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<h2>Posts</h2>  <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-22>June 22, 2009</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/22/new_translation_into_bulgarian_changing__8/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translation into Bulgarian: Changing (X)HTML page encoding to UTF-8</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>Thanks to Ivan Baldwin the FAQ-based article “Changing (X)HTML page encoding to UTF-8” has now been translated into Bulgarian.</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-changing-encoding.bg.php">袩褉芯屑械薪褟薪械薪邪 (X)HTML 泻芯写懈褉芯胁泻邪褌邪薪邪褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪褌邪褋 UTF-8</a></p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/22/new_translation_into_bulgarian_changing__8/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-changing-encoding/" rel="tag">qa-changing-encoding</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-17>June 17, 2009</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/article_for_wide_review_using_unicode_co/" title="Permanent link to full entry">Article for wide review: Using Unicode controls for bidi text</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <div><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls">Read the article</a></div> <p>Comments are being sought on this article prior to final release. Please send any comments to <a href="mailto:www-international@w3.org">www-international@w3.org</a> (<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-international/">subscribe</a>). We expect to publish a final version in one to two weeks.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/article_for_wide_review_using_unicode_co/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-unicode-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-unicode-controls</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/for-review/" rel="category tag">For review</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/highlight/" rel="category tag">Highlight</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3csemanticweb/" rel="category tag">w3cSemanticWeb</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebarchitecture/" rel="category tag">w3cWebArchitecture</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebofdevices/" rel="category tag">w3cWebOfDevices</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebservices/" rel="category tag">w3cWebServices</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebuseragents/" rel="category tag">w3cWebUserAgents</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cxmlcore/" rel="category tag">w3cXMLCore</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-17></time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/talk_slides_potsdam_university_lecture/" title="Permanent link to full entry">Talk slides: New Work on Japanese Layout Requirements</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>Richard Ishida gave a presentation entitled <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/talks/0906-potsdam/slides.pdf">New Work on Japanese Layout Requirements</a> on 11 June, 2009 at the Fachhochschule Potsdam, Germany. The slides are annotated and in PDF. They build on a previous talk by Richard Ishida, Steve Zilles and Tatsuo Kobayashi at the Unicode Conference, and describe some of the key characteristics of Japanese Layout described in the newly published W3C Note, <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/jlreq/">Requirements for Japanese Text Layout</a>. </p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/talk_slides_potsdam_university_lecture/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/highlight/" rel="category tag">Highlight</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/talks/" rel="category tag">Talks</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-17></time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/talk_slides_localization_world_berlin/" title="Permanent link to full entry">Talk slides: Practical Tips for Designing International Web Pages</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>Richard Ishida gave a presentation entitled <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/talks/0906-loc-world-berlin/slides.pdf">Practical Tips for Designing International Web Pages</a> on 9 June, 2009, at Localization World, Berlin, Germany.</p> <p>The slides are annotated and in PDF. The presentation looked at a selection of practical issues for people who develop web pages for a multilingual audience. Topics included the dangers of composing sentences in content using scripting, strategies for designing layout so that text expansion during translation will not destroy your efforts, strategies for navigating localized content, and the separation of content and presentation. It explored some of the potential difficulties that can be encountered in these areas and recommended some best practices to help you avoid them.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/talk_slides_localization_world_berlin/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/highlight/" rel="category tag">Highlight</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/talks/" rel="category tag">Talks</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-17></time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/new_translations_into_dutch_spanish_and_/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translations into Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese: Bidi Space Loss</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>Thanks to Trusted Translations Inc. the FAQ-based article “Bidi Space Loss” has now been translated into Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese.</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-space.es.php">P茅rdida de espacio bidi</a></p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-space.nl.php">Bidi-spatieverlies</a></p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-space.pt.php">Perda de espa莽o bidi</a></p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/new_translations_into_dutch_spanish_and_/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-space/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-space</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-17></time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/new_translation_into_dutch_spanish_and_p/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translations into Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese: Creating SVG Tiny Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and other Right-to-Left Scripts</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>Thanks to Trusted Translations Inc. the tutorial “Creating SVG Tiny Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and other Right-to-Left Scripts” has now been translated into Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese.