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Originally Posted by Bilingual
I assume JS in ebooks is flaky at best, but maybe some obscure CSS-magic can do the same trick.
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The short answer is no, unless you target your books for ePub 3 capable devices, because neither ePub 2 nor KF8 support Javascript. (ePub 3 does, but very few devices besides iPads and some Kobo devices support it.)
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Originally Posted by DomesticExtremis
A two column table would provide the mechanics,
but the differences in word length and verbosity of the
different languages would make it difficult for them to
synch well.
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Tables can be tricky and 6" screens are not exactly ideal for 2 column layouts. IMHO, the best option is still interlinked text. One good example is
Jellby's multilingual "
Divine Comedy" edition.
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Originally Posted by DaleDe
SVG might be the best option here. It will support text and you can place it exactly where you want on a page.
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IMHO,
fixed layout ebooks would probably a better solution than .svg files. Also, AFAIK, you cannot change the font size of text in embedded .svg files using the reader's font option settings, which limits their usefulness in ebooks.