Thoughts on how to format a dual-language book for learners? - Page 3

AlPe · 03-14-2014, 03:02 PM

Hi, you can find a pre-compiled APK in the "Releases" tab on GitHub: https://github.com/pettarin/epub3reader/releases

Please also note that I am actually polishing the students' code, since we are going to get a new group of students to work on it --- by the end of March there will be a significantly better release.

RbnJrg · 03-15-2014, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AlPe

Hi, you can find a pre-compiled APK in the "Releases" tab on GitHub: https://github.com/pettarin/epub3reader/releases

Please also note that I am actually polishing the students' code, since we are going to get a new group of students to work on it --- by the end of March there will be a significantly better release.

Thank you very much and I'll be waiting for the new release

Regards
Rubén

MacEachaidh · 03-15-2014, 02:04 PM

Wow, look at all I've missed! ;-)

For some reason, I often don't get notifications that posts have been made in a thread I think I'm watching. Apologies to anyone who's posted directly to me, that I appear to have ignored. That certainly wasn't intentional. I really need to settle down and read the thread properly.

In the meantime:

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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

Sounds like a FANTASTIC project!

May I ask what the source document is that you are working from?

Tex, thank you so much for this. That's an amazing post, and I need to settle in for a read and reply properly.

In my case, the texts I'm using are old hardcover books of stories in Scots Gaelic, some meant as storybooks and some intended as primers for students of the language in school. They're out of print and out of copyright, but useful for practising comprehension and learning idioms.

Well, I've got some reading to do! Thanks for your replies, folks. I'll be back!

Tex2002ans · 03-15-2014, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

For some reason, I often don't get notifications that posts have been made in a thread I think I'm watching. Apologies to anyone who's posted directly to me, that I appear to have ignored. That certainly wasn't intentional. I really need to settle down and read the thread properly.

Also, press on the User CP button - Edit Options - and look for "Default Thread Subscription Mode". Make sure it is set to something other than "Do not subscribe".

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Then, every time I get on MobileRead, I just push the User CP button, and you can instantly see any threads that you have posted in with NEW POSTS:

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I go and read all of those first, do my replies, and then go about my day reading the rest of the topics.

MacEachaidh · 03-15-2014, 03:28 PM

Thanks Tex,
Yep I've checked my User CP in the past, and my default notification is set to an instant e.mail. but they don't seem to be being generated.

Also, in this thread (for example), if i look in the Thread Tools menu, the option is there to "unsubscribe", which means the system acknowledges I'm already subscribed. So it's all a bit strange.

Every bit of mail I receive comes to my inbox — I don't have any spam filtering enabled, either in my local client or at my ISP, because I don't have confidence in the filtering. When I've worked in places where the filtering was set at a system level, there were always important e.mails being caught in the traps and raising havoc. I'd rather see all the mail I receive.

seanos · 03-19-2014, 03:37 AM

Sometimes Mobileread does need to be reminded of its settings. I had that problem early on, but I seem to get notifications OK now.

Is fìor-bheag Gàidhlig a tha agam ach tha ùidh agam ann an leabhar agat. I have a completely undated book my mother got as a schoolgirl somewhere around 1930 that I’ve toyed with ePub-izing, but it’s copyright is a bit murky - Litridheacht na Gaedhilge (i.e. Gàidhlig na h-Èireann).

It’s amazing how helpful people are here, but also amazing how quickly they ‘geeked out’ over your thread!

You’re not going to find a neat solution, but you probably know that. I think alternating lines or paras could work OK. The English could also be made slightly smaller, maybe italic, maybe right aligned.

A much more labour-intensive possibility would be to have back-and-forth links to a parallel English chapter. Harder to set up and maintain, but it would keep the main text uninterrupted.

I think any solution that would require a PC or large screen begs the question, why EPUB and not HTML?

Also more labour-intensive, but you could produce an uglier, more compatible version and a fancier one.

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03-14-2014, 03:02 PM	#31
AlPe Digital Amanuensis Posts: 727 Karma: 1446357 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Turin, Italy Device: Several eReaders and tablets	Hi, you can find a pre-compiled APK in the "Releases" tab on GitHub: https://github.com/pettarin/epub3reader/releases Please also note that I am actually polishing the students' code, since we are going to get a new group of students to work on it --- by the end of March there will be a significantly better release.

03-15-2014, 03:28 PM	#35
MacEachaidh Browser Posts: 745 Karma: 578294 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD	Thanks Tex, Yep I've checked my User CP in the past, and my default notification is set to an instant e.mail. but they don't seem to be being generated. Also, in this thread (for example), if i look in the Thread Tools menu, the option is there to "unsubscribe", which means the system acknowledges I'm already subscribed. So it's all a bit strange. Every bit of mail I receive comes to my inbox — I don't have any spam filtering enabled, either in my local client or at my ISP, because I don't have confidence in the filtering. When I've worked in places where the filtering was set at a system level, there were always important e.mails being caught in the traps and raising havoc. I'd rather see all the mail I receive.

03-19-2014, 03:37 AM	#36
seanos Zealot Posts: 101 Karma: 12 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Aura H2O, LG V20	Sometimes Mobileread does need to be reminded of its settings. I had that problem early on, but I seem to get notifications OK now. Is fìor-bheag Gàidhlig a tha agam ach tha ùidh agam ann an leabhar agat. I have a completely undated book my mother got as a schoolgirl somewhere around 1930 that I’ve toyed with ePub-izing, but it’s copyright is a bit murky - Litridheacht na Gaedhilge (i.e. Gàidhlig na h-Èireann). It’s amazing how helpful people are here, but also amazing how quickly they ‘geeked out’ over your thread! You’re not going to find a neat solution, but you probably know that. I think alternating lines or paras could work OK. The English could also be made slightly smaller, maybe italic, maybe right aligned. A much more labour-intensive possibility would be to have back-and-forth links to a parallel English chapter. Harder to set up and maintain, but it would keep the main text uninterrupted. I think any solution that would require a PC or large screen begs the question, why EPUB and not HTML? Also more labour-intensive, but you could produce an uglier, more compatible version and a fancier one.

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