</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/svg-tiny-bidi/Overview.es.php">Creaci贸n de p谩ginas SVG Tiny en 谩rabe, hebreo y otros sistemas de escritura de derecha a izquierda</a></p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/svg-tiny-bidi/Overview.nl.php">SVG Tiny pagina’s cre毛ren in het Arabisch, Hebreeuws en andere ‘van rechts naar links’ schriften</a></p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/svg-tiny-bidi/Overview.pt.php">Cria莽茫o de SVG Tiny Pages em 谩rabe, hebraico, e em outros scripts da direita para a esquerda</a></p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/new_translation_into_dutch_spanish_and_p/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/tutorial-svg-tiny-bidi/" rel="tag">tutorial-svg-tiny-bidi</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-16>June 16, 2009</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/16/new_translation_e_esn_n_ecefeseferefec_e/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translation: 袛胁褍-褋懈屑胁芯谢薪懈懈谢懈褌褉懈-褋懈屑胁芯谢薪懈泻芯写芯胁械蟹邪械蟹懈泻</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <div class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-2or3.bg.php">Read the translation</a></div> <p>Thanks to Ivan Baldwin the FAQ-based article “Two-letter or three-letter language codes” has now been translated into Bulgarian.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/16/new_translation_e_esn_n_ecefeseferefec_e/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-lang-2or3/" rel="tag">qa-lang-2or3</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-06>June 6, 2009</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/06/new_working_group_note_requirements_for_/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New Working Group Note: Requirements for Japanese Text Layout (鏃ユ湰瑾炵祫鐗堝嚘鐞嗐伄瑕佷欢)</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <div><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/jlreq/">Read the Note</a></div> <p>This document describes requirements for Japanese layout realized with technologies like CSS, SVG and XSL-FO. For non-Japanese speakers it provides access for the first time to a wealth of detailed and authoritative information about Japanese typesetting. The document is mainly based on a standard for Japanese layout, JIS X 4051 and its authors include key contributors to that standard. However, it also addresses areas which are not covered by JIS X 4051.</p> <p>The document was created by the <a href="/2007/02/japanese-layout/">Japanese Layout Task Force</a> (with participation from four W3C Working Groups, <a href="/Style/CSS/">CSS</a>, <a href="/International/core/">Internationalization Core</a>, <a href="/Graphics/SVG/">SVG</a> and <a href="/Style/XSL/">XSL</a>)</p> <p>A <a href="/TR/2009/NOTE-jlreq-20090604/ja/">Japanese version</a> is also available.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/06/new_working_group_note_requirements_for_/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/tr-jlreq/" rel="tag">tr-jlreq</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/highlight/" rel="category tag">Highlight</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/new-resource/" rel="category tag">New resource</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-03>June 3, 2009</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/03/new_translation_codificaciasn_de_caracte/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translation: Codificaci贸n de caracteres</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <div class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/O-charset.es.php">Read the translation</a></div> <p>Thanks to Spanish Translation Team at Spanish Translation US the article “Character encodings” has now been translated into Spanish. </p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/03/new_translation_codificaciasn_de_caracte/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/article-o-charset/" rel="tag">article-o-charset</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-03></time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/03/new_translation_darstellungsprobleme_dur/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translation: Darstellungsprobleme durch das UTF-8-BOM</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <div class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-utf8-bom.de.php">Read the translation</a></div> <p>Thanks to Gunnar Bittersmann and Juliane W眉nsche the FAQ-based article “Display problems caused by the UTF-8 BOM” has now been translated into German.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/03/new_translation_darstellungsprobleme_dur/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-utf8-bom/" rel="tag">qa-utf8-bom</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="previousnext"> </div> <hr /> <div class="smallprint" id="endMatter" style="font-size: 80%; text-align: center;"> <span class="copyright">Copyright 漏 2025 <a href="https://www.w3.org/">World Wide Web Consortium</a>.<br> <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr><sup>庐</sup> <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/#disclaimers">liability</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/#trademarks">trademark</a> and <a rel="license" href="https://www.w3.org/copyright/document-license/" title="W3C Document License">permissive license</a> rules apply.</span><br /> Questions or comments? <a href="mailto:xfq@w3.org">xfq@w3.org</a> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if (document.getElementById) { openIMG='/International/icons/open-thin.gif'; closeIMG='/International/icons/close-thin.gif'; initialhide('DIV', 'toc1'); } </script> <link rel='stylesheet' id='style-css' href='https://www.w3.org/blog/International/wp-content/themes/i18n/style.css?ver=6.6.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> </body> </html>