyb.html BBS审批批复样本]
+likely to be the most effective way to promote the TEI in non-English
-[http://www.bjicp.com/hd315.html 红盾315备案]
+speaking communities.
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwspyb.html 增值电信业务经营许可证样本]
+Thus instead of <addrLine>, the TEI user might
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwsp.html 全网sp证代办]
+prefer to write <líneaDirección>, <ligneAdresse>,
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwspzl.html 全网SP所需材料]
+<linDireccio> or <AdressZeile>. The TEI has an
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwspxy.html 全网SP代理委托协议]
+established system for recording such translations, and preserving
-[http://www.bjicp.com/ispzl.html 代办ISP所需材料]
+the relationship to the original names so that document instances
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwisp.html 全网isp证代办]
+can be put back into canonical form.
-[http://www.bjicp.com/kdqbak.html 跨地区增值业务备案]
+Similarly, instead  ''contains a single TEI-conformant
-[http://www.bjicp.com/qwbacl.html 备案所需材料]
+document, comprising a TEI header and a text, either in isolation or
-[http://www.bjicp.com/idc.html IDC审批托管 ]
+as part of a teiCorpus element'', the Spanish-speaking user might
-[http://www.bjicp.com/callcenter.html 呼叫中心CallCenter]
+find it more helpful to read ''contiene un único documento TEI,
-[http://www.bjicp.com/nj.html ICP/SP/ISP年检服务]
+compuesto de una cabecera TEI (TEI header) y un cuerpo de texto
-[http://www.bjicp.com/sw.html 分公司税务]
+(text) aislado o como parte de un elemento corpusTei
+(teiCorpus)''

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 recognize for people used to reading Latin script. Using
 <infoResp> instead of <respStmt> is not as helpful as
-translating <q> supplies a statement of responsibility for someone
+translating "supplies a statement of responsibility for someone
 responsible for the intellectual content of a text, edition,
 recording, or series, where the specialized elements for authors,
-editors, etc. do not suffice or do not apply.</q>
+editors, etc. do not suffice or do not apply."
 Study of the work described aboves suggests that translating the
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 likely to be the most effective way to promote the TEI in non-English
 speaking communities.