Matt Kraai <kr...@ftbfs.org> writes: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 01:08:42AM +0800, Deng Xiyue wrote: >> I don't know that translation of release announcement are put on web >> using local locale instead of UTF-8. I have checked the simplified >> Chinese page[1], which is encoded in GB2312. Maybe that is required by >> policy. I don't know which is the preferred way to store this in SVN >> repository, so now I'm attaching both the UTF-8 version as >> well as the GB2312 version for reference. These 2 versions can be >> converted to each other by "iconv" utility. > > You seem to have sent two copies of the UTF-8-encoded version. > > According to the Chinese .wmlrc, the character set used for the > Chinese translation is Big5. I tried to convert the file directly, > which failed: > > $ iconv -f UTF-8 -t BIG5 lenny-announcement.zh_CN.wml.utf8 > <define-tag pagetitle>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 iconv: illegal input sequence at > position 43 > > I was able to convert it by going through GB2312, however: > > $ iconv -f UTF-8 -t GB2312 lenny-announcement.zh_CN.wml.utf8 | iconv -f > GB2312 -t BIG5 > ... > > I committed this version. Would you please inspect the results and > let me know if there are problems?
If all Chinese translation are by default converted to BIG5 then it is problematic. Simplified Chinese, as used in zh_CN locales, are supposed to be converted to GB* encodings (GB2312, GBK, and GB18030, where GB18030 is the current standard encoding); whereas Traditional Chinese, as used in zh_TW, zh_HK, zh_SG or other traditional chinese locales, are supposed to be converted to BIG5 encodings. Maybe the .wmlrc needs update. Moreover, the garbled characters around "vendors" link still remains in zh_CN, however doesn't show up in zh_TW. CCing simplified Chinese list for further insights. Sincerely, Deng Xiyue -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-chinese-gb-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
