Formatting Dual Language Books

musemj6 · 08-07-2008, 12:04 PM

Hey there,

I read a lot of foreign literature, and would like to create a few dual language ebooks. The question I have is what would be the best format to do this in, meaning, should I alternate lines of French/English, or perhaps align the different languages on different sides of the page? What I'll mostly be compiling are dramas, but I could still use some ideas for separating the two languages, so you can read one, and glance over the other. Perhaps Italics?

Matthew

JMikeD · 08-09-2008, 12:10 AM

I would imagine this to be pretty much impossible without special programming. Alternate lines won’t work because of the flowing text, same for side-by-side.

08-07-2008, 12:04 PM	#1
musemj6 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Kindle	Formatting Dual Language Books Hey there, I read a lot of foreign literature, and would like to create a few dual language ebooks. The question I have is what would be the best format to do this in, meaning, should I alternate lines of French/English, or perhaps align the different languages on different sides of the page? What I'll mostly be compiling are dramas, but I could still use some ideas for separating the two languages, so you can read one, and glance over the other. Perhaps Italics? Matthew

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08-09-2008, 12:10 AM	#2
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	I would imagine this to be pretty much impossible without special programming. Alternate lines won’t work because of the flowing text, same for side-by-side.