New Chinese language interfaces

[imron]

After Atitarev's suggestion in this thread, and following discussion among the admins that it might also be useful for language learners, both Simplified and Traditional language packs have been added to the forums, allowing you to change the interface language.

You will find the language settings at the bottom left of every page, just next to the style settings.

We have also added a new style called "Larger Fonts", which is exactly the same as the default style except that it uses slightly larger fonts. This makes the Chinese interface more readable for Windows users. (Mac users will find that the Chinese characters are still readable even at a small size, so we can continue using the default style ).

Edit: (It would appear that under Windows only Firefox has problems with the smaller Chinese fonts. IE and Opera seem to work just fine using the default style too).

Edit 2:For Firefox users wanting the default font sizes, and who also want readable Chinese characters, the setting to change is: Tools->Options->Content, Fonts&Colours->Default Font->Advanced, Fonts For->Simplified Chinese->Minimum Font Size. 12 seems to be a reasonable size.

Anyway, enjoy, and if you encounter any problems using the new language interfaces, this is the place to let us know.

[atitarev]

Well done, thank you!

[muyongshi]

I love the fact that PM is called 悄悄話 :lol:

I'm loving having it in characters! Makes me feel more at home!

[imron]

I love the fact that PM is called 悄悄話

I see you've opted for the traditional character interface then?

Edit: Actually I take that back. In the traditional interface, it's translated as: 私人訊息

[muyongshi]

Ha ha...no I noticed that after I typed it and it was just a shift+space got bumped on my input. I think the traditional one though is more accurate in terms of both meaning and translation.

[82riceballs]

Wow! THis is sooo cool!!!

thanks!

[atitarev]

A small bug: if you use English (US) or 繁體中文 and click on the reply button, it add RE: if you use 简体中文, it adds 回复: to the subject line.

[82riceballs]

A small bug: if you use English (US) or 繁體中文 and click on the reply button, it add RE:

The traditional version works fine for me. If I click "reply" 回覆: shows up.

[atitarev]

Must have been a glitch, thanks. Works for me too (as you can see).

[imron]

Haha, yep, I guess that's the way for observant people to notice what user interface language other members are using.

[self-taught-mba]

I noticed that when I got a reply from one of the Atkins.

Cool. I want to change mine to wingdings. Ha!

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[ipsi()]

Is it possible for this to be set as a board preference rather than as a cookie? I notice that every time I use a new computer I have to set the language to Chinese, as it defaults to US. Which would be ok, but the University computers (not that I use them often, admittedly) don't store cookies, and thus I'd have to change it each and every time...

[roddy]

Not currently. There's a new version of Vbulletin coming up, which may do that, I'm not sure.

[ipsi()]

Ah well. Fair enough.

[imron]

Not currently.

Go to your control panel, and at the very bottom of the "Edit Options" (编辑论坛选项) section there is a option called "Forum Language" (论坛语言) which might do the trick.

[roddy]

I did think about that, but I think that still works on cookies. Could be wrong though . . .

[imron]

Nope, I tested it by clearing all cookies in Safari. Setting the value in Firefox, and then loggin in via Safari. The interface correctly switched to Chinese when logged in. One thing to note though is that if set, the cookie will override the setting here.

[roddy]

Right enough, now I check there's a language field in the user table on the database. It's not accessible via the admin panel so I'd assumed it wasn't there.

[imron]

Hmm, not sure what Admin panel you're looking at, but on mine, the language option is right there in User Manager, located in the Profile just below Email, and just above User Title

[roddy]

So it is. i was looking down where the browsing options are set - next to the part where we can access users webcams and make their computers crash . . .