RE: bi-lingual book

RE: bi-lingual book

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Hi, Ciro,

>===== Original Message From ciro@kavyata.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users 
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>well, it seems there is nobody willing to give me any tip on this...
>FYI, I am thinking in several bi-lingual books: one novel, one book of
>poems (which is
>very dificult, but easier for layout as I want since poems are generally 
short)

I am also very interested in this problem. I have a number of bilingual 
projects in the pipeline, and I'm going to have to start worrying about it 
soon...

best
Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Re: bi-lingual book

[Hans Hagen]

Ciro Soto wrote:
> well, it seems there is nobody willing to give me any tip on this...
> FYI, I am thinking in several bi-lingual books: one novel, one book of
> poems (which is
> very dificult, but easier for layout as I want since poems are generally short),
> one cookbook, and possible an engineering book. But all depends on
> whether the layout is easy to make.

i played with dual streams a bit yesterday but have no time to explore it now; 
it's a tricky business and much depends on what the input / output is to be

it is doable to develop a framework for this, but only when you and others first 
come up with some decent spec (what kind of input, what kind of sync, what kind 
of content, how to handle floats, etc)

Hans

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Re: bi-lingual book

[Ciro Soto]

well, it seems there is nobody willing to give me any tip on this...
FYI, I am thinking in several bi-lingual books: one novel, one book of
poems (which is
very dificult, but easier for layout as I want since poems are generally short),
one cookbook, and possible an engineering book. But all depends on
whether the layout is easy to make.

regards
ciro


On 4/13/05, Paul Tremblay <phthenry@iglou.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 05:42:15PM -0400, Ciro Soto wrote:
> 
> > I am thinking in producing a book in two languages.
> > One language will be in the verso side of the paper sheet,
> > and the second language will be in the rector side. Trying to
> > be as mirror images so the reader could (if so desired)
> > learn one language from the other.
> 
> Sorry I don't have an answer to your question, but I was very
> interested in what type of book you planned to write. It sounds
> interesting.
> 
> Paul
> 
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Re: bi-lingual book

[Paul Tremblay]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 05:42:15PM -0400, Ciro Soto wrote:
 
> I am thinking in producing a book in two languages.
> One language will be in the verso side of the paper sheet,
> and the second language will be in the rector side. Trying to
> be as mirror images so the reader could (if so desired)
> learn one language from the other.

Sorry I don't have an answer to your question, but I was very
interested in what type of book you planned to write. It sounds
interesting.

Paul

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bi-lingual book

[Ciro Soto]

I am thinking in producing a book in two languages.
One language will be in the verso side of the paper sheet,
and the second language will be in the rector side. Trying to
be as mirror images so the reader could (if so desired)
learn one language from the other.

Questions:
1) Is there a way to do it with two files (one for langauge 1, another
for language 2)
or do I have to put all in one file?
2) Would it be easier to write two pdfs file and do a composition afterward?
3) How to control the length of pages in each language individually, to match
the content of the recto/verso pages.
Any general advice?

thank you
Ciro