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Handle several languages in one CSS customization file for PDF output
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:06 pm
by plnrlt
Hello,
I use a customized css file to handle the layout of my PDFs, using the DITA Map PDF - based on HTML5 & CSS scenario in Oxygen XML Editor 23.1. Until now, I created one file for each language we use in our documentation but it is painful to update, so I was wondering if I could define rules so the right string is generated in the PDF depending on the content's xml:lang attribute.
I had a look around and found solutions with selectors like *[lang|="language code"] , :lang(language code) and others, but I can't figure out where to place them. I always get "unrecognized" errors.
Here is an example of content I would like to localize:
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/* Front page customization */
@page front-page {
/* Add legal info at the bottom of the page */
@bottom-center {
content: "Original instructions. Do not distribute without our prior consent."; /* TO LOCALIZE */
color: rgb(96, 96, 96);
font-size: 11pt;
border-top: 0px;
}
}
What could I use here to also define the French and the German translation of the content in the same file?
Thanks a lot for your help and have a nice day!
Pauline
Re: Handle several languages in one CSS customization file for PDF output
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:10 pm
by shudson310
We use something like this:
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*[class~="front-page/front-page"]:lang(en-US):after(2){
display:block;
page: copyright-notice-page; /* Moves the synthetic element on a new page. */
margin-top: 0.25in; /* use margins to position the text in the page */
margin-left: 0in;
margin-right: 5em;
content: "Please read the ServiceNow Website Terms of Use at\awww.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html\a\a";
-oxy-link: "http://www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html";
text-align:left; /* More styling */
font-size: 10pt !important;
color: #949594;
}
*[class~="front-page/front-page"]:lang(de-DE):after(2){
display:block;
page: copyright-notice-page; /* Moves the synthetic element on a new page. */
margin-top: 0.25in; /* use margins to position the text in the page */
margin-left: 0in;
margin-right: 5em;
content: "Bitte lesen Sie die Nutzungsbedingungen für die ServiceNow-Website unter www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html\a\a";
-oxy-link: "http://www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html";
text-align:left; /* More styling */
font-size: 10pt !important;
color: #949594;
}
*[class~="front-page/front-page"]:lang(fr-FR):after(2){
display:block;
page: copyright-notice-page; /* Moves the synthetic element on a new page. */
margin-top: 0.25in; /* use margins to position the text in the page */
margin-left: 0in;
margin-right: 5em;
content: "Veuillez lire les Conditions d’utilisation du site Web de ServiceNow à l’adresse www.servicenow.fr/terms-of-use.html\a\a";
-oxy-link: "http://www.servicenow.fr/terms-of-use.html";
text-align:left; /* More styling */
font-size: 10pt !important;
color: #949594;
}
*[class~="front-page/front-page"]:lang(ja-JP):after(2){
display:block;
page: copyright-notice-page; /* Moves the synthetic element on a new page. */
margin-top: 0.25in; /* use margins to position the text in the page */
margin-left: 0in;
margin-right: 5em;
content: "下記の ServiceNow ウェブサイト利用規約をお読みください。 www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html\a\a";
-oxy-link: "http://www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html";
text-align:left; /* More styling */
font-size: 10pt !important;
color: #949594;
}
*[class~="front-page/front-page"]:lang(ko-KR):after(2){
display:block;
page: copyright-notice-page; /* Moves the synthetic element on a new page. */
margin-top: 0.25in; /* use margins to position the text in the page */
margin-left: 0in;
margin-right: 5em;
content: "다음 사이트에서 ServiceNow 웹 사이트 이용 약관을 읽어보십시오. www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html\a\a";
-oxy-link: "http://www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html";
text-align:left; /* More styling */
font-size: 10pt !important;
color: #949594;
}
*[class~="front-page/front-page"]:lang(pt-BR):after(2){
display:block;
page: copyright-notice-page; /* Moves the synthetic element on a new page. */
margin-top: 0.25in; /* use margins to position the text in the page */
margin-left: 0in;
margin-right: 5em;
content: "Leia os Termos de Uso do Site do ServiceNow em www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html\a\a";
-oxy-link: "http://www.servicenow.com/terms-of-use.html";
text-align:left; /* More styling */
font-size: 10pt !important;
color: #949594;
}
Re: Handle several languages in one CSS customization file for PDF output
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:37 am
by julien_lacour
Hello,
You can also use the custom oxy_xpath() function in order to
change the headings depending on the language.
Besides that, if you want to change or add new strings you can check this
topic.
Regards,
Julien