Re: Issues with Quotation Marks in Pandoc When Mixing Japanese and English Texts

[Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>]

Does marking the English text as such (with ["Hello world"]{lang=en}) solve your problem?

Le Sunday 09 April 2023 à 04:53:00PM, Shigeru Kobayashi a écrit :
> Dear Pandoc community,
> 
> I have encountered two issues regarding Pandoc's handling of quotation marks in
> cases where Japanese and English texts are mixed.
> 
> I am using Pandoc version 3.1.2 on macOS 12.6.3, and I can reproduce these
> issues. If these are indeed bugs, I am planning to submit them as issues on
> GitHub. However, I would appreciate any guidance if these issues arise from my
> incorrect usage.
> 
> Issue 1: Conversion of English phrases within Japanese text
> 
> I have observed the following issue. "input.md" is the input file, and
> "input.tex" is the output file.
> 
> $ pandoc input.md -o input.tex
> 
> input.md:
> その人は"Hello, world!"と言いました。
> 
> input.tex:
> その人は''Hello, world!{}``と言いました。
> 
> However, the conversion is correct when spaces are added before and after the
> double quotation marks.
> 
> input.md:
> その人は "Hello, world!" と言いました。
> 
> input.tex:
> その人は ``Hello, world!'' と言いました。
> 
> 
> Issue 2: The quotation marks are treated as Japanese text
> 
> When converting with Pandoc, the quotation marks are treated as Japanese text,
> resulting in an unnaturally wide gap. I have confirmed this using two files,
> "preamble.tex" and "input.md," and specifying as follows:
> 
> $ pandoc input.md -o input.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex -H preamble.tex.
> 
> preamble.tex:
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> 
> \setmainfont{Georgia}
> \setjamainfont{BIZ UDMincho Medium}
> 
> 
> input.md:
> ---
> documentclass: bxjsarticle
> classoption: pandoc
> papersize: a4
> fontsize: 10pt
> ---
> 
> # はじめに
> 
> その人は "Hello, world!" と言いました。
> 
> That person said, "Hello, world!"
> 
> pandoc test 2023-04-10 8.47.43.png
> 
> In contrast, when I directly write the content in TeX and output it using $
> xelatex test.tex, the quotation marks are treated as English text, and the
> expected output is obtained.
> 
> test.tex:
> \documentclass[a4paper,xelatex,ja=standard]{bxjsarticle}
> 
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \setmainfont{Georgia}
> \setjamainfont{BIZ UDMincho Medium}
> 
> \title{テスト}
> \begin{document}
> \maketitle
> 
> \section{はじめに}
> 
> その人は ``Hello, world!'' と言いました。
> 
> That person said, ``Hello, world!''
> 
> \end{document}
> 
> xelatex test 2023-04-10 8.46.44.png
> 
> Shigeru Kobayashi
> 
> 
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