[sword-devel] Bible in Myanmar

[Cyrille]

Il 13/05/2019 11:10, David Haslam ha scritto:
> It’s bad enough when a typeset Bible has free floating margin notes
> and xrefs instead of them being tied to tagged words. 
>
> When the verse tags are also relegated to the column side margins,
> it’s seldom a simple task to reverse engineer. 
>
> Ask if they have a revision controlled set of files that are upstream
> of the PageMaker DTP software package. 
>
Yes I ask my friend for maybe a doc file, I can't imagine the
translators used directly PageMaker... But I'm not sure. I'm waiting his
answer.
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
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> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 09:19, Cyrille <lafricain79 at gmail.com
> <mailto:lafricain79 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I recently receive a modern translation of Myanmar of the NT, Psalms and
>> Proverbs with permission to create a new module.
>> But the problems are many... Firs to get the text.
>> I tested different way, but it's done with PageMaker!
>> I can get the text but the problem is I don't have the verses number
>> because they are next in a parallel column and when I copy it I have
>> only the biblical text.
>> I have a pdf also but when I convert it to text (with pdftotext) the
>> columns are mixed.
>> Someone can help me whit any idea?
>> Next problem is the Unicode... The text is not typed in unicode but use
>> a special font.
>> I can send everything you need or push it the git.crosswire.
>>
>> Thanks for help.
>>
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