Preparing Simplified Chinese Web Sites

The Simplified Chinese translation service is enabled by HanWEB 3.2

Architecture

Translation

• Add https://translate.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/gb/ at the beginning of the URL to translate Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese
• Add https://translate.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/b5/ at the beginning of the URL to translate Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese
• Add https://translate.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/uniTS/ at the beginning of the URL to translate Traditional Chinese in unicode to Simplified Chinese in unicode
• Add https://translate.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/uniST/ at the beginning of the URL to translate Simplified Chinese in unicode to Traditional Chinese in unicode

Examples

Followings are some notes and translation examples, you may view the source html to compare the differences of the original and translated web pages.

1. Text
2. Hyperlink
3. Image
4. PDF file
5. Special terms
6. Bypass
7. Translation buttons (Please view the html source code to get the java script for your reference.)

Reminders

• For heavily loaded system, it is not recommend to use the translation server because the translation server may not be able to handle the load and will become the bottleneck.
• Serving hosts:
• Now until 2 Jan 2020, any hosts/domains end with cuhk.edu.hk
• 2 Jan 2020 onwards, www.cuhk.edu.hk only except your host/domain has subscribed its license. Contact ITSC for details.

 

1. Text - directly translated
   
   in Big5/GB2312
   

   Traditional Chinese in Big5 -> Simplified Chinese in GB2312	Original page	Translated page
   Simplified Chinese in GB2312 -> Traditional Chinese in Big5	Original page	Translated page

   
   in unicode
   

   Traditional Chinese -> Simplified Chinese	Original page	Translated page
   Simplified Chinese -> Traditional Chinese	Original page	Translated page
   Both Traditional and Simplified Chinese -> Simplified Chinese	Original page	Translated page Only Traditional Chinese will be translated.
   Both Traditional and Simplified Chinese -> Traditional Chinese	Original page	Translated page Only Simplified Chinese will be translated.

   
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2. Hyperlink - directly translated
   
   

   Traditional Chinese in Big5 -> Simplified Chinese in GB2312	Original page	Translated page
   Simplified Chinese in GB2312 -> Traditional Chinese in Big5	Original page	Translated page

   
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3. Image (gif, jpg, png)
   - You should prepare two sets of images, one for Traditional Chinese (named with _xb5 at the end of each filename), one for Simplified Chinese (named with _xgb at the end of each filename). HanWEB will convert the file name i.e. _xb5 -> _xgb and vice versa.
   
   

   Traditional Chinese in Big5 -> Simplified Chinese in GB2312	Original page	Translated page Fail to translate swf file.
   Simplified Chinese in GB2312 -> Traditional Chinese in Big5	Original page	Translated page Fail to translate swf file.

   
   
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4. PDF file
   You should prepare two sets of PDF files, one for Traditional Chinese (named with _xb5 at the end of each filename), one for Simplified Chinese (named with _xgb at the end of each filename). HanWEB will convert the file name i.e. _xb5 -> _xgb and vice versa.
   
   

   Traditional Chinese in Big5 -> Simplified Chinese in GB2312	Original page	Translated page
   Simplified Chinese in GB2312 -> Traditional Chinese in Big5	Original page	Translated page

   
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5. Special terms
   
   

   Traditional Chinese in Big5 -> Simplified Chinese in GB2312	Original page	Translated page
   Simplified Chinese in GB2312 -> Traditional Chinese in Big5	Original page	Translated page

   
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6. Bypass
   
   

   Traditional Chinese in Big5 -> Simplified Chinese in GB2312

   Original page

   Translated page

   
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