Chinese Union Bible with Direct Verse Jump - Page 2

leo4jc · 10-07-2010, 01:32 PM

A bit of Chinese computing history: In the past when we didn't have unicode, Chinese was represented using two 8-bit ASCII. To help word processor wrap a long line properly (i.e. not cutting a 16-bit Chinese character off between two lines), some people started to add a space character in-between, your text source probably is this.

From what I see on your Chinese Bible, it seems like that you have space between each Chinese character. For Kindle and any modern browser/word processor which handle unicode well, this space is not necessary.

So, try this one: http://www.ccim.org/~bible/bible/pub/hb5.txt.gz (Traditional Chinese character set)
Some reader asked for Simplied Chinese, use this one: http://www.ccim.org/~bible/bible/pub/hgb.txt.gz
(Courtesy CCIM http://bible.ccim.org/dcb.html)

I opened these two files, uncompressed, using MS Word, it pops up a File Conversion box, just accept the suggested default (i.e. hb5.txt use Big5, hgb.txt use GB), you will have the good-to-go full text without any unnecessary spaces. I.e. NO NEED to delete any space.

There should be only two space characters for each verse, one between the book and chapter number, the second one after the verse number, before the text. e.g. "1Pe 1:15 ". You may notice that there is always a big space (double width space like a full size Chinese character) before the character "神" (God). You may retain that untouched for historical translation reason.

Good idea to use lower case book abbreviation.

PM me if you want me to try out before release.

God bless,
leo.

osnova · 10-08-2010, 12:26 PM

Thanks for your info. I will turn to it once I have finished the projects already in the hopper. Thanks again.

osnova · 10-09-2010, 07:30 PM

I have posted an updated traditional CUV to Amazon. It is verse-per-line with standard DVJ abbreviations (ge, ex, lev, etc.). Once Amazon publishes it, I will post the link here. Next I will work on the simplified CUV.

leo4jc · 10-13-2010, 01:44 PM

Thank you! Looking forward to it. Verse-per-line is better than lumping all verse into one chapter IMHO.

osnova · 10-13-2010, 02:14 PM

leo4jc,

I was told by Amazon that they would not sell a Chinese book, period. For this reason, I am thinking of setting up my own store. While it would take time, if you want you can send me $4.99 by Paypal (pm me for my paypal email) and I'll send you the file.

10-09-2010, 07:30 PM	#18
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	I have posted an updated traditional CUV to Amazon. It is verse-per-line with standard DVJ abbreviations (ge, ex, lev, etc.). Once Amazon publishes it, I will post the link here. Next I will work on the simplified CUV. Last edited by osnova; 10-10-2010 at 01:22 AM.

10-13-2010, 02:14 PM	#20
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	leo4jc, I was told by Amazon that they would not sell a Chinese book, period. For this reason, I am thinking of setting up my own store. While it would take time, if you want you can send me $4.99 by Paypal (pm me for my paypal email) and I'll send you the file. Last edited by osnova; 10-20-2010 at 02:07 AM.

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10-07-2010, 01:32 PM	#16
leo4jc Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	A bit of Chinese computing history: In the past when we didn't have unicode, Chinese was represented using two 8-bit ASCII. To help word processor wrap a long line properly (i.e. not cutting a 16-bit Chinese character off between two lines), some people started to add a space character in-between, your text source probably is this. From what I see on your Chinese Bible, it seems like that you have space between each Chinese character. For Kindle and any modern browser/word processor which handle unicode well, this space is not necessary. So, try this one: http://www.ccim.org/~bible/bible/pub/hb5.txt.gz (Traditional Chinese character set) Some reader asked for Simplied Chinese, use this one: http://www.ccim.org/~bible/bible/pub/hgb.txt.gz (Courtesy CCIM http://bible.ccim.org/dcb.html) I opened these two files, uncompressed, using MS Word, it pops up a File Conversion box, just accept the suggested default (i.e. hb5.txt use Big5, hgb.txt use GB), you will have the good-to-go full text without any unnecessary spaces. I.e. NO NEED to delete any space. There should be only two space characters for each verse, one between the book and chapter number, the second one after the verse number, before the text. e.g. "1Pe 1:15 ". You may notice that there is always a big space (double width space like a full size Chinese character) before the character "神" (God). You may retain that untouched for historical translation reason. Good idea to use lower case book abbreviation. PM me if you want me to try out before release. God bless, leo.

10-08-2010, 12:26 PM	#17
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	Thanks for your info. I will turn to it once I have finished the projects already in the hopper. Thanks again.

10-13-2010, 01:44 PM	#19
leo4jc Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Thank you! Looking forward to it. Verse-per-line is better than lumping all verse into one chapter IMHO.

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