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#1 2008-06-02 15:42:07

colak

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what is the best way to include non en words/phrases in an en page?

For now I am just inserting the non english words wherever they appear in texts but are there any standards or recommendations regarding this mixing of languages?

Also re en-gb and en-us

Is there a way for texts to be just en? Our writers come from both sides using either spelling.

Last edited by colak (2008-06-02 15:44:08)

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#2 2008-06-02 17:56:16

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Re: what is the best way to include non en words/phrases in an en page?

You can use <span lang="en">Hello</span>

Styling for CSS2 could be:
span [lang|="en"] {color:red;} or
*:lang(en) {color:red;}

Is that what you mean?

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#3 2008-06-03 04:59:16

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Re: what is the best way to include non en words/phrases in an en page?

Hi peter,

Although I do not need the css, it is what I was looking for except it would be more like <span lang="fr">bonjour</span>:). I take it that is the w3 recommended method.

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