[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by Jellby

I see you are using <ruby>, which, from what I can tell of the specs, is not a required component, so there is no guarantee that it is supported by a reader (and I'd guess it will be unsupported by most readers).

I used <ruby> because I assumed that the ePub standard would support it for Japanese texts.

Originally Posted by Jellby

maybe you can the same using <span class="ruby">, <span class="rb">, etc.

Thanks for the idea. I'll give it a try.

Originally Posted by Jellby

The main drawback I see is that you have to translate word by word, which is seldom appropriate.

I'm aware of the drawbacks, but I found interlinear texts occasionally more helpful than translations of whole sentences.

Originally Posted by Jellby

I really don't see any way to make it look right with current ePUB spec and readers...

Thanks for confirming my suspicions.