Please don’t pay attention to my suggestion. The Arabic's and Syriac’s flow is wrong. Sorry. --Gildas
> On Aug 19, 2023, at 07:56, Gildas Hamel <gwel...@ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
> I used \begin{otherlanguage}{arabic} and \end{otherlanguage} as in babel, but
> there is still the problem of the indent. --Gildas
>
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
>
> \usepackage{polyglossia}
> \usepackage{parcolumns}
>
> \setmainlanguage{english}
> \setotherlanguages{arabic, syriac}
>
> \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic, Scale=1.6]{Scheherazade}
>
> \newfontfamily\syriacfont[Script=Syriac, Scale=1.6]{SyrCOMJerusalem}
>
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{parcolumns}[nofirstindent, sloppy]{2}
>
> \colchunk{
> %\begin{RTL}
> \begin{otherlanguage}{arabic} % changed Arabic to arabic
> في حقيبتي رسالة هي عندي انفس ما وهبنيه الناس حتی اليوم. تسلمتها في اوائل ايار
> ١٩٢٢ فتلوتها ولم اقع فيها علی اقل اثر استدل منه علی مرسلها ومحل اقامته.
> \end{otherlanguage}
> %\end{RTL}
> }
>
> \colchunk{There's a letter in my bag that's the most precious thing to me
> that anyone has ever given me. I got it at the beginning of May 1922, and I
> read it, but I didn't come across the slightest indication of the sender or
> their address.}
>
> \end{parcolumns}
>
> \begin{parcolumns}[nofirstindent, sloppyspaces]{2}
>
> \colchunk{
> %\begin{RTL}
> \begin{otherlanguage}{syriac}
> ܠܟܠܒܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܐܦ ܗ̣ܘ ܡܢ ܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܐܟ̈ܠܬ ܒܣܪܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܠܗ ܗܢܐ ܫܥܒܕܗ ܐܠܗܐ ܥܒܘܕܗ
> ܠܒܪܢܫܐ܉ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܐܦ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܒܢܝܢ̈ܫܐ ܠܘܬ ܒܢܝܢ̈ܫܐ܇ ܢܗܘܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܚܘܒܐ ܘܐܘܝܘ̣ܬܐ
> ܡܫ̣ܝܢܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܩܢ̇ܝܗ.
> \end{otherlanguage}
> %\end{RTL}
> }
>
> \colchunk{Even though dogs belong to the group of meat-eating animals, God,
> their maker, has subjected them completely to people, so that they have even
> more affection and tranquil harmony toward their owners than people have
> toward each other.}
> \end{parcolumns}
>
> \end{document}
>
>
>> On Aug 19, 2023, at 06:28, Adam Bremer-McCollum <acmccollum...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to make a document with parallel columns having a source text in
>> a RTL (right-to-left) language on the left and a translation in English on
>> the right. I'm using parcolumns for this, which works for LTR languages, but
>> with RTL languages there's an extra line before the text starts. Minimal
>> example below, with two different RTL languages, Arabic and Syriac. Any
>> ideas to fix this?
>>
>> Very many thanks,
>>
>> Adam Bremer-McCollum
>>
>> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
>>
>> \usepackage{polyglossia}
>> \usepackage{parcolumns}
>>
>> \setmainlanguage{english}
>> \setotherlanguages{arabic, syriac}
>>
>> \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic, Scale=1.6]{Arial}
>>
>> \newfontfamily\syriacfont[Script=Syriac, Scale=1.6]{Serto Mardin}
>>
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \begin{parcolumns}[nofirstindent, sloppy]{2}
>>
>> \colchunk{
>> \begin{RTL}
>> \begin{Arabic}
>> في حقيبتي رسالة هي عندي انفس ما وهبنيه الناس حتی اليوم. تسلمتها في اوائل
>> ايار ١٩٢٢ فتلوتها ولم اقع فيها علی اقل اثر استدل منه علی مرسلها ومحل اقامته.
>> \end{Arabic}
>> \end{RTL}
>> }
>>
>> \colchunk{There's a letter in my bag that's the most precious thing to me
>> that anyone has ever given me. I got it at the beginning of May 1922, and I
>> read it, but I didn't come across the slightest indication of the sender or
>> their address.}
>>
>> \end{parcolumns}
>>
>> \begin{parcolumns}[nofirstindent, sloppyspaces]{2}
>>
>> \colchunk{
>> \begin{RTL}
>> \begin{syriac}
>> ܠܟܠܒܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܐܦ ܗ̣ܘ ܡܢ ܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܐܟ̈ܠܬ ܒܣܪܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܠܗ ܗܢܐ ܫܥܒܕܗ ܐܠܗܐ
>> ܥܒܘܕܗ ܠܒܪܢܫܐ܉ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܐܦ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܒܢܝܢ̈ܫܐ ܠܘܬ ܒܢܝܢ̈ܫܐ܇ ܢܗܘܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܚܘܒܐ
>> ܘܐܘܝܘ̣ܬܐ ܡܫ̣ܝܢܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܩܢ̇ܝܗ.
>> \end{syriac}
>> \end{RTL}
>> }
>>
>> \colchunk{Even though dogs belong to the group of meat-eating animals, God,
>> their maker, has subjected them completely to people, so that they have even
>> more affection and tranquil harmony toward their owners than people have
>> toward each other.}
>> \end{parcolumns}
>>
>> \end{document}
>
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