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New translations into Chinese

处理RTL文字的源代码和代码示例 (Working with source code markup and code examples for RTL scripts)

双向文本空格丢失 (Bidi space loss)

如何用Unicode控制字符处理双向文本 (How to use Unicode controls for bidi text)

HTML中的字节顺序标记(BOM) (The byte-order mark (BOM) in HTML)

在HTML中声明语言 (Declaring language in HTML)

使用b和i元素 (Using b and i elements)

Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing these translations.

Categories: New translation

Updated article: Declaring language in HTML

An update for the article Declaring language in HTML has just been published.

This page describes how to mark up an HTML page so that it gives information about the language of the page. It begins with an overall summary, then provides additional details in subsequent sections.

The material was reorganised to expand the quick answer section and de-emphasise the information about XML/XHTML declarations.

New translations into Russian

These articles were translated into Russian thanks to Dmitri Kuznetsov, of the Russian Translation Agency, Taushiro Inc.

Recent translations into German

These articles were translated into German thanks to Gunnar Bittersmann.

Updated article: Declaring language in HTML

The article Declaring language in HTML was changed at the end of May. A noticeable change was the introduction of additional headings, to enable readers to more quickly spot relevant information. Also a new section was added: What if element content and attribute values are in different languages?

German, Spanish, Russian and Ukranian translators are asked to update their translations.

Categories: Update, w3cWebDesign

New translations into German

These articles were translated into German thanks to Gunnar Bittersmann.

New translations into Spanish

These articles were translated into Spanish thanks to the Spanish Translation Team, Trusted Translations, Inc.

Just published: 1 new and 3 updated articles about language declarations in HTML

One tutorial and two articles have been updated, and a new article has been created from material that was moved out of the tutorial. The updates all involve major rewrites of the former text. These changes incorporate up-to-date information about how language declarations are handled in HTML5, and generally refresh and improve the previous material.

The new articles are:

 Working with language in HTML (tutorial)

 Why use the language attribute?

 Declaring language in HTML

 HTTP headers, meta elements and language information

All articles use a new HTML5-based template with additional change to the boilerplate code.


